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Rabbani N, Thornalley PJ. Hexokinase-linked glycolytic overload and unscheduled glycolysis in hyperglycemia-induced pathogenesis of insulin resistance, beta-cell glucotoxicity, and diabetic vascular complications. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 14:1268308. [PMID: 38292764 PMCID: PMC10824962 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1268308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Hyperglycemia is a risk factor for the development of insulin resistance, beta-cell glucotoxicity, and vascular complications of diabetes. We propose the hypothesis, hexokinase-linked glycolytic overload and unscheduled glycolysis, in explanation. Hexokinases (HKs) catalyze the first step of glucose metabolism. Increased flux of glucose metabolism through glycolysis gated by HKs, when occurring without concomitant increased activity of glycolytic enzymes-unscheduled glycolysis-produces increased levels of glycolytic intermediates with overspill into effector pathways of cell dysfunction and pathogenesis. HK1 is saturated with glucose in euglycemia and, where it is the major HK, provides for basal glycolytic flux without glycolytic overload. HK2 has similar saturation characteristics, except that, in persistent hyperglycemia, it is stabilized to proteolysis by high intracellular glucose concentration, increasing HK activity and initiating glycolytic overload and unscheduled glycolysis. This drives the development of vascular complications of diabetes. Similar HK2-linked unscheduled glycolysis in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in impaired fasting glucose drives the development of peripheral insulin resistance. Glucokinase (GCK or HK4)-linked glycolytic overload and unscheduled glycolysis occurs in persistent hyperglycemia in hepatocytes and beta-cells, contributing to hepatic insulin resistance and beta-cell glucotoxicity, leading to the development of type 2 diabetes. Downstream effector pathways of HK-linked unscheduled glycolysis are mitochondrial dysfunction and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation; activation of hexosamine, protein kinase c, and dicarbonyl stress pathways; and increased Mlx/Mondo A signaling. Mitochondrial dysfunction and increased ROS was proposed as the initiator of metabolic dysfunction in hyperglycemia, but it is rather one of the multiple downstream effector pathways. Correction of HK2 dysregulation is proposed as a novel therapeutic target. Pharmacotherapy addressing it corrected insulin resistance in overweight and obese subjects in clinical trial. Overall, the damaging effects of hyperglycemia are a consequence of HK-gated increased flux of glucose metabolism without increased glycolytic enzyme activities to accommodate it.
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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Schricker S, Oberacker T, Fritz P, Ketteler M, Alscher MD, Schanz M. Peritoneal expression of SGLT-2, GLUT1 and GLUT3 in peritoneal dialysis patients. Kidney Blood Press Res 2021; 47:125-134. [PMID: 34781282 DOI: 10.1159/000520894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION In peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, the peritoneal membrane is affected by glucose-based solutions used as peritoneal dialysate fluids. This exposure leads to changes of the membrane which may eventually culminate in fibrosis and method failure. In vitro or animal studies demonstrated that glucose transporters are upregulated upon exposure to these solutions. Expression studies of glucose transporters in human peritoneum have not been reported yet. METHODS Expression of SGLT-2, GLUT1, and GLUT3 in human peritoneal biopsies was analysed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and Western blot analysis. The localization of these glucose transporters in the peritoneum was evaluated by immunohistochemistry using a Histo-Score. RESULTS Peritoneal biopsies of patients (healthy controls, uremic, PD and encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS)) were analyzed. We found evidence of SGLT-2, GLUT1 and GLUT3 expression in the peritoneal membrane. Protein expression of SGLT-2 increases with PD-duration and is significantly enhanced in EPS patients. All transporters were predominantly, but not exclusively, located adjacent to the vessel walls of the peritoneal membrane. CONCLUSION Our study showed that SGLT-2, GLUT1 and GLUT3 were regularly expressed in the human peritoneum. SGLT-2 was particularly upregulated in PD patients with EPS, suggesting that this upregulation may be associated with pathological changes in the peritoneal membrane in this syndrome. Since preclinical studies in mice show that SGLT-2 inhibitors or downregulation of SGLT-2 ameliorated pathological changes in the peritoneum, SGLT-2 inhibitors may be potentially promising agents for therapy in PD patients that could reduce glucose absorption and delay functional deterioration of the peritoneal membrane in the long-term.
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- Severin Schricker
- Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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Wakisaka M, Nakamura K, Nakano T, Kitazono T. Roles of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 of Mesangial Cells in Diabetic Kidney Disease. J Endocr Soc 2021; 5:bvab083. [PMID: 34195526 PMCID: PMC8237847 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We have been studying the presence of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) in mesangial cells and pericytes since 1992. Recent large placebo-controlled studies of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have reported desirable effects of the inhibitors on the diabetic kidney and the diabetic heart. Most studies have indicated that these effects of SGLT2 inhibitors could be mediated by the tubuloglomerular feedback system. However, a recent study about urine sodium excretion in the presence of an SGLT2 inhibitor did not show any increases in urine sodium excretion. A very small dose of an SGLT2 inhibitor did not inhibit SGLT2 at the S1 segment of proximal tubules. Moreover, SGLT2 inhibition protects against progression in chronic kidney disease with and without type 2 diabetes. In these circumstances, the tubuloglomerular feedback hypothesis involves several theoretical concerns that must be clarified. The presence of SGLT2 in mesangial cells seems to be very important for diabetic nephropathy. We now propose a novel mechanism by which the desirable effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on diabetic nephropathy are derived from the direct effect on SGLT2 expressed in mesangial cells.
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan
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Saha S. Association between the membrane transporter proteins and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2020; 13:287-297. [PMID: 32066279 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2020.1729125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Introduction: The prevalence rate of diabetes is increasing day by day and the current scenario of the available agents for its treatment has given rise to stimulation in the search for new therapeutic targets and agents. Therefore the present review will examine the role of membrane composition in the pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes and the possible therapeutic approaches for this.Areas covered: Glucose transporter proteins (GLUTs) are integral membrane proteins which are responsible for facilitated glucose transport over the plasma membrane into cells. Thus, this chapter is an attempt to interpret the co-relation between membrane transporter proteins and lipid molecules of cell membrane and their implications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The relationship between the composition controlled flexibility of the membrane in the insertion of GLUTs into cell membrane as well as its fusion with the membrane is the focus of this chapter.Expert opinion: There is increasing data on the central role of phospholipid composition toward T2DM. Plasma membrane lipid composition plays a key role in maintaining the machinery for insulin-independent GLUT insertion into the membrane as well as insulin-dependent GLUT4 containing vesicles. As a therapeutic option, the designing of new chemical entities should be aimed to decrease saturated fatty acids of lipid bilayer phospholipids to target type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Sarmistha Saha
- Department of Zoology, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
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Wakisaka M, Kamouchi M, Kitazono T. Lessons from the Trials for the Desirable Effects of Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors on Diabetic Cardiovascular Events and Renal Dysfunction. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5668. [PMID: 31726765 PMCID: PMC6888253 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Recent large placebo-controlled trials of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors revealed desirable effects on heart failure (HF) and renal dysfunction; however, the mechanisms underlying these effects are unknown. The characteristic changes in the early stage of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) are myocardial and interstitial fibrosis, resulting in diastolic and subsequent systolic dysfunction, which leads to clinical HF. Pericytes are considered to play crucial roles in myocardial and interstitial fibrosis. In both DCM and diabetic retinopathy (DR), microaneurysm formation and a decrease in capillaries occur, triggered by pericyte loss. Furthermore, tubulointerstitial fibrosis develops in early diabetic nephropathy (DN), in which pericytes and mesangial cells are thought to play important roles. Previous reports indicate that pericytes and mesangial cells play key roles in the pathogenesis of DCM, DR and DN. SGLT2 is reported to be functionally expressed in pericytes and mesangial cells, and excessive glucose and Na+ entry through SGLT2 causes cellular dysfunction in a diabetic state. Since SGLT2 inhibitors can attenuate the high glucose-induced dysfunction of pericytes and mesangial cells, the desirable effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on HF and renal dysfunction might be explained by their direct actions on these cells in the heart and kidney microvasculature.
