title: Effect of TGF-beta 1 and TNF-alpha on the plasminogen system of rat proximal tubular epithelial cells.
abstract: Rat proximal tubular epithelial cells derived from Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats were grown to confluency on semipermeable tissue culture inserts, and the plasminogen system of these cells was analyzed using enzyme assays, Western analysis, zymography, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. The tubular epithelial cells are capable of activating exogenous plasminogen to plasmin by endogenous plasminogen activators. The cells produce tissue-plasminogen activator, urokinase-plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and urokinase-plasminogen activator receptor. These cells also produce the Heymann nephritis autoantigen, gp330 (megalin), and an associated protein of 45 kd (RAP). Incubation with transforming growth factor-beta 1 resulted in a decrease in plasminogen activation, primarily because of an increase in plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 RNA and protein and a decrease in u-PA RNA as noted by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Western analysis, and zymography. Incubation of these cells with tumor necrosis factor-alpha resulted in an increase in plasminogen activating ability, presumably through an increase in urokinase. Gp330 and the associated 45-kd protein (RAP) RNA were decreased in cells treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The data presented indicates that these transformed proximal tubular epithelial cells may be used to study changes that may occur during Heymann nephritis with respect to the plasminogen system and the autoantigen gp330.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7813, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kanalas
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hopfer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D026541:Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D017931:DNA Primers; D026541:Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D012313:RNA; D010958:Plasminogen; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator