title: Spontaneous shift in transcriptional profile of explanted glomeruli via activation of the MAP kinase family.
abstract: To understand how isolation and explantation of glomeruli affect the function of resident cells, the present study investigated the transcriptional profile of explanted normal glomeruli. We found that ex vivo incubation of glomeruli spontaneously expressed monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and stromelysin, the genes regulated by activator protein-1 (AP-1). The expression was suppressed by heparin and quercetin, the drugs with anti-AP-1 activities. The gene expression was preceded by 1) induction of AP-1 components c-fos and c-jun and 2) phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, and c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), the upstream inducers/activators of AP-1. Suppression of ERK by PD098059 abrogated induction of c-fos and c-jun, and the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB203580 attenuated c-fos expression. Furthermore, treatment with either PD098059, SB203580, or the JNK-AP-1 inhibitor curcumin diminished the expression of MCP-1 and stromelysin. The transcriptional profile of glomerular cells thus alters dramatically after explantation of glomeruli. It is, at least in part, due to activation of multiple MAP kinases that lead to induction of AP-1-dependent gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Renal Bioengineering Unit, Department of Medicine, University College Medical School, University College London, The Rayne Institute, London WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D008297:Male; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011794:Quercetin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D054631:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D006493:Heparin; D011794:Quercetin; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; C496316:Nos3 protein, rat; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516891:Ptpro protein, rat; D054631:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3