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- Masanori Wakisaka
- Wakisaka Naika (Wakisaka Internal Medicine Clinic), Internal medicine, Fukuoka 814-0013, Japan
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- Department of Health Care Administration and Management, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Mitrofanova A, Sosa MA, Fornoni A. Lipid mediators of insulin signaling in diabetic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019; 317:F1241-F1252. [PMID: 31545927 PMCID: PMC6879940 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00379.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) affects ∼40% of patients with diabetes and is associated with high mortality rates. Among different cellular targets in DKD, podocytes, highly specialized epithelial cells of the glomerular filtration barrier, are injured in the early stages of DKD. Both clinical and experimental data support the role of preserved insulin signaling as a major contributor to podocyte function and survival. However, little is known about the key modulators of podocyte insulin signaling. This review summarizes the novel knowledge that intracellular lipids such as cholesterol and sphingolipids are major determinants of podocyte insulin signaling. In particular, the implications of these lipids on DKD development, progression, and treatment will be addressed.
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- Alla Mitrofanova
- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
- Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
- Department of Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
- Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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Amelioration of diabetic nephropathy by SGLT2 inhibitors independent of its glucose-lowering effect: A possible role of SGLT2 in mesangial cells. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4703. [PMID: 30886225 PMCID: PMC6423112 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41253-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Several clinical studies have shown the beneficial effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors on diabetic nephropathy. The underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We found that administration of canagliflozin at a low dose (0.01 mg/kg/day) did not affect either blood glucose levels or glycosuria, but it improved albuminuria and mesangial expansion in db/db mice to a similar extent as at a high dose (3.0 mg/kg/day) that lowered blood glucose levels. This indicated the existence of a tubular SGLT2-independent reno-protective mechanism. Here we focused on the potential role of SGLT2 in mesangial cells (MCs). Western blot analysis revealed the expression of SGLT2 in cultured mouse MCs. Exposure of MCs to high glucose levels for 72 h significantly increased the expression of SGLT2. Canagliflozin or ipragliflozin (both 100 nM) treatment inhibited glucose consumption in the medium under high-glucose conditions but not under normal-glucose conditions. Furthermore, canagliflozin inhibited high-glucose-induced activation of the protein kinase C (PKC)-NAD(P)H oxidase pathway and increases in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Thus, the inhibition of mesangial SGLT2 may cause an inhibition of PKC activation and ROS overproduction in diabetic nephropathy, and this may at least in part account for the reno-protective effect of SGLT2 inhibitors.
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Nilsson LM, Zhang L, Bondar A, Svensson D, Wernerson A, Brismar H, Scott L, Aperia A. Prompt apoptotic response to high glucose in SGLT-expressing renal cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019; 316:F1078-F1089. [PMID: 30864838 PMCID: PMC6580252 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00615.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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It is generally believed that cells that are unable to downregulate glucose transport are particularly vulnerable to hyperglycemia. Yet, little is known about the relation between expression of glucose transporters and acute toxic effects of high glucose exposure. In the present ex vivo study of rat renal cells, we compared the apoptotic response to a moderate increase in glucose concentration. We studied cell types that commonly are targeted in diabetic kidney disease (DKD): proximal tubule cells, which express Na+-dependent glucose transporter (SGLT)2, mesangial cells, which express SGLT1, and podocytes, which lack SGLT and take up glucose via insulin-dependent glucose transporter 4. Proximal tubule cells and mesangial cells responded within 4–8 h of exposure to 15 mM glucose with translocation of the apoptotic protein Bax to mitochondria and an increased apoptotic index. SGLT downregulation and exposure to SGLT inhibitors abolished the apoptotic response. The onset of overt DKD generally coincides with the onset of albuminuria. Albumin had an additive effect on the apoptotic response. Ouabain, which interferes with the apoptotic onset, rescued from the apoptotic response. Insulin-supplemented podocytes remained resistant to 15 and 30 mM glucose for at least 24 h. Our study points to a previously unappreciated role of SGLT-dependent glucose uptake as a risk factor for diabetic complications and highlights the importance of therapeutic approaches that specifically target the different cell types in DKD.
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- Linnéa M Nilsson
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirisk, Russia
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden.,Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Yoshizumi H, Ejima T, Nagao T, Wakisaka M. Recovery from Diabetic Macular Edema in a Diabetic Patient After Minimal Dose of a Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitor. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2018; 19:462-466. [PMID: 29670074 PMCID: PMC5928754 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.909708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic macular edema (DME) causes serious visual impairments in diabetic patients. The standard treatments of DME are intra-vitreous injections of corticosteroids or anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibodies and pan-photocoagulation. These treatments are unsatisfactory in their effects and impose considerable physical and economic burdens on the patients. CASE REPORT A 63-year-old woman was diagnosed as type 2 diabetes with retinopathy 7 years ago. Before the initiation of an SGLT2 inhibitor, the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, sitagliptin (50 mg daily), and metformin (250 mg dai- ly) were used for her glycemic control. The level of her hemoglobin A1c had been controlled around 7%. She began to feel decreased visual acuity and blurred vision of her left eye 8 months before the visit to our clin- ic. She was diagnosed as DME, which turned out to be corticosteroid-resistant. Her visual acuity further de- creased to 20/50. Metformin was changed to ipraglifl (25mg/day). Her left visual acuity started to improve after 4 weeks of treatment with ipragliflozin and improved to 20/22 after 24 weeks. The macular edema did not change until 12 weeks of the treatment, however, it decreased prominently after 16 weeks. CONCLUSIONS In our patient with steroid-resistant DME, her visual symptoms and macular edema recovered after the initiation of an SGLT2 inhibitor. SGLT2 inhibitors might be a potential candidate for the DME treatment.
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- Hideyuki Yoshizumi
- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Fukuda Ophthalmological Hospital, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
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Wakisaka M, Nagao T. Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 in mesangial cells and retinal pericytes and its implications for diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy. Glycobiology 2017; 27:691-695. [PMID: 28535208 PMCID: PMC5881757 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwx047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2017] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Retinopathy and nephropathy are life-threatening diabetic complications that decrease patient quality of life. Although the mechanisms underlying these conditions have been extensively studied, they remain unknown. Recent reports have demonstrated the presence of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) in retinal pericytes and mesangial cells. Hyperglycemia results in functional and morphological changes in these cells, but these effects are attenuated by phlorizin, a nonselective SGLT inhibitor. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that SGLT2 plays a pivotal role in the development of diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy and that SGLT2 inhibitors may directly protect against these complications.
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- Masarori Wakisaka
- Wakisaka Naika (Wakisaka Internal Medicine Clinic), Fujisaki 1-24-19, Fukuoka, 814-0013, Japan
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- Midori no Clinic (Midori Internal Medicine Clinic), Aoba 7-26-1, Fukuoka 813-0025, Japan
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Wakisaka M, Nagao T, Yoshinari M. Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) Plays as a Physiological Glucose Sensor and Regulates Cellular Contractility in Rat Mesangial Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151585. [PMID: 26999015 PMCID: PMC4801351 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Mesangial cells play an important role in regulating glomerular filtration by altering their cellular tone. We report the presence of a sodium glucose cotransporter (SGLT) in rat mesangial cells. This study in rat mesangial cells aimed to evaluate the expression and role of SGLT2. METHODS The SGLT2 expression in rat mesangial cells was assessed by Western blotting and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Changes in the mesangial cell surface area at different glucose concentrations and the effects of extracellular Na+ and Ca2+ and of SGLT and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) inhibitors on cellular size were determined. The cellular sizes and the contractile response were examined during a 6-day incubation with high glucose with or without phlorizin, an SGLT inhibitor. RESULTS Western blotting revealed an SGLT2 band, and RT-PCR analysis of SGLT2 revealed the predicted 422-bp band in both rat mesangial and renal proximal tubular epithelial cells. The cell surface area changed according to the extracellular glucose concentration. The glucose-induced contraction was abolished by the absence of either extracellular Na+ or Ca2+ and by SGLT and NCX inhibitors. Under the high glucose condition, the cell size decreased for 2 days and increased afterwards; these cells did not contract in response to angiotensin II, and the SGLT inhibitor restored the abolished contraction. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that SGLT2 is expressed in rat mesangial cells, acts as a normal physiological glucose sensor and regulates cellular contractility in rat mesangial cells.
