title: Inhibition of diabetic nephropathy by a GH antagonist: a molecular analysis.
abstract: Streptozotocin-treated C57B1/SJL mice developed glomerular hypertrophy and light microscopic lesions mimicking human diabetic glomerulosclerosis. In contrast, there were no glomerular hypertrophy and lesions in diabetic mice transgenic (TG) for a mutated growth hormone (bGH-G119K) that competes with native endogenous GH and results in dwarfism. We examined the molecular events underlying these findings. The non-transgenic (non-TG) diabetic mouse glomeruli had an increase in mRNA coding for alpha 1IV collagen, laminin B1, TGF-beta 1, 72 kDa collagenase, and TIMP-3. In contrast, glomerular type IV collagen and laminin B1 mRNA levels were normal in diabetic TG dwarf mice. However, the 72 kDa gelatinase, TIMP-3, and TGF-beta 1 mRNAs were elevated in the diabetic dwarfs. Type IV collagen and laminin accumulated in the glomeruli of diabetic non-TG, but not of diabetic dwarf mice, by immunofluorescence microscopy, confirming the mRNA data. GH binding protein mRNA levels were comparable in glomeruli from dwarf and non-TG mice, both diabetic and non-diabetic. We did not detect GH receptor mRNA in glomeruli. These data suggest that diabetic glomerulosclerosis is associated with an increase in type IV collagen and laminin synthesis, and that these changes do not occur in mice transgenic for bGH119K, a functional antagonist of GH. The increase of 72 kDa gelatinase, TIMP-3 and TGF-beta 1 mRNAs, independent of GH, suggested that these changes induced by hyperglycemia were not sufficient for the induction of glomerulosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Renal Cell Biology Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Striker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kopchick
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Striker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006727:Hormone Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007797:Laminin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D006727:Hormone Antagonists; D007797:Laminin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone; D003094:Collagen