title: TNF-alpha and IL-1 alpha induce mannose receptors and apoptosis in glomerular mesangial but not endothelial cells.
abstract: The macrophage mannose receptor, a carbohydrate-binding membrane protein, mediates endocytosis and phagocytosis. This study was undertaken to determine whether mannose receptors were expressed in resting glomerular mesangial and endothelial cells and whether their level was affected by cytokines. Neither mannose receptor mRNA nor proteins were found in resting mesangial or endothelial cells. Mannose receptor mRNA was induced in a dose- and time-dependent manner in mesangial cells by interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) but not by platelet-derived growth factor-B or IL-6. Cell surface receptors were found by fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis. Binding to stimulated mesangial cells was saturable and inhibited by excess mannose-bovine serum albumin (BSA) but not by galactose-BSA. TNF-alpha and IL-1 alpha also induced apoptosis in mesangial cells. Mannose receptor expression was not restricted to apoptotic stimulated mesangial cells. Neither agonist induced mannose receptor expression or apoptosis in endothelial cells. Because immunoglobulin A, M, and G contain mannose residues, immune aggregates may be removed from the mesangium through cytokine-induced mannose receptors.
authors.affiliation: Renal Cell Biology Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20982, USA.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Striker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stetler-Stevenson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Striker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008024:Ligands; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D051379:Mice; D015335:Molecular Probes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008024:Ligands; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D015335:Molecular Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha