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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
Bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) is a potential therapeutic agent for acute and chronic renal diseases. Here we found that addition of polymeric IgA, isolated from patients with IgA nephropathy, increased the synthesis of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and fibronectin in cultured human mesangial cells, effects blunted by BMP-7. When mesangial cells were cultured with both polymeric IgA and BMP-7 there was an increase in the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma). The activation of NF kappaB and TNF-alpha synthesis induced by polymeric IgA or TNF-alpha were downregulated by BMP-7 or rosiglitazone. BMP-7 inhibited TNF-alpha release from polymeric IgA-stimulated mesangial cells by activation of PPAR-gamma but suppressed TGF-beta release by mechanisms independent of PPAR-gamma. The expression of inhibitory Smad6 and 7 was increased whereas the expression of active Smad2 and 3 was reduced in these mesangial cells by BMP-7. Our study shows that BMP-7 ameliorates IgA nephropathy-derived polymeric IgA-induced TNF-alpha and TGF-beta synthesis in human mesangial cells through multiple mechanisms involving inhibitory Smads and PPAR-gamma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1523-1755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1026-39
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
BMP-7 protects mesangial cells from injury by polymeric IgA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't