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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
卷 32, 期 6, 页码 590-602出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000320485
关键词
Inflammation; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis; Transforming growth factor-beta
资金
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research
- Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Health Research Board of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland
- Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
- Irish Nephrological Society and Amgen, Ltd.
Background: High-mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB-1) is a chromatin-binding protein that bends DNA, thereby facilitating gene transcription. HMGB-1 has also been observed as an extracellular secreted protein in serum of patients with sepsis and has putative intracellular signalling effects regulating the production of interleukin-1 and tumour necrosis factor in a number of inflammatory conditions. Methods: We established a model of immune-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs). PTECs were cultured with conditioned medium containing supernatant from activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (aPBMCs). The model was characterized using phenotypic and transcriptomic approaches and suppression subtractive hybridisation was performed to identify differentially regulated genes. Results: Activation of PBMCs resulted in increased secretion of HMGB-1. In addition, treatment of PTECs with a PBMC-conditioned medium resulted in significant upregulation of HMGB-1 in PTECs. Direct treatment of PTECs with recombinant human HMGB-1 induced alterations in epithelial morphology consistent with EMT including reduced E-cadherin expression, increased alpha-smooth muscle actin expression and enhanced cell migration. HMGB-1 effects were mediated at least in part by the receptor for advanced glycation end products and through induction of transforming growth factor-beta(1) secretion from PTECs. Conclusions: These results suggest that HMGB-1 is a key mediator of immune-mediated EMT of PTECs and a potentially important signalling molecule in the development of renal fibrosis. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
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