期刊
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
卷 40, 期 11, 页码 6477-6483出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2763-4
关键词
Diabetes; MicroRNAs; NF-kappa B; Nephropathy
资金
- Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
The present study was designed to evaluate whether microRNA-146a and its adapter proteins (TRAF6 and IRAK1) are involved in the pathogenesis of diabetes-induced kidney damage. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into control and diabetic groups (n = 6 in each). Diabetes was induced by injection of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg; i.p.) in 12 h fasted rats. Diabetic kidney damage was diagnosed by renal hypertrophy, thickened glomerular basement membrane, widened filtration slits, mesangial expansion, as well as by elevated levels of blood urea and creatinine in diabetic rats 2 months after induction of diabetes. While the expression of NF-kappa B mRNA and miR-146a were increased in diabetic kidney compared to the sham controls (p < 0.01 for both comparisons), the mRNA levels of IRAK1 and TRAF6 did not statistically reduce. The NF-kappa B activity and the concentrations of TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-1 beta in the kidney of diabetic rats were higher than the kidney of controls (p < 0.05 for TNF-alpha and NF-kappa B; p < 0.01 for IL-6 and IL-1 beta). Our results indicate that the upregulation of miR-146a was not accompanied by downregulation of inflammatory mediators in diabetic kidney. It is possible that a defect in the miR-146a-mediated negative loop provides a situation for sustained activation of NF-kappa B and its targets to promote cells toward abnormalities.
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