title: Protein turnover in the hypertrophying kidney.
abstract: To establish whether altered proteolysis contributes to the increase in protein content in hypertrophying kidneys, we studied protein turnover in proximal renal tubules isolated from rats with three forms of renal hypertrophy, diabetes mellitus (DM), ammonium chloride-induced acidosis and compensatory renal growth (CRG). We found that in DM and in chronic acidosis the normal balance in protein turnover is altered due to attenuated proteolysis and accelerated protein synthesis. Together this favors an increase in kidney protein content. In contrast, in CRG, the increase in protein content is entirely due to increased protein synthesis. Thus, the changes in protein turnover leading to the net gain in kidney protein content in renal hypertrophy depends on the cause of hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabkin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shechter
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boner
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000378:metabolism; D000643:Ammonium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000378:metabolism; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000378:metabolism; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000378:metabolism*; D010450:Endopeptidases; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D011506:Proteins; D000643:Ammonium Chloride; D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D002401:Cathepsin B; D056668:Cathepsin L; C534280:Ctsl protein, rat