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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 276: F191-F198, 1999;
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Vol. 276, Issue 2, F191-F198, February 1999

Lysophosphatidic acid-induced calcium mobilization and proliferation in kidney proximal tubular cells

Richard J. Dixon1, Ken Young1, and Nigel J. Brunskill1,2

1 Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, Leicester University School of Medicine; and 2 Department of Nephrology, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom

Patients with proteinuria tend to develop progressive renal disease with proximal tubular cell atrophy and interstitial scarring. It has been suggested that the nephrotoxicity of albuminuric states may be due to the protein molecule itself or by lipids, such as lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), that albumin carries. LPA was found to cause a transient increase in intracytoplasmic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in opossum kidney proximal tubule cells (OK) that was maximal at 100 µM LPA and was dose dependent with an EC50 of 2.6 × 10-6 M. This Ca2+ mobilization was from both internal stores and across the plasma membrane and was pertussis toxin (PTX) insensitive. Treatment of OK cells with 100 µM LPA for 5 min was found to cause a twofold increase in [3H]thymidine incorporation and a three- to fivefold increase over control after 24 h. This was highly PTX sensitive and insensitive to pretreatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and herbimycin A. These findings may be of significance in the progression of renal disease and indicate the potential importance of lipids in modulating proximal tubule cell function and growth.

OK cells; proteinuria; lipids; signaling


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