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- Masanori Wakisaka
- Wakisaka Naika (Clinic of Internal Medicine), Fukuoka City, Japan
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Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common benign tumors of infancy and occur with greater than 60% prevalence on the head and neck. Despite their prevalence, little is known about the pathogenesis of this disease. Given the predilection of hemangioma incidence on the face and its nonrandom distribution on embryological fusion plates, we postulated that IHs are derived from pericytes of the neural crest. We performed an analysis on 15 specimens at various stages of the IH progression. Experiments performed included immunohistochemical staining, immunofluorescent staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and flow cytometry. We analyzed a number of cell markers using these methods, including cell markers for the neural crest, pericytes, endothelial cells, stem cells, and the placenta. We observed that neural crest markers such as NG2 and nestin were expressed in the hemangioma samples, in addition tomultiple pericytes markers including δ-like kinase, smooth muscle actin, calponin, and CD90. Stem cell markers such as c-myc, oct4, nanog, and sox2 were also more highly expressed in hemangioma samples compared to controls. Our work demonstrates that hemangiomas express pericyte, neural crest, and stem cell markers suggesting a possible pathogenetic mechanism.
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Rogacka D, Piwkowska A, Jankowski M, Kocbuch K, Dominiczak MH, Stępiński JK, Angielski S. Expression of GFAT1 and OGT in podocytes: Transport of glucosamine and the implications for glucose uptake into these cells. J Cell Physiol 2010; 225:577-84. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Arnoni CP, Lima C, Cristovam PC, Maquigussa E, Vidotti DB, Boim MA. Regulation of glucose uptake in mesangial cells stimulated by high glucose: role of angiotensin II and insulin. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2009; 234:1095-101. [PMID: 19546347 DOI: 10.3181/0902-rm-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mesangial cells (MCs) play a central role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN). MC dysfunction arises from excessive glucose uptake through insulin-independent glucose transporter (GLUT1). The role of the insulin-dependent transporter (GLUT4) remains unknown. This study evaluated the effect of high glucose on GLUT1, GLUT4, and fibronectin expression levels. Glucose uptake was determined in the absence and presence of insulin. Angiotensin II has been implicated as a mediator of MC abnormalities in DN, and its effects on the GLUTs expression were evaluated in the presence of losartan. MCs were exposed to normal (NG, 10 mM) or high (HG, 30 mM) glucose for 1, 4, 12, 24, and 72 hrs. Glucose uptake was elevated from 1 hr up to 24 hrs of HG, but returned to NG levels after 72 hrs. HG induced an early (1-, 4-, and 12-hrs) rise in GLUT1 expression, returning to NG levels after 72 hrs, whereas GLUT4 was overexpressed at later timepoints (24 and 72 hrs). HG during 4 hrs induced a 40% rise in glucose uptake, which was unaffected by insulin. In contrast, after 72 hrs, glucose uptake was increased by 50%, only under insulin stimulus. Losartan blunted the effects of HG on GLUT1, GLUT4, and fibronectin expression and on glucose uptake. Results suggest that MCs can be highly susceptible to the HG environment since they uptake glucose in both an insulin-independent and insulin-dependent manner. The beneficial effects of angiotensin II inhibition in DN may also involve a decrease in the rate of glucose uptake by MCs.
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- Carine P Arnoni
- Federal University of São Paulo, Renal Division, 04023-900 - São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Phlorizin prevents glomerular hyperfiltration but not hypertrophy in diabetic rats. EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES RESEARCH 2008; 2008:305403. [PMID: 18769499 PMCID: PMC2522335 DOI: 10.1155/2008/305403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The relationships of renal and glomerular hypertrophies to development of hyperfiltration and proteinuria early in streptozotocin-induced diabetes were explored. Control, diabetic, phlorizin-treated controls, and diabetic male Fischer rats were used. Phlorizin (an Na+-glucose cotransport inhibitor) was given at a dose sufficient to normalize blood glucose. Inulin clearance (Cinulin) and protein excretion rate (PER) were measured. For morphometry, kidney sections were stained with periodic acid Schiff. At one week, diabetes PER increased 2.8-folds (P < .001), Cinulin increased 80% (P < .01). Kidney wet and dry weights increased 10%–12% (P < .05), and glomerular tuft area increased 9.3% (P < .001). Phlorizin prevented proteinuria, hyperfiltration, and kidney hypertrophy, but not glomerular hypertrophy. Thus, hyperfiltration, proteinuria, and whole kidney hypertrophy were related to hyperglycemia but not to glomerular growth. Diabetic glomerular hypertrophy constitutes an early event in the progression of glomerular pathology which occurs in the absence of mesangial expansion and persists even after changes in protein excretion and GFR are reversed through glycemic control.
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Song HK, Lee MH, Kim BK, Park YG, Ko GJ, Kang YS, Han JY, Han SY, Han KH, Kim HK, Cha DR. Visfatin: a new player in mesangial cell physiology and diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2008; 295:F1485-94. [PMID: 18768589 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.90231.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Visfatin is an adipocytokine that improves insulin resistance and has an antidiabetic effect. However, the role of visfatin in the kidney has not yet been reported. In this experiment, the synthesis and physiological action of visfatin in cultured mesangial cells (MCs) were studied to investigate the role of visfatin in diabetic nephropathy. Visfatin was found synthesized in MCs as well as adipocytes. Visfatin synthesis was markedly increased, not by angiotensin II, but by high glucose stimuli. In addition, visfatin treatment induced a rapid uptake of glucose, peaking at 20 min after visfatin treatment in a dose-dependent manner. A small inhibiting RNA against insulin receptor significantly blocked visfatin-mediated glucose uptake. Visfatin stimuli also enhanced intracellular NAD levels, and treatment with FK866, which is a specific inhibitor of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), significantly inhibited visfatin-induced NAD synthesis and glucose uptake. Visfatin treatment increased glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) protein expression in isolated cellular membranes, and pretreatment with cytochalasin B completely inhibited visfatin-induced glucose uptake. Moreover, immunofluorescent microscopy showed the migration of cytosolic GLUT-1 into cellular membranes after visfatin treatment. In accordance with these results, the activation of protein kinase B was detected after visfatin treatment. Furthermore, visfatin treatment dramatically increased the synthesis of profibrotic molecules including transforming growth factor-beta1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and type I collagen, and pretreatment with cytochalasin B completely inhibited visfatin-induced upregulation of profibrotic molecules. These results suggest that visfatin is produced in MCs, which are a novel target for visfatin, and play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Hye Kyoung Song
- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University, Ansan City, Kyungki-Do, Korea
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Pfäfflin A, Brodbeck K, Heilig CW, Häring HU, Schleicher ED, Weigert C. Increased glucose uptake and metabolism in mesangial cells overexpressing glucose transporter 1 increases interleukin-6 and vascular endothelial growth factor production: role of AP-1 and HIF-1alpha. Cell Physiol Biochem 2007; 18:199-210. [PMID: 17167225 DOI: 10.1159/000097667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Previous results indicate that enhanced glucose transporter (GLUT)1 expression mediates the deleterious effects of metabolic and hemodynamic perturbations leading to diabetic kidney disease. First screening for altered gene expression in GLUT1 overexpressing cells (GT1) by Affymetrix microarray analysis revealed upregulation of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression, which was verified by RT-PCR. Subsequently, IL-6 and VEGF protein production was more than 3-fold increased in the GT1 cells. This upregulation was independent from each other. Studies on the underlying transcriptional mechanisms by gelshift assays and siRNA approach implicated activation of AP-1 in the increased expression of both, IL-6 and VEGF. We found also increased nuclear protein levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha and enhanced DNA binding activity to a hypoxia responsible element located in the VEGF promoter. Knock-down of HIF-1alpha reduced the VEGF expression to 50% with an additive effect of AP-1 gene silencing down to 24%. The IL-6 expression was not affected by reducing HIF-1alpha. In conclusion our results link increased GLUT1 levels leading to excess glucose metabolism under normoglycemic conditions and altered gene expression of pathogenetic factors involved in diabetic kidney disease.
