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in mesangial cells
is blocked by PPAR
activation
1 Vascular Biology Institute and Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136; and 2 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt, Tennessee 37232
We found that peroxisome
proliferator-activated receptor-
(PPAR
) mRNA was reduced by 77%
in glomeruli of diabetic mice. Because mesangial cells play an
important role in diabetic nephropathy, we examined regulation of type
I collagen expression by PPAR
and transforming growth
factor-
1 (TGF-
1) in mouse mesangial cells
in the presence of 6 and 25 mM glucose. Mesangial cells contained
functionally active PPAR
. Exposure to 25 mM glucose resulted in
reduced PPAR
expression and transcriptional activity, accompanied by
increased type I collagen expression. Restoration of PPAR
activity
to normal levels in cells cultured in 25 mM glucose, by transfection
with a PPAR
expression construct and treatment with the PPAR
agonist troglitazone, returned type I collagen levels toward normal
values. Activation of PPAR
by troglitazone also decreased type I
collagen mRNA and blocked TGF-
1-mediated upregulation of
type I collagen mRNA and protein. Moreover, PPAR
activation
suppressed basal and activated TGF-
1 responses in mesangial cells. This action was blocked by transfection of cells with
a dominant-negative PPAR
construct. In summary, PPAR
suppresses the increased type I collagen mRNA and protein expression mediated by
TGF-
1 in mesangial cells.
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-
; transforming growth
factor-
1; diabetic nephropathy
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