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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (November 5, 2008). doi:10.1152/ajprenal.90398.2008
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Submitted on July 7, 2008
Revised on October 27, 2008
Accepted on October 29, 2008

Proteinuria in mice expressing PKB/SGK-resistant GSK3

Krishna M Boini1, Kerstin Amann2, Daniela Kempe3, Dario R Alessi4, and Florian Lang5*

1 University of Tubingen
2 Department of Pathology
3 Institute of Physiology
4 University of Dundee
5 University of Tuebingen

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: florian.lang{at}uni-tuebingen.de.

SGK1 is critically important for mineralocorticoid/salt induced glomerular injury. SGK1 inactivates GSK3, which downregulates Snail, a DNA-binding molecule repressing the transcription of nephrin, a protein critically important for the integrity of the glomerular slit membrane. PKB/SGK-dependent GSK regulation is disrupted in mice carrying a mutation, in which the serine in the SGK/PKB-phosphorylation consensus sequence is replaced by alanine. The present study explored, whether PKB/SGK-dependent GSK3 regulation influences glomerular proteinuria. Gene targeted knockin mice with mutated and thus PKB/SGK-resistant GSK3{alpha},B (gsk3KI) were compared to their wild-type littermates (gsk3WT). gsk3KI and gsk3WT mice were implanted with DOCA-release pellets and offered 1% saline as drinking water for 21 days. Under standard diet, tap water intake and absence of DOCA, urinary flow rate, glomerular filtration rate and urinary albumin excretion were significantly larger and blood pressure significantly higher in gsk3KI than in gsk3WT mice. Within 18 days, DOCA/salt treatment significantly increased fluid intake and urinary flow rate, urinary protein and albumin excretion and blood pressure in both genotypes but the respective values were significantly higher in gsk3KI than in gsk3WTmice. Plasma albumin concentration was significantly lower in gsk3KI than in gsk3WTmice. Proteinuria was abrogated by lowering of blood pressure with {alpha}1-blocker prazosin (1µg/g.b.w) in 8 months old mice. According to immunoflorescence nephrin at 3 months and 8 months and podocin expression at 3 months were significantly lower in gsk3KI than in gsk3WTmice. After 18 days DOCA/salt treatment renal glomerular sclerosis and tubulointerstitial damage were significantly more pronounced in gsk3KI than in gsk3WTmice. The observations reveal that disruption of PKB/SGK-dependent regulation of GSK3 leads to glomerular injury with proteinuria, which may at least partially be secondary to enhanced blood pressure.




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