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- Albrecht Pfäfflin
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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The study of in vitro maturation (IVM) of rhesus monkey oocytes has important implications for biomedical research and human infertility treatment. In vitro-matured rhesus monkey oocytes show much less developmental potential than IVM oocytes of other species. Since about 1980 when rhesus monkey IVM, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro embryo culture (IVC) systems were established, numerous efforts have been made to improve the developmental competence of oocytes and to understand the mechanisms regulating oocyte maturation. This review describes recent progress in this area, particularly the effects of factors such as steroid hormones, energy substrates, amino acids, ovarian follicle status, maternal age and breeding season on the developmental competence, gene expression patterns and genome integrity of rhesus IVM oocytes.
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- P Zheng
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Building 50, Rm 3132, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-8028, USA.
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Clinical diabetic nephropathy is characterized by an earlier functional phase in which hyperglycaemia is accompanied by an increased glomerular filtration rate and microalbuminuria; the persistence of this high-flow and high-pressure state, added to a poor control of hyperglycaemia, fosters renal damage and proteinuria, accompanied by a decline in glomerular filtration rate and progression to end-stage renal disease. In this review, we present glucose transporter 1 (GLUT-1) as a novel link that connects the glomerular hyperfiltration (hypertension) state and the complex cascade of events that leads to nephropathy. The interplay between angiotensin II and nitric oxide, and its interactions with reactive oxygen species, are also discussed, in an attempt to provide an integrated view of the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Carlos A Leon
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami School of Medicine, Nephrology-Hypertension Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, FL 33125, USA
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Brosius FC, Heilig CW. Glucose transporters in diabetic nephropathy. Pediatr Nephrol 2005; 20:447-51. [PMID: 15717166 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1748-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2004] [Accepted: 10/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Changes in glucose transporter expression in glomerular cells occur early in diabetes. These changes, especially the GLUT1 increase in mesangial cells, appear to play a pathogenic role in the development of ECM expansion and perhaps other features of diabetic nephropathy. In addition, it appears that at least some diabetic patients may be predisposed to nephropathy because of polymorphisms in their GLUT1 genes. GLUT1 overexpression leads to increased glucose metabolic flux which in turn triggers the polyol pathway and activation of PKC alpha and B1. Activation of these PKC isoforms can lead directly to AP-1 induced increases in fibronectin expression and ECM accumulation. Other, more novel effects of GLUT1 on cellular hypertrophy and injury could also promote changes of diabetic nephropathy. Strategies to prevent GLUT1 overexpression could ameliorate or prevent the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Frank C Brosius
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0676, USA.
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Hodgkinson AD, Page T, Millward BA, Demaine AG. A novel polymorphism in the 5' flanking region of the glucose transporter (GLUT1) gene is strongly associated with diabetic nephropathy in patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Complications 2005; 19:65-9. [PMID: 15745834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2004.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2004] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 07/16/2004] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) activity has been implicated in renal hypertrophy and extracellular matrix formation in mesangial cells. Recent studies have suggested that polymorphisms in the GLUT1 gene are associated with susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy (DN) in patients with diabetes mellitus. In this study, a novel polymorphism (A-2841T) in the 5' flanking region of GLUT1 was examined in 288 patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and 101 normal controls. The polymorphisms were amplified and the fragment digested with the enzyme HpyCH4V. There was a highly significant increase in the frequency of the TT-2841 genotype in patients with nephropathy (n=131) compared with those with either no microvascular complications after a 20-year duration of diabetes (uncomplicated; n=72; 54.5% vs. 2.7%, chi=79.4, P<.000001). There was no difference between the uncomplicated group and those who only had retinopathy (n=50; 2.7% vs. 4.0%, respectively). The frequency in recently diagnosed patients was 17.1% and only 2.0% in normal controls. In contrast, the AA genotype was found in 13.6% of the nephropaths, 76.3% of uncomplicated, 48.0% of retinopaths, and 65% of normal controls. These results confirm previous reports of an association between the GLUT1 gene and susceptibility to DN but not retinopathy. The localisation of this polymorphism suggests that it may be involved in the expression of the gene.
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- A D Hodgkinson
- Molecular Medicine Research Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Peninsula Medical School, Room N32, ITTC Building, Plymouth Campus, Tamar Science Park, Plymouth PL6 8BX, United Kingdom
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Gnudi L, Viberti G, Raij L, Rodriguez V, Burt D, Cortes P, Hartley B, Thomas S, Maestrini S, Gruden G. GLUT-1 overexpression: Link between hemodynamic and metabolic factors in glomerular injury? Hypertension 2003; 42:19-24. [PMID: 12771048 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000075949.19968.ef] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mesangial matrix deposition is the hallmark of hypertensive and diabetic glomerulopathy. At similar levels of systemic hypertension, Dahl salt-sensitive but not spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) develop glomerular hypertension, which is accompanied by upregulation of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1), mesangial matrix expansion, and sclerosis. GLUT-1 is ubiquitously expressed and is the predominant glucose transporter in mesangial cells. In mesangial cells in vitro, GLUT-1 overexpression increases basal glucose transport, resulting in excess fibronectin and collagen production. TGF-beta1 has been shown to upregulate GLUT-1 expression. We demonstrated that in hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (S) rats fed 4% NaCl (systolic blood pressure [SBP]: 236+/-9 mm Hg), but not in similarly hypertensive SHR (SBP: 230+/-10 mm Hg) or their normotensive counterparts (Dahl S fed 0.5% NaCl, SBP: 145+/-5 mm Hg; and Wistar-Kyoto, SBP: 137+/-3 mm Hg), there was an 80% upregulation of glomerular GLUT-1 protein expression (P< or =0.03). This was accompanied by a 2.7-fold upregulation of TGF-beta1 protein expression in glomeruli of DSH compared with DSN rats (P=0.02). TGF-beta1 expression was not upregulated and did not differ in the glomeruli of Wistar-Kyoto and SHR rats. As an in vitro surrogate of the in vivo hemodynamic stress imposed by glomerular hypertension, we used mechanical stretching of human and rat mesangial cells. We found that after 33 hours of stretching, mesangial cells overexpressed GLUT-1 (40%) and showed an increase in basal glucose transport of similar magnitude (both P< or =0.01), which could be blocked with an anti TGF-beta1-neutralizing antibody. These studies suggest a novel link between hemodynamic and metabolic factors that may cooperate in inducing progressive glomerular injury in conditions characterized by glomerular hypertension.
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- Luigi Gnudi
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Internal Medicine, King's College, 5th Floor, Thomas Guy House, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Haneda M, Koya D, Isono M, Kikkawa R. Overview of glucose signaling in mesangial cells in diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14:1374-82. [PMID: 12707407 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000064500.89551.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Masakazu Haneda
- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
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D'Agord Schaan B, Lacchini S, Bertoluci MC, Irigoyen MC, Machado UF, Schmid H. Impact of renal denervation on renal content of GLUT1, albuminuria and urinary TGF-beta1 in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Auton Neurosci 2003; 104:88-94. [PMID: 12648610 DOI: 10.1016/s1566-0702(02)00295-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In long-term diabetes mellitus, the progression of nephropathy has been related to the occurrence of autonomic neuropathy. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of bilateral denervation of the kidneys of streptozotocin-diabetic rats, an experimental model that presents diabetic nephropathy with increased abundance of cortical GLUT1 in the kidney and increased urinary excretion of albumin and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1). Twenty-four-hour urinary TGF-beta1 (ELISA), urinary albumin (electroimmunoassay) and GLUT1 protein levels (Western blotting) in the renal cortex and medulla were evaluated in diabetic (n=13) and control (n=13) rats 45 days after streptozotocin injection, submitted or not to surgical renal denervation. Evaluations were performed 15 days after the surgery. The effects of renal denervation were confirmed by intra-renal decrease of norepinephrine levels. Mean arterial pressure did not differ between diabetic and control rats, whether they underwent renal denervation or not. Renal denervation increased cortical (6905+/-287, 3506+/-193, 4144+/-246 and 5204+/-516 AU in renal-denervated controls, controls, renal-denervated diabetics and diabetics, respectively) and medullar GLUT1 protein in control rats, but reverted the cortical GLUT1 protein rise determined by diabetes. Although kidney denervation in diabetic rats induced a decrease in cortical GLUT1 abundance toward normal levels, these levels did not reach those of normal animals. However, renal denervation did not determine any changes in urinary albumin and urinary TGF-beta1 in both diabetic (127.3+/-12 microg/24 h and 111.8+/-24 ng mg(-1) creatinine, respectively) and control rats (45.9+/-3 microg/24 h and 13.4+/-4 ng mg(-1) creatinine, respectively). In conclusion, early-phase renal denervation in streptozotocin-diabetic rats produces a normalisation of previously elevated cortical GLUT1 protein content, but is not enough for reverting the increased urinary TGF-beta1 and albuminuria of diabetes.
