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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
Verotoxin binding to its receptor, globotriaosyl ceramide(Gb(3)) mediates the glomerular pathology of hemolytic uremic syndrome, but Gb(3) is expressed in both tubular and glomerular cells. Gb(3) within detergent-resistant membranes, an index of glycolipid-cholesterol enriched lipid rafts, is required for in vitro cytotoxicity. We found that verotoxin 1 and 2 binding to human adult renal glomeruli is detergent resistant, whereas the strong verotoxin binding to renal tubules is detergent sensitive. Verotoxin binding to pediatric glomeruli was detergent resistant but binding to adult glomeruli was enhanced, remarkably for some samples, by detergent extraction. Detergent-sensitive glomerular components may provide age-related protection against verotoxin glomerular binding. Mouse glomeruli remained verotoxin unreactive after detergent extraction, whereas tubular binding was lost. Cholesterol extraction induced strong verotoxin binding in poorly reactive adult glomeruli, suggesting cholesterol can mask Gb(3) in glomerular lipid rafts. Binding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) adhesin, gp120 (another Gb(3) ligand) was detergent sensitive, tubule-restricted, and inhibited by verotoxin B subunit pretreatment, and may relate to HIV nephropathy. Our study shows that differential membrane Gb(3) organization in glomeruli and tubules provides a basis for the age- and glomerular-restricted pathology of hemolytic uremic syndrome.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1523-1755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1209-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Detergent-resistant globotriaosyl ceramide may define verotoxin/glomeruli-restricted hemolytic uremic syndrome pathology.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't