Project description:Gene expression profiling in glomeruli from human kidneys with diabetic nephropathy Keywords = Diabetes Keywords = kidney Keywords = glomeruli Keywords: other
Project description:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. Emerging evidence suggests that complement activation is involved in the pathogenesis of DN. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenic role of C3a and C3a receptor (C3aR) in DN. The expression of C3aR was examined in the renal specimen of DN patients. Using a C3aR gene knockout mice (C3aR-/-), we evaluated kidney injury in diabetic mice. The mouse gene expression microarray was performed to further explore the pathogenic role of C3aR. Then the underlying mechanism was investigated in vitro with macrophage treated with C3a. Compared with normal controls, the renal expression of C3aR was significantly increased in DN patients. C3aR-/- diabetic mice developed less severe diabetic renal damage compared with WT diabetic mice, exhibiting significantly lower level of albuminuria and milder renal pathological injury. Microarray profiling uncovered significantly suppressed inflammatory responses and T cell adaptive immunity in C3aR-/- diabetic mice compared with WT diabetic mice and this result was further verified by immunohistochemical staining of renal CD4+, CD8+ T cells and macrophages infiltration. In vitro study demonstrated C3a can enhance macrophages secreted cytokines which could induce inflammatory responses and differentiation of T cell lineage. In conclusion, C3aR deficiency could attenuate diabetic renal damage through suppressing inflammatory responses and T cell adaptive immunity, possibly by influencing macrophages secreted cytokines. Thus, C3aR may be a promising therapeutic target for DN.
Project description:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. Emerging evidence suggests that complement activation is involved in the pathogenesis of DN. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenic role of C3a and C3a receptor (C3aR) in DN. The expression of C3aR was examined in the renal specimen of DN patients. Using a C3aR gene knockout mice (C3aR-/-), we evaluated kidney injury in diabetic mice. The mouse gene expression microarray was performed to further explore the pathogenic role of C3aR. Then the underlying mechanism was investigated in vitro with macrophage treated with C3a. Compared with normal controls, the renal expression of C3aR was significantly increased in DN patients. C3aR-/- diabetic mice developed less severe diabetic renal damage compared with WT diabetic mice, exhibiting significantly lower level of albuminuria and milder renal pathological injury. Microarray profiling uncovered significantly suppressed inflammatory responses and T cell adaptive immunity in C3aR-/- diabetic mice compared with WT diabetic mice and this result was further verified by immunohistochemical staining of renal CD4+, CD8+ T cells and macrophages infiltration. In vitro study demonstrated C3a can enhance macrophages secreted cytokines which could induce inflammatory responses and differentiation of T cell lineage. In conclusion, C3aR deficiency could attenuate diabetic renal damage through suppressing inflammatory responses and T cell adaptive immunity, possibly by influencing macrophages secreted cytokines. Thus, C3aR may be a promising therapeutic target for DN.
Project description:The present study aims to evaluate the alterations induced by type I diabetes and the associated hyperglycemia on the proteome of renal tissue using a transgenic experimental animal model. Diabetic and non-diabetic kidney samples were analyzed by liquid nano-chromatography mass spectrometry and protein abundance was evaluated bylabel free quantification.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human PBMCs comparing healthy controls, patients with diabetic nephropathy and patients with ESRD. PBMCs were analyzed as they mediate inflammatory injury. Goal was to determine effects of increasing severity of diabetic nephropathy on global PBMC gene expression. Microarray analysis of PBMCs taken from patients with varying degrees of diabetic nephropathy.
Project description:Kidney structural integrity is critical for bodily excretory mechanism. Diabetes has been considered as one of the major risk factors for chronic kidney disease, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. The present study investigates the transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of long-term impact of high-fat diet (HFD) on renal tissue in mice and role of dehydrozingerone (DH) in reinstating the normal kidney function. Animals were divided into four groups- healthy (NCD+Veh), diabetic (HFD-STZ+Veh), healthy+DH (NCD+Veh+DH) and treatment (HFD-STZ+DH). 65th days of HFD-fed C57BL/6 mice developed diabetes and kidney dysfunction evident by albuminuria, proteinuria, and glucotoxicity with accumulation of glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol, albumin, and total protein in blood serum. The HFD-fed kidney showed renal injuries, including prominent defects in the glomerular filtration system by downregulation of proteins involved in transport, metabolic process, energy production, anti-oxidation, etc. Downregulation of lipid metabolism is the most impacted metabolic process under diabetic condition. Downregulation of transport proteins mainly impact the functioning of podocytes, cell adhesion and cytoskeletal rearrangement. HFD feeding also increased oxidative stress and induced mitochondrial dysfunction, and thereby activating the pro-apoptotic pathway. Progression of DNA damage under diabetic condition triggered the epigenetic alteration and subsequent downstream changes which is evident by activation of HDAC1 under diseased condition. Transcriptomic study revealed the potential of dehydrozingerone in attenuating the diabetic condition by positively regulating transport system, mitochondrial function, lipid metabolism, DNA damage and epigenetic alteration, and oxidative stress, which ameliorate the kidney function.
Project description:Gene expression profiling in glomeruli from human kidneys with diabetic nephropathy Keywords = Diabetes Keywords = kidney Keywords = glomeruli Keywords: other. This dataset is part of the TransQST collection.