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- Beatriz D'Agord Schaan
- Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/FUC, Unidade de Pesquisa, Av Princesa Isabel, 395 Santana, 90.620-001, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.
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Mann GE, Yudilevich DL, Sobrevia L. Regulation of amino acid and glucose transporters in endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Physiol Rev 2003; 83:183-252. [PMID: 12506130 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00022.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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While transport processes for amino acids and glucose have long been known to be expressed in the luminal and abluminal membranes of the endothelium comprising the blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers, it is only within the last decades that endothelial and smooth muscle cells derived from peripheral vascular beds have been recognized to rapidly transport and metabolize these nutrients. This review focuses principally on the mechanisms regulating amino acid and glucose transporters in vascular endothelial cells, although we also summarize recent advances in the understanding of the mechanisms controlling membrane transport activity and expression in vascular smooth muscle cells. We compare the specificity, ionic dependence, and kinetic properties of amino acid and glucose transport systems identified in endothelial cells derived from cerebral, retinal, and peripheral vascular beds and review the regulation of transport by vasoactive agonists, nitric oxide (NO), substrate deprivation, hypoxia, hyperglycemia, diabetes, insulin, steroid hormones, and development. In view of the importance of NO as a modulator of vascular tone under basal conditions and in disease and chronic inflammation, we critically review the evidence that transport of L-arginine and glucose in endothelial and smooth muscle cells is modulated by bacterial endotoxin, proinflammatory cytokines, and atherogenic lipids. The recent colocalization of the cationic amino acid transporter CAT-1 (system y(+)), nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and caveolin-1 in endothelial plasmalemmal caveolae provides a novel mechanism for the regulation of NO production by L-arginine delivery and circulating hormones such insulin and 17beta-estradiol.
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- Giovanni E Mann
- Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Ng DPK, Canani L, Araki SI, Smiles A, Moczulski D, Warram JH, Krolewski AS. Minor effect of GLUT1 polymorphisms on susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2002; 51:2264-9. [PMID: 12086959 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.7.2264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Elevation of intracellular glucose in mesangial cells as mediated by GLUT1 may be important in initiating cellular mechanisms that cause diabetic nephropathy. To determine whether DNA sequence differences in GLUT1 confer susceptibility to this complication, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in this gene were examined using a large case-control study. SNPs examined included the known XbaI (intron 2) and HaeIII SNPs (exon 2). Four novel SNPs located in three putative enhancers were also investigated. Homozygosity for the XbaI(-) allele was associated with diabetic nephropathy (odds ratio 1.83 [95% CI 1.01-3.33]). Furthermore, homozygosity for the A allele for a novel SNP (enhancer-2 SNP 1) located in a putative insulin-responsive enhancer-2 was associated with diabetic nephropathy (2.38 [1.16-4.90]). Patients who were homozygous for risk alleles at both XbaI SNP and enhancer-2 SNP 1 [i.e., homozygosity for XbaI(-)/A haplotype] also had an increased risk of diabetic nephropathy (2.40 [1.13-5.07]). Because enhancer-2 SNP 1 may directly control GLUT1 expression, the strong linkage disequilibrium between the two SNPs likely accounts for XbaI SNP being associated with diabetic nephropathy. In conclusion, our study confirms that SNPs at the GLUT1 locus are associated with susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes. Although these SNPs confer a considerable personal risk for diabetic nephropathy, they account for a limited proportion of cases among type 1 diabetic patients.
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- Daniel P K Ng
- Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Wakisaka M, Kitazono T, Kato M, Nakamura U, Yoshioka M, Uchizono Y, Yoshinari M. Sodium-coupled glucose transporter as a functional glucose sensor of retinal microvascular circulation. Circ Res 2001; 88:1183-8. [PMID: 11397785 DOI: 10.1161/hh1101.091265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To clarify the function of the Na(+)-coupled glucose transporter in the regulation of cellular tone of cultured retinal pericytes, we investigated the effects of extracellular glucose concentration on cell size. The surface area and diameter of cultured bovine retinal pericytes under different glucose concentrations were measured by using a light microscope with a digital camera. We also examined the effects of extracellular Na(+) and Ca(2+), inhibitors of the Na(+)-coupled glucose transporter and Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger, a Ca(2+) channel blocker, and nonmetabolizable sugars on cell size. The surface area and diameter of the cells changed according to extracellular glucose concentrations. alpha-Methyl glucoside, which enters the cell through the Na(+)-coupled glucose transporter, induced cellular contraction. However, the cells did not contract in response to 2-deoxyglucose, which enters the cell through a facilitated glucose transporter. Glucose-induced cellular contraction was abolished in the absence of extracellular Na(+) and Ca(2+). Moreover, phlorizin, an inhibitor of the Na(+)-coupled glucose transporter, and 2',4'-dichlorobenzamil-HCl, an inhibitor of the Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger, also abolished glucose-induced cellular contraction, whereas nicardipine, a Ca(2+) channel blocker, did not. Our results indicate that high extracellular glucose concentrations induce contraction of bovine retinal pericytes via Na(+) entry through a Na(+)-coupled glucose transporter, suggesting that the Na(+)-coupled glucose transporter may act as a functional glucose sensor of retinal microvascular circulation.>
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- M Wakisaka
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Hodgkinson AD, Millward BA, Demaine AG. Polymorphisms of the glucose transporter (GLUT1) gene are associated with diabetic nephropathy. Kidney Int 2001; 59:985-9. [PMID: 11231353 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.059003985.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Recent studies suggest that genetic factors, including polymorphisms in the flanking region of the aldose reductase gene (5'ALR2), play an important role in the pathogenesis of nephropathy. Glucose transporter (GLUT1) activity has been implicated in renal hypertrophy and extracellular matrix formation in mesangial cells. The aim was to investigate the frequency of a polymorphism within the GLUT1 gene in 186 Caucasoid patients with type 1 diabetes and 104 normal controls. METHODS Amplimers flanking the Xba-I polymorphic site in the second intron were employed to amplify DNA from subjects. The amplified DNA was restricted with endonuclease Xba-I, separated by gel electrophoresis, and visualized. In the absence of an Xba-I site, a fragment of 1.1 kilobase was seen, whereas fragments of 0.9 and 0.2 were generated if the Xba-I site was present. RESULTS There was a highly significant increase in the frequency of the 1.1 allele in those patients with nephropathy (N = 70) compared with those with no proteinuria or retinopathy after 20 years of diabetes (uncomplicated N = 44, 61.4 vs. 40.9%, respectively, P < 0.001). The 1.1/1.1 genotype was also significantly increased in the nephropathy group compared with the uncomplicated group of patients (37.1 vs. 13.6%, respectively, P < 0.01). The frequency of the 1.1/1.1 genotype was similar in 30 patients with retinopathy but not nephropathy when compared with the uncomplicated group of patients (13.6 vs. 16.7%). Furthermore, only 8 out of 49 patients with DN had the Z+2 5'ALR2 DN "protective" allele and the 0.9 GLUT1 allele in contrast to 21 out of 39 uncomplicated patients (P < 0.0002). CONCLUSION These results suggest that the GLUT1 gene together with the aldose reductase gene are associated with susceptibility to DN in patients with type 1 diabetes.
