title: Angiotensin II-stimulated hypertrophy of LLC-PK1 cells depends on the induction of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1.
abstract: Angiotensin II (Ang II) induces hypertrophy of cultured proximal tubular epithelial cells including the LLC-PK1 cell line. We have previously shown that this hypertrophy appears in the G1-phase of the cell cycle. Since progression through the cell cycle is controlled by a series of cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinase (CdK) complexes that may be inactivated by CdK inhibitors, we studied the expression of the CdK-inhibitor p27Kip1 in LLC-PK1 cells challenged with Ang II. Compared to cells grown in serum-free medium, Ang II treatment enhanced p27Kip1 protein, but not mRNA expression. This p27Kip1 induction was mediated through AT1-receptors. Exogenous TGF-beta also stimulated p27Kip1 protein expression. Immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that p27Kip1 preferentially associated with CdK4 in Ang II-treated LLC-PK1 cells and that the activity of this kinase was inhibited after Ang II-treatment, an effect that may be generated by increased p27Kip1 binding to cyclin D1-CdK4 complexes. In contrast, p27Kip1 was not associated with cyclin E-CdK2 complexes in Ang II-stimulated cells. Treatment of LLC-PK1 cells with p27Kip1 antisense, but not missense, oligonucleotides abolished the Ang II-mediated cell hypertrophy as measured by de novo protein synthesis and total protein content, and facilitated entry into the S-phase of the cell cycle. Our findings suggest that Ang II stimulates p27Kip1 expression in renal cells. Furthermore, this induction of the CdK-inhibitor appears pivotal in the hypertrophy induced by Ang II and elucidates the molecular mechanisms associated with this growth response in proximal tubular cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Stahl
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D016193:G1 Phase; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D018374:LLC-PK1 Cells; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D000804:Angiotensin II; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases