ISSN:
1432-0428
Keywords:
Keywords Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
;
diabetic nephropathy
;
G protein activation
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cellular signalling
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lymphoblasts
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platelet-activating factor.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Genetic susceptibility contributes significantly to the risk of developing nephropathy in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). The cellular substrate for this has remained enigmatic. We investigated whether afflicted IDDM patients display an enhanced activation of pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive G proteins, a phenomenon which has been demonstrated in patients with essential hypertension. We established immortalised B lymphoblast cell lines from 10 IDDM patients without nephropathy (DC) and 15 IDDM patients with nephropathy (DN). Nephropathy was defined as a persistent albumin excretion rate of more than 20 μg/min (DC 3.9 ± 5.8, DN 562.3 ± 539.0 μg/min, respectively). Subjects were matched with regard to age (DC 28.9 ± 6.5, DN 35.9 ± 9.9 years), diabetes duration (DC 19.3 ± 6.9, DN 22.7 ± 5.8 years) and HbA1 c values (DC 8.5 ± 1.4, DN 8.8 ± 1.6 %). Reactivity of PTX-sensitive G proteins was quantified by measuring platelet-activating factor (PAF)-induced Ca2 + mobilisation (fura 2 method) and by mastoparan-stimulated [35S]GTPγS binding. Expression of Gαi proteins was quantified by Western blot analysis. PAF-evoked Ca2 + increases above baseline averaged 77.0 ± 52.5 nmol/l in DC and 150.7 ± 61.5 nmol/l in DN (p = 0.005). PAF-evoked Ca2 + increases correlated with stimulated [35S]GTPγS binding (r 2 = 0.42, p = 0.012). From Western blot analysis an overexpression of Gαi proteins could be excluded in DN. A consequence of the altered metabolic milieu in diabetes is the increased release of vasoactive and proliferative agonists which promote glomerular hyperfiltration, hypertrophy, enhanced matrix deposition, and, finally, glomerulosclerosis. Many of these auto- and paracrine agonists bind to G protein-coupled receptors. Therefore, their cellular effects are reinforced by the enhanced G protein reactivity and increase the propensity to nephropathy in IDDM. [Diabetologia (1998) 41: 94–100]
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001250050872
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