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- A D Hodgkinson
- Molecular Medicine Research Group, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
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Grzeszczak W, Moczulski DK, Zychma M, Zukowska-Szczechowska E, Trautsolt W, Szydlowska I. Role of GLUT1 gene in susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes. Kidney Int 2001; 59:631-6. [PMID: 11168944 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.059002631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The XbaI polymorphism in the glucose transporter GLUT1 gene has been implicated in the development of diabetic nephropathy in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. METHODS To examine whether the XbaI polymorphism is involved in the development of diabetic nephropathy in Caucasian type 2 diabetes patients, a large case control study was performed. The study group of 444 patients with type 2 diabetes consisted of three subgroups: 162 patients with normoalbuminuria (only patients with duration of type 2 diabetes of at least 10 years after diagnosis); 150 with microalbuminuria; and 132 subjects with persistent proteinuria or chronic renal failure (CRF). The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based genotyping of the XbaI polymorphism was performed in each subject. RESULTS The genotype distribution in the subgroups showed an increased frequency of the (+/+) genotype in patients with microalbuminuria (41%; OR 1.40, 95% CI, 0.89 to 2.24) and proteinuria/CRF (47%; OR 1.82, 95% CI, 1.13 to 2.93, P = 0.013) when compared with normoalbuminuria (33%). No difference in the genotype distribution was observed between type 2 diabetes patients and healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study in Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes indicate that the XbaI(-) allele in the GLUT1 gene protects against the development of diabetic nephropathy. Our results are in contrast to the case control study in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes in which the presence of the XbaI(-) allele appeared to have a strong association with the development of diabetic nephropathy.
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- W Grzeszczak
- Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes, Silesian School of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland.
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Asano T, Wakisaka M, Yoshinari M, Nakamura S, Doi Y, Fujishima M. Troglitazone enhances glycolysis and improves intracellular glucose metabolism in rat mesangial cells. Metabolism 2000; 49:308-13. [PMID: 10726906 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(00)90088-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To clarify the action of the new antidiabetic agent, troglitazone, on rat mesangial cells, we assessed its effect on the uptake and intracellular metabolism of glucose. Troglitazone increased the uptake of 2-deoxyglucose (2DOG) in a dose-dependent manner with an upregulation of glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) mRNA, whereas it had no effect on the uptake of alpha-methyl glucoside (AMG). This troglitazone-induced glucose uptake was not suppressed by phlorizin. In 5 mmol/L glucose, 2 microg/mL (4.5 micromol/L) troglitazone increased glucose consumption 2.9-fold, similar to that in 20 mmol/L glucose. Troglitazone increased the production of pyruvate and lactate as a consequence of the increase in glycolysis, but did not increase the cellular ATP content. Troglitazone improved the high-glucose-induced accumulation of intracellular sorbitol and fructose and elevation of the cellular redox potential. These data suggest that troglitazone enhances glucose uptake through GLUT1 with an acceleration of glycolysis, and improves the abnormal intracellular glucose metabolism under high-glucose conditions in rat mesangial cells.
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- T Asano
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Wakisaka M, Yoshinari M, Nakamura S, Asano T, Sonoki K, Shi AH, Iwase M, Takata Y, Fujishima M. Suppression of sodium-dependent glucose uptake by captopril improves high-glucose-induced morphological and functional changes of cultured bovine retinal pericytes. Microvasc Res 1999; 58:215-23. [PMID: 10527765 DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1999.2178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of captopril on glucose uptake, as well as morphological and functional changes of retinal pericytes, in a high-glucose medium were examined. Retinal pericytes were incubated in medium with 5 and 30 mM glucose and 30 mM glucose with 10(-6) to 10(-3) M captopril. Captopril decreased the cellular uptakes of d-glucose and alpha-methyl glucoside in the presence, but not in the absence, of sodium. The cellular size and contents of glucose, sorbitol, and fructose were increased in 30 mM glucose concomitant with the decreased thymidine, cellular DNA content, and ratios in glucose to sorbitol and to fructose, compared with those in 5 mM glucose. These changes observed in 30 mM glucose were reversed by 10(-4) M captopril. These data suggest that the suppression of d-glucose uptake through a sodium-coupled glucose transporter by captopril may attenuate the swelling and loss of pericytes observed in the early stage of diabetic retinopathy.
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- M Wakisaka
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812, Japan
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Henry DN, Busik JV, Brosius FC, Heilig CW. Glucose transporters control gene expression of aldose reductase, PKCalpha, and GLUT1 in mesangial cells in vitro. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:F97-104. [PMID: 10409302 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.1.f97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The process linking increased glucose utilization and activation of metabolic pathways leading to end-organ damage from diabetes is not known. We have previously described rat mesangial cells that were transduced to constitutively express the facilitative glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1, MCGT1 cells) or bacterial beta-galactosidase (MCLacZ, control cells). Glucose transport was rate limiting for extracellular matrix production in the MCGT1 cells. In the present work, we investigated the effect of GLUT1 overexpression in mesangial cells on aldose reductase (AR), protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha), and native GLUT1 transcript levels, to determine whether changes in GLUT1 alone could regulate their expression in the absence of high extracellular glucose concentrations. MCGT1 cells grown in normal (8 mM) or elevated (20 mM) glucose had elevated abundance of AR, PKCalpha, and the native GLUT1 transcripts compared with control cells. AR protein levels, AR activity, sorbitol production, and PKCalpha protein content were also greater in the MCGT1 cells than in control cells grown in the same media. This is the first report of the concomitant activation of AR, PKCalpha, and GLUT1 genes by enhanced GLUT1 expression. We conclude that increased GLUT1 expression leads to a positive feedback of greater GLUT1 expression, increased AR expression and activity with polyol accumulation, and increased total and active PKCalpha protein levels, which leads to detrimental stimulation of matrix protein synthesis by diabetic mesangial cells.
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- D N Henry
- Department of Physiology, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1101, USA
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Liu ZH, Guan TJ, Chen ZH, Li LS. Glucose transporter (GLUT1) allele (XbaI-) associated with nephropathy in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Kidney Int 1999; 55:1843-8. [PMID: 10231446 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although multiple factors contribute to the initiation and progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN), hyperglycemia and genetic predisposition are two major components implicated in the development of DN. Several pieces of experimental evidence suggest that glucose transporter (GLUT1) activity is an important modulator for the cell hypertrophy and extracellular matrix formation of glomerular mesangial cells. METHODS To evaluate the role of the GLUT1 gene mutation in the development of DN in Chinese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), the polymorphic XbaI site of GLUT1 gene was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction in 124 normal subjects and 131 patients with NIDDM, among whom 64 were complicated with DN. DN was defined as persistent albuminuria with or without impaired renal function with no known cause of renal disease other than diabetes. RESULTS The frequencies of XbaI (+/-) genotype (75 vs. 44%, P < 0.01) and XbaI (-) allele (44 vs. 29%, P < 0.05) were significantly higher in NIDDM patients with DN than those without nephropathy. There were no significant differences for GLUT1 genotype and allele frequency between NIDDM patients without nephropathy and normal subjects. The presence of the XbaI (-) allele appeared to have a strong association with the development of DN. The odds ratio was 1.915, and the 95% confidence interval was 1.044 to 3.514. In addition, no strong association was found between GLUT1 gene polymorphism and retinopathy in NIDDM patients. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that the XbaI (-) allele of the GLUT1 gene might be a genetic marker of NIDDM with DN, and this genetic susceptibility is independent of its retinopathy in Chinese subjects.
