title: Role of aldose reductase in the high glucose induced expression of fibronectin in human mesangial cells.
abstract: Aldose reductase (AR) has emerged as a key contributor to the diabetic nephropathy (DN), however, the mechanisms by which AR increases DN remain poorly understood. Here, we report that exposure to high glucose (HG) stimulates fibronectin (FN) from human mesangial cells in culture. Our results show that exposure to HG and overexpression AR increase the expression of FN. This increase was prevented by the AR inhibitors sorbinil and zopolrestat. Treatment with HG and transfected with plasmid PcDNA3.0-AR, resulted in phosphorylation and activation of ERK, JNK and AKT signaling pathway, and increase the expression of FN. Treatment with inhibitor of JNK and AKT signaling pathway decreased the expression of FN. These results show that inhibition of AR may be useful to prevented extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition in diabetic nephropathy, which is regulated by JNK and AKT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Box 230, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yuejuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wenjiao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Nong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D050527:Mesangial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D005947:Glucose