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Response gene to complement 32 interacts with Smad3 to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human renal tubular cells.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies demonstrate that response gene to complement 32 (RGC-32) mediates transforming growth factor-?(1)-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of human renal proximal tubular cells. However, the mechanisms underlying RGC-32 function remain largely unknown. In the present study, we found that RGC-32 function in EMT is associated with Smad3. Coexpression of RGC-32 and Smad3, but not Smad2, induces a higher mesenchymal marker ?-smooth muscle actin (?-SMA) protein expression as compared with RGC-32 or Smad3 alone, while knockdown of Smad3 using short hairpin interfering RNA blocks RGC-32-induced ?-SMA expression. These data suggest that RGC-32 interacts with Smad3, but not Smad2, in the regulation of EMT. In addition to ?-SMA, RGC-32 and Smad3 also synergistically activate the expression of extracellular matrix protein fibronectin and downregulate the epithelial marker E-cadherin. RGC-32 colocalizes with Smad3 in the nuclei of renal proximal tubular cells. Coimmunoprecipitation assays showed that Smad3, but not Smad2, physically interacts with RGC-32 in renal proximal tubular cells. Mechanistically, RGC-32 and Smad3 coordinate the induction of EMT by regulating the EMT regulators Slug and Snail. Taken together, our data demonstrate for the first time that RGC-32 interacts with Smad3 to mediate the EMT of human renal proximal tubular cells.

SUBMITTER: Guo X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3118632 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Response gene to complement 32 interacts with Smad3 to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human renal tubular cells.

Guo Xia X Jose Pedro A PA Chen Shi-You SY

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 20110209 6

Previous studies demonstrate that response gene to complement 32 (RGC-32) mediates transforming growth factor-β(1)-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of human renal proximal tubular cells. However, the mechanisms underlying RGC-32 function remain largely unknown. In the present study, we found that RGC-32 function in EMT is associated with Smad3. Coexpression of RGC-32 and Smad3, but not Smad2, induces a higher mesenchymal marker α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) protein expression as c ...[more]

PMID: 21307346

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Project description:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) occurs in several disease states, including renal fibrosis and carcinogenesis. Myofibroblasts produced from EMT of renal tubular cells are responsible for the deposition of extracellular matrix components in a large portion of renal interstitial fibrosis. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) plays an essential role in the EMT of renal tubular cells, but the molecular mechanism governing this process remains largely unknown. In this study, we found that RGC-32 (response gene to complement 32) is critical for TGF-beta-induced EMT of human renal proximal tubular cells (HPTCs). RGC-32 is not normally expressed in the HPTCs. However, TGF-beta stimulation markedly activates RGC-32 while inducing an EMT, as shown by the induction of smooth muscle alpha-actin (alpha-SMA) and extracellular matrix proteins collagen I and fibronectin, as well as the reduction of epithelial marker E-cadherin. TGF-beta function is mediated by several signaling pathways, but RGC-32 expression in HPTCs appears to be mainly regulated by Smad. Functionally, RGC-32 appears to mediate TGF-beta-induced EMT of HPTCs. Blockage of RGC-32 using short hairpin interfering RNA significantly inhibits TGF-beta induction of myofibroblast marker gene alpha-SMA while repressing the expression of E-cadherin. In contrast, overexpression of RGC-32 induces alpha-SMA expression while restoring E-cadherin. RGC-32 also inhibits the expression of another adherens junction protein, N-cadherin, suggesting that RGC-32 alone induces the phenotypic conversion of renal epithelial cells to myofibroblasts. Additional studies show that RGC-32 stimulates the production of extracellular matrix components fibronectin and collagen I. Mechanistically, RGC-32 induces EMT via the activation of other transcription factors such as Snail and Slug. RGC-32 knockdown inhibits the expression of Snail and Slug during TGF-beta-induced EMT. Taken together, our data demonstrate for the first time that RGC-32 plays a critical role in TGF-beta-induced EMT of renal tubular cells.

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Response gene to complement 32 interacts with Smad3 to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human renal tubular cells.

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Response gene to complement 32 interacts with Smad3 to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human renal tubular cells.

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