Takayuki Adachi1, Mitsumi Arito2, Naoya Suematsu2, Atsuko Kamijo-Ikemori3, Kazuki Omoteyama2, Toshiyuki Sato2, Manae S Kurokawa4, Kazuki Okamoto2, Kenjiro Kimura5, Yugo Shibagaki6, Tomohiro Kato7. 1. Clinical Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. 2. Clinical Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. 3. Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. 4. Disease Biomarker Analysis and Molecular Regulation, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. 5. Japan Community Health Care Organization Tokyo Takanawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 6. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. 7. Clinical Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. Electronic address: t3kato@marianna-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α is suggested to induce epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of renal tubular epithelial cells that possibly exacerbates renal interstitial fibrosis in glomerulonephritis (GN). We here investigated whether layilin (LAYN), a c-type lectin-homologous protein, was involved in the EMT process. METHODS: Expression of LAYN was investigated in kidneys of mice administered with TNF-α and in a clear cell renal carcinoma cell line of KMRC-1 stimulated with TNF-α by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and/or western blotting. Expression of LAYN was assessed immunohistochemically in renal biopsy samples of patients with various types of GN. Changes of EMT markers and cell morphology by TNF-α and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in LAYN-knocked down KMRC-1 cells were investigated by qPCR and immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: Administration of TNF-α increased expression of LAYN in renal tubular epithelia in mice. TNF-α but not TGF-β increased expression of LAYN in KMRC-1 cells. Renal biopsy samples from the patients with GN showed high expression of LAYN in tubular epithelial cells. TNF-α induced up-regulation of vimentin, down-regulation of E-cadherin, and fibroblast-like morphological change in KMRC-1 cells, indicating occurrence of EMT. These changes were not observed in the LAYN-knocked down cells. In contrast, similarly occurred TGF-β-induced EMT was not affected by the LAYN knockdown. CONCLUSION: Our data indicate that LAYN is involved in the TNF-α-induced EMT of renal tubular epithelial cells. LAYN may play roles in the generation of renal interstitial fibrosis in GN via TNF-α-induced EMT.
BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α is suggested to induce epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of renal tubular epithelial cells that possibly exacerbates renal interstitial fibrosis in glomerulonephritis (GN). We here investigated whether layilin (LAYN), a c-type lectin-homologous protein, was involved in the EMT process. METHODS: Expression of LAYN was investigated in kidneys of mice administered with TNF-α and in a clear cell renal carcinoma cell line of KMRC-1 stimulated with TNF-α by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and/or western blotting. Expression of LAYN was assessed immunohistochemically in renal biopsy samples of patients with various types of GN. Changes of EMT markers and cell morphology by TNF-α and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in LAYN-knocked down KMRC-1 cells were investigated by qPCR and immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: Administration of TNF-α increased expression of LAYN in renal tubular epithelia in mice. TNF-α but not TGF-β increased expression of LAYN in KMRC-1 cells. Renal biopsy samples from the patients with GN showed high expression of LAYN in tubular epithelial cells. TNF-α induced up-regulation of vimentin, down-regulation of E-cadherin, and fibroblast-like morphological change in KMRC-1 cells, indicating occurrence of EMT. These changes were not observed in the LAYN-knocked down cells. In contrast, similarly occurred TGF-β-induced EMT was not affected by the LAYN knockdown. CONCLUSION: Our data indicate that LAYN is involved in the TNF-α-induced EMT of renal tubular epithelial cells. LAYN may play roles in the generation of renal interstitial fibrosis in GN via TNF-α-induced EMT.
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