title: Alpha-lipoic Acid modulates heat shock factor-1 expression in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat kidney.
abstract: Increased oxidative stress and impaired heat shock protein (HSP) synthesis may contribute to diabetic nephropathy. The question of whether 8-week thiol antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid (LA) supplementation modulates HSP response and oxidative stress was studied in the kidney of streptozotocin-induced diabetic (SID) and nondiabetic rats. SID caused a histological mesangial expansion, tubular dilatation, and increased levels of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a mediator of glomerulosclerosis. SID increased 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) protein adduct formation, a marker of lipid peroxidation, and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), also a marker of oxidative stress. Moreover, SID increased the DNA-binding activity of heat shock factor-1 (HSF-1) and expression of heat shock protein 60 (HSP60). In contrast, LA supplementation partially reversed histological findings of glomerulosclerosis and decreased TGF-beta. LA also increased HSF-1 and decreased HO-1 protein expression, without affecting 4-HNE protein adduct levels. At the mRNA level, LA increased expression of HSF-1, HSP90, and glucose-regulated protein (GRP75) in both control and diabetic animals and HSP72 in SID rats. However, LA supplementation did not affect these HSPs at the protein level. These findings suggest that in addition to its antiglomerulosclerotic effects, LA can induce cytoprotective response in SID.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedicine, Physiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Niku K J
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Oksala
authors.forename: Jani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lappalainen
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Laaksonen
authors.forename: Savita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaarniranta
authors.forename: Chandan K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atalay
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013311:Streptozocin; D008063:Thioctic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C018551:glucose-regulated proteins; D013311:Streptozocin; D008063:Thioctic Acid