title: Role for protein kinase C in the mediation of increased fibronectin accumulation by mesangial cells grown in high-glucose medium.
abstract: The fibronectin content of RMC cultures grown for 8-14 days in medium containing 30 mM (540 mg/dl) D-glucose was increased 30-60% relative to that of control cells cultured in 10 mM (180 mg/dl) glucose. Addition of equiosmolar concentrations (20 mM, 360 mg/dl) of L-glucose, 3-O-methylglucose, or mannitol to 10 mM glucose media did not alter fibronectin accumulation compared with values observed in 10 mM glucose alone. The basal phosphorylation of the 80,000-M(r) MARKS protein, which is a substrate for PKC, and the phosphorylation induced by acute (15-min) exposure of cells to 15% FCS or to 0.1 microM (50 ng/ml) PDBu were all increased in cells grown in 30 mM compared with 10 mM glucose. By contrast, phosphorylation of the 80,000-M(r) protein in response to a maximal concentration of PDBu (1 microM, 500 ng/ml) was not different in cells grown in 30 mM compared with 10 mM glucose. The acute increases in phosphorylation of the 80,000-M(r) protein were blocked by the PKC inhibitor calphostin C. Chronic (7-day) exposure of mesangial cells grown in 10 mM glucose to 0.1 microM of the PKC agonist PDBu also resulted in a sustained 40% increase in 80,000-M(r) phosphorylation and a 20-30% increase in fibronectin accumulation. As assessed by [35S]methionine incorporation, mesangial cell fibronectin synthesis was increased by exposure to PDBu, a finding consistent with earlier observations with 30 mM glucose.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15240.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Craven
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: DeRubertis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008970:Molecular Weight; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D005947:Glucose; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate