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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
The immunosuppressive mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors can cause proteinuria, especially in kidney and heart transplanted patients. Podocytes play a major role in establishing the selective permeability of the blood-urine filtration barrier. Damage of these cells leads to proteinuria, a hallmark of most glomerular diseases. Interestingly, podocyte damage and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis can occur after treatment with an mTOR inhibitor in some transplant patients. To investigate the mechanisms of mTOR inhibitor-induced podocyte damage, we analyzed the effect of rapamycin on mTOR signaling and cellular function in human podocytes. We found that prolonged rapamycin treatment reduced the expression of total mTOR, which correlates with diminished levels of mTOR phosphorylation at Ser(2448) and Ser(2481). In addition, treatment with rapamycin reduced rictor expression and mTORC2 formation, resulting in a reduced phosphorylation of protein kinase B at Ser(473). The expression level of the slit-diaphragm proteins nephrin and transient receptor potential cation channel 6 as well as the cytoskeletal adaptor protein Nck significantly decreased. Moreover, rapamycin reduced cell adhesion and cell motility, which was accompanied by an enhanced formation of dot-like actin-rich structures. Our data provide new molecular insights explaining which pathways and molecules are affected in podocytes by an imbalanced mTOR function because of rapamycin treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunosuppressive Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MTOR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nck protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RICTOR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RPTOR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sirolimus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TRPC Cation Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TRPC6 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/nephrin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
296
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F418-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Intercellular Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Podocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-Sirolimus, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19019920-TRPC Cation Channels
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
mTOR regulates expression of slit diaphragm proteins and cytoskeleton structure in podocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
UKM, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik D, Abteilung: Molekulare Nephrologie, Domagkstr. 3a, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't