title: Synaptic vesicle protein 2B is expressed in podocyte, and its expression is altered in proteinuric glomeruli.
abstract: Synaptic vesicle protein 2B (SV2B) was identified by the subtraction hybridization technique as a molecule of which mRNA expression was decreased in puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephropathy by glomerular cDNA subtraction assay. The expression of SV2B was detected in glomerular lysate with Western blot analysis. Dual-labeling immunofluorescence studies with glomerular cell markers demonstrated that SV2B is expressed in glomerular visceral epithelial cells (podocytes). The expression of SV2B is detected also in cultured podocyte and in human kidney section as podocytic pattern. The decrease of SV2B mRNA was already detected before the onset of proteinuria in PAN nephropathy. The mRNA expression of SV2B clearly is altered not only in PAN nephropathy but also in another proteinuric state that is caused by an antibody against nephrin, a functional molecule of the slit diaphragm. The decreased intensity in SV2B staining was already detected before the peak of proteinuria in both models with immunofluorescence study. A reduced amount of SV2B was detected in both models also with Western blot analysis. CD2AP, another functional molecule of the slit diaphragm, was observed in cytoplasm, including the processes area of the cultured podocyte, and when the podocyte was treated with small interfering RNA for SV2B, CD2AP staining at the process area was not detected. These results suggest that SV2B is a functional molecule of podocyte, and SV2B may play a role in the expression and proper localization of CD2AP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tamaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harita
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Gi Dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Fujio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawachi
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000633:toxicity; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019556:COS Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D050199:Podocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011692:Puromycin Aminonucleoside / Q000633:toxicity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D020826:rab3A GTP-Binding Protein; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; C114545:CD2-associated protein; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C489615:Sv2b protein, mouse; C113267:nephrin; D011692:Puromycin Aminonucleoside; D020826:rab3A GTP-Binding Protein