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- Z H Liu
- Research Institute of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, People's Republic of China
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Inoki K, Haneda M, Maeda S, Koya D, Kikkawa R. TGF-beta 1 stimulates glucose uptake by enhancing GLUT1 expression in mesangial cells. Kidney Int 1999; 55:1704-12. [PMID: 10231432 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND An increase in the expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) has been proposed to play an important role in the excessive production of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins seen in diabetes. Because the linkage between glucose metabolism and ECM protein production was found in mesangial cells overexpressed with the brain-type glucose transporter (GLUT1), we hypothesized that TGF-beta 1 could affect glucose metabolism. METHODS To prove this hypothesis, we examined the effect of TGF-beta 1 on glucose uptake, the first step of glucose metabolism, in mesangial cells. 2-Deoxy-D-glucose (2DOG) uptake and the expression of GLUT1 were measured in mesangial cells exposed to various concentrations of TGF-beta 1. The kinetic constants were determined using 2DOG and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose (3OMG). The effect of anti-TGF-beta neutralizing antibody on 2DOG uptake and GLUT1 mRNA was also examined in mesangial cells cultured under high-glucose (22.2 mM) conditions for 72 hours. RESULTS TGF-beta 1 stimulated 2DOG uptake in mesangial cells by approximately 2.5-fold in a dose- (1.25 ng/ml maximum) and time-dependent manner, with a peak stimulation at nine hours. The increase in 2DOG uptake by TGF-beta 1 was completely abolished by the addition of 1 microgram/ml cycloheximide, and kinetic analysis of 2DOG or 3OMG uptake revealed an increase in Vmax by TGF-beta 1. Furthermore, TGF-beta 1 enhanced the expression of GLUT1 mRNA from one hour, followed by an enhancement of the expression of GLUT1 protein at nine hours. Finally, 2DOG uptake was significantly enhanced in cells cultured under high-glucose (22.2 mM) conditions as compared with that in cells under normal glucose (5.6 mM) conditions, and this increase in 2DOG uptake in cells under high-glucose conditions was inhibited by the addition of anti-TGF-beta neutralizing antibody. CONCLUSIONS TGF-beta 1 stimulates glucose uptake by enhancing the expression of GLUT1 in mesangial cells, which leads to the acceleration of intracellular metabolic abnormalities in diabetes.
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- K Inoki
- Third Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
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Wakisaka M, Yoshinari M, Asano T, Iino K, Nakamura S, Takata Y, Fujishima M. Normalization of glucose entry under the high glucose condition by phlorizin attenuates the high glucose-induced morphological and functional changes of cultured bovine retinal pericytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1453:83-91. [PMID: 9989248 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(98)00087-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We previously reported that sodium-dependent glucose uptake is present in bovine retinal pericytes and that phlorizin normalizes its glucose consumption under high glucose conditions. To clarify the effect of phlorizin on morphological and functional change of retinal pericytes under high glucose conditions, retinal pericytes were incubated in media with 5 mM glucose, 30 mM glucose, and 30 mM glucose plus 0.2 mM phlorizin for 7 days. The diameter of cells in the concentrations of glucose more than 10 mM were significantly larger than those in 5 mM glucose and 30 mM glucose plus phlorizin. Glucose, sorbitol and fructose contents of the cells in 30 mM glucose were significantly increased compared with those in 5 mM glucose, and were normalized by phlorizin. Thymidine uptake in the concentrations of glucose more than 20 mM was significantly decreased compared with that in 5 mM glucose. Myoinositol uptake, and DNA in 30 mM glucose were significantly reduced, and were normalized with phlorizin. Myoinositol content in 30 mM glucose was the same as that in 5 mM glucose, but was significantly decreased by phlorizin. The ratios of glucose to sorbitol or fructose in 30 mM glucose were significantly decreased, compared with those in 5 mM glucose and 30 mM glucose plus phlorizin. Therefore, the cellular enlargement and decreased DNA synthesis in cultured bovine retinal pericytes with abnormal glucose metabolism under high glucose conditions are attenuated by phlorizin, independent of the cellular myoinositol content.
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- M Wakisaka
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Jeffcott LB, Henson FM. Studies on growth cartilage in the horse and their application to aetiopathogenesis of dyschondroplasia (osteochondrosis). Vet J 1998; 156:177-92. [PMID: 9883086 DOI: 10.1016/s1090-0233(98)80121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The importance of osteochondrosis (dyschondroplasia) to the horse industry has been well documented since it was first recorded 50 years ago. The condition is known to be multifactorial in origin, arising from focal failure of endochondral ossification at predilection sites in articular/epiphyseal growth cartilage, but specific information on its aetiopathogenesis is sparse. This paper reviews the current knowledge of growth cartilage metabolism and the process of normal endochondral ossification in the horse. It highlights the localization of various protein products of chondrocytes and the differences in the zones of articular cartilage. In the early focal lesions (referred to as dyschondroplasia) there are alterations in the chondrocytes, extracellular matrix and some of the local protein products. The most obvious feature is an alteration in matrix metabolism which may be responsible for triggering a range of other factors leading to the development of a retained core of cartilage and a primary lesion of dyschondroplasia. Based on available evidence, a preliminary hypothesis for pathogenesis is presented. This suggests that there are a number of factors capable of initiating the condition. One of these involves high circulating insulin levels from high energy feeding which may affect chondrocyte maturation leading to altered matrix metabolism and faulty mineralization resulting in the formation of cartilage cores which characterize the condition. Further research to test this hypothesis is needed before there can be a rational basis for prophylaxis.
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Schröppel B, Fischereder M, Wiese P, Segerer S, Huber S, Kretzler M, Heiss P, Sitter T, Schlöndorff D. Expression of glucose transporters in human peritoneal mesothelial cells. Kidney Int 1998; 53:1278-87. [PMID: 9573543 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Glucose containing solutions, the basis of peritoneal dialysis fluids, affect the proliferation and regeneration of peritoneal mesothelial cells (MsC). The aim of this study was to examine mechanisms of glucose transport into MsC, that is, the expression of facilitative glucose transporters (GLUT) and the Na(+)-dependent glucose transporter (SGLT1) in human primary MsC and a transfected MsC line. Since expression of both transporters is differentiation dependent, we investigated the effects of cell differentiation induced by culturing MsC on membranes or by addition of hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA; 6 mM), which enhances SGLT1 expression in LLC-PK1 cells. Levels of mRNA for GLUT1 through GLUT4 and SGLT1 were evaluated by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The presence of the corresponding proteins was examined by Western blotting and localized by immunofluorescence. Active, Na(+)-dependent glucose transport was assessed by alpha-methyl-D-[14C]glucopyranoside (AMG) with and without the SGLT1-specific inhibitor phlorizin and by patch clamp experiments in NaCl or choline-chloride, For Na(+) dependent glucose uptake choline chloride instead of NaCl served as negative control. Facilitative transport was assessed using 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-[14C]-D-glucose (FDG) with and without the inhibitors cytochalasin B or phloretin. Primary and transfected MsC express GLUT1 and GLUT3 mRNA while no transcripts were found for GLUT2 and GLUT4. No SGLT1 transcript was detectable in subconfluent cells. Semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis documented that the addition of the differentiation inducer HMBA to confluent cultures or growth of MsC on membranes for seven days produced a down-regulation of mRNA for GLUT1, no change for GLUT3, and a substantial increase for SGLT1 mRNA. Under these conditions MsC express SGLT1 protein and possess a Na(+)-dependent glucose uptake as assessed by AMG. Phlorizin (1 mM) inhibits AMG uptake by 30 to 40%. In patch clamp experiments the addition of extracellular glucose depolarized the membrane potential only in the presence of sodium. These results indicate that differentiated MsC express GLUT1, GLUT3, and SGLT1. Further characterization of these transport mechanisms and their regulation may help to understand the cellular effects of glucose on MsC in peritoneal dialysis.
