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Vitamin D receptor signaling in podocytes protects against diabetic nephropathy.


ABSTRACT: Vitamin D and its analogs have antiproteinuric activity and podocytes express the vitamin D receptor, but whether vitamin D signaling in podocytes accounts for this renoprotection is unknown. To investigate this question, we used the 2.5 kb podocin promoter to target Flag-tagged human vitamin D receptor (hVDR) to podocytes in DBA/2J mice. After the induction of diabetes with streptozotocin, transgenic mice had less albuminuria than wild-type controls. In transgenic mice, a low dose of the vitamin D analog doxercalciferol prevented albuminuria, markedly attenuated podocyte loss and apoptosis, and reduced glomerular fibrosis, but it had little effect on the progression of diabetic nephropathy in wild-type mice. Moreover, reconstitution of VDR-null mice with the hVDR transgene in podocytes rescued VDR-null mice from severe diabetes-related renal damage. In culture, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D suppressed high-glucose-induced apoptosis of podocytes by blocking p38- and ERK-mediated proapoptotic pathways. Taken together, these data provide strong evidence that vitamin D/VDR signaling in podocytes plays a critical role in the protection of the kidney from diabetic injury.

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3507366 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vitamin D receptor signaling in podocytes protects against diabetic nephropathy.

Wang Youli Y   Deb Dilip K DK   Zhang Zhongyi Z   Sun Tao T   Liu Weicheng W   Yoon Dosuk D   Kong Juan J   Chen Yunzi Y   Chang Anthony A   Li Yan Chun YC  

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20121102 12


Vitamin D and its analogs have antiproteinuric activity and podocytes express the vitamin D receptor, but whether vitamin D signaling in podocytes accounts for this renoprotection is unknown. To investigate this question, we used the 2.5 kb podocin promoter to target Flag-tagged human vitamin D receptor (hVDR) to podocytes in DBA/2J mice. After the induction of diabetes with streptozotocin, transgenic mice had less albuminuria than wild-type controls. In transgenic mice, a low dose of the vitami  ...[more]

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