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- B Schröppel
- Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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Keen HL, Brands MW, Smith MJ, Hall JE. Maintenance of baseline angiotensin II potentiates insulin hypertension in rats. Hypertension 1998; 31:637-42. [PMID: 9461234 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.31.2.637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chronic insulin infusion in rats increases mean arterial pressure (MAP) by a mechanism dependent on angiotensin II (Ang II). However, the fact that plasma renin activity (PRA) decreases with insulin infusion suggests that Ang II sensitivity is increased and that the parallel reduction in Ang II may partly counteract any hypertensive action of insulin. This study tested that hypothesis by clamping Ang II at baseline levels during chronic insulin infusion. Sprague-Dawley rats were instrumented with artery and vein catheters, and MAP was measured 24 hours per day. In seven angiotensin clamped rats (AC rats), renin-angiotensin II system activity was clamped at normal levels throughout the study by continuous intravenous infusion of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor benazepril at 5 mg/kg per day (which decreased MAP by 18+/-2 mm Hg) together with intravenous Ang II at 5 ng/kg per minute. Control MAP in AC rats after clamping averaged 99+/-1 mm Hg, which was not different from the 101+/-2 mm Hg measured before clamping Ang II levels. Control MAP in the 8 vehicle-infused rats averaged 105+/-2 mm Hg. A 7-day infusion of insulin (1.5 mU/kg per minute IV) plus glucose (20 mg/kg per minute IV) increased MAP in both groups of rats; however, the increase in MAP was significantly greater in AC rats (12+/-1 versus 5+/-1 mm Hg). This enhanced hypertensive response to insulin in AC rats was associated with a greater increase in renal vascular resistance (153+/-10% versus 119+/-6% of control) and a significant increase in renal formation of thromboxane (149+/-11% of control). Thus, decreased Ang II during insulin infusion limits the renal vasoconstrictor and hypertensive actions of insulin, and this may be caused, at least in part, by attenuation of renal thromboxane production.
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- H L Keen
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA
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Anderson TJ, Martin S, Berka JL, James DE, Slot JW, Stow JL. Distinct localization of renin and GLUT-4 in juxtaglomerular cells of mouse kidney. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 274:F26-33. [PMID: 9458820 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.274.1.f26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The insulin-responsive glucose transporter, GLUT-4, is found primarily in adipocytes and skeletal muscle cells, where it is sequestered in a specialized recycling compartment, from which it can be recruited to the cell surface following insulin stimulation. Lower levels of GLUT-4 are also expressed in other tissues, including the kidney, where it is present particularly in cells of the afferent arteriole and juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA). The exact nature of GLUT-4-containing compartments and their relationship to other regulated trafficking pathways in different cells are not yet well defined. The trafficking of GLUT-4 has been studied in different cells with regulated secretory pathways, and a recent study shows that, in cardiomyocytes, GLUT-4 is sorted and packaged into multiple regulated pathways (J. W. Slot, G. Garruti, S. Martin, V. Oorschot, G. Pshuma, E. W. Kraegen, R. Laybutt, G. Thibault, and D. E. James. J. Cell Biol. 137: 1243-1254, 1997). In the kidney, cells of the JGA synthesize and secrete their major product, renin, via a well-established, regulated, secretory pathway. These cells also express GLUT-4 and thus offer the potential to directly compare the localization and trafficking of GLUT-4 and renin in a unique cell type. The present study was undertaken to investigate the intracellular distribution of GLUT-4 in mouse kidney cortex and to determine whether GLUT-4 and renin are trafficked in the same or in separate regulated pathways. Ultrathin cryosections of mouse kidney were labeled by the immunogold technique and viewed by electron microscopy, demonstrating the distribution of GLUT-4 in cells of the JGA, afferent arteriole, and distal tubule. In granular cells of the JGA, renin was localized in secretory granules of the regulated secretory pathway, whereas GLUT-4 labeling in the same cells was found in a distinct tubulovesicular compartment located adjacent to the trans-Golgi network. We show that granular cells have separate, morphologically distinct compartments for the sequestration of renin and GLUT-4, providing evidence that there may be distinct pathways for the sorting and trafficking of these two proteins.
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- T J Anderson
- Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Wakisaka M, Yoshinari M, Yamamoto M, Nakamura S, Asano T, Himeno T, Ichikawa K, Doi Y, Fujishima M. Na+-dependent glucose uptake and collagen synthesis by cultured bovine retinal pericytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1362:87-96. [PMID: 9434103 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(97)00071-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This study was performed to clarify the presence of sodium-dependent glucose uptake and its role in the synthesis of type IV and type VI collagen by cultured bovine retinal pericytes. The glucose uptake by retinal pericytes and retinal endothelial cells was measured using 3H-D-glucose in the presence or absence of sodium. Glucose uptake in the presence of sodium was twice as high as that observed in the presence of phlorizin and sodium or in the absence of sodium. Sodium-dependent glucose uptake was observed at different sodium concentrations, and its half-maximal stimulation occurred at 48 mM. These findings were not observed in retinal endothelial cells. Levels of type IV and type VI collagen produced by retinal pericytes were significantly increased at glucose concentrations higher than 20 mM. Phlorizin decreased both collagen synthesis and glucose consumption by retinal pericytes incubated with 30 mM of glucose to the levels observed with 5 mM of glucose. These data suggest that sodium-dependent glucose uptake is present in retinal pericytes and that excessive glucose entry into the cell is an important factor for overproduction of collagen. Phlorizin normalized the synthesis of type IV and type VI collagen with decreasing glucose consumption under high glucose conditions.
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- M Wakisaka
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Nasu T, Shibata A. Na(+)-independent glucose utilization during Mn(2+)-induced contraction in ileal longitudinal smooth muscle. Eur J Pharmacol 1997; 333:199-205. [PMID: 9314036 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)01120-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In Ca(2+)- and Na(+)-deficient, isotonic 126 mM K+ medium, addition of 5 mM Mn2+ caused a tension about 2.5 x greater than the tonic response induced by 126 mM K+ medium (Ca2+ 2.5 mM, Na+ 0 mM) in ileal muscle. When glycogen was depleted by incubation in a glucose-free, hypertonic 60 mM K+ medium, addition of 5 mM Mn2+ induced only a very weak tension in Ca(2+)-free, isotonic 126 K+ medium. Phlorizin (10(-3) M), a blocker of Na(+)-coupled glucose cotransporter and ouabain (9 x 10(-5) M), an inhibitor of Na+, K(+)-ATPase, failed to inhibit the tension elicited by 5 mM Mn2+ in a Ca(2+)- and Na(+)-deficient, isotonic 126 mM K+ medium. Mn2+ was accumulated in the intracellular compartment in a Ca(2+)- and Na(+)-deficient, isotonic 126 mM K+ medium. The tissue ATP concentration was significantly reduced in a Na(+)-deficient 126 mM K+ medium. However, it recovered almost completely when 5 mM Mn2+ was added to the isotonic 126 mM K+ medium. These results suggest that the Mn(2+)-induced contraction in depolarized ileal longitudinal muscle in Na(+)-deficient medium may be maintained by a glucose transport which is not dependent on Na+ and insensitive to phlorizin.
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- T Nasu
- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
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Ostlund RE, Seemayer R, Gupta S, Kimmel R, Ostlund EL, Sherman WR. A stereospecific myo-inositol/D-chiro-inositol transporter in HepG2 liver cells. Identification with D-chiro-[3-3H]inositol. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:10073-8. [PMID: 8626564 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.17.10073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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D-chiro-Inositol is an epimer of myo-inositol that is found in certain mammalian glycosylphosphatidylinositol protein anchors and inositol phosphoglycans possessing insulin-like bioactivity. In order to generate a probe for metabolic studies, D-chiro-[3-3H]inositol was synthesized by selective reduction of D-chiro-3-inosose at pH 6.5 with sodium borotritide. D-chiro-[3-3H]Inositol was taken up by HepG2 human liver cells through a saturable and stereospecific pathway in which D-chiro-inositol and myo-inositol competed equally but L-chiro-inositol was not recognized. Dd-Glucose, but not L-glucose, competed for D-chiro-[3-3H]inositol uptake over glucose concentrations of 4-28 mM. Maximum transport capacity was 717 pmol/mg cell protein/3 h with a Km value of 348 microM. Uptake was reduced by 76% when sodium was eliminated from the medium and by 94% when the experiment was performed at 0 degrees C. The new myo/D-chiro-inositol transporter is distinct from the sodium-myo-inositol co-transporter found in many tissues and accounts for all of the saturable D-chiro-inositol uptake and for a portion of the saturable low affinity myo-inositol uptake in HepG2 cells. It may allow D-chiro-inositol to be used by cells in the presence of a relatively large amount of competing myo-inositol.
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- R E Ostlund
- Metabolism Division and the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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