Tae-Sun Ha1,2, Ja Ae Nam1, Su-Bin Seong1, Moin A Saleem3, Se Jin Park4, Jae Il Shin5,6,7. 1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. 3. Children's and Academic Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Daewoo General Hospital, Ajou University School of Medicine, Geoje, Korea. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea. shinji@yuhs.ac. 6. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Severance Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea. shinji@yuhs.ac. 7. Institute of Kidney Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shinji@yuhs.ac.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: Interleukin-13 (IL-13) has recently been reported to be a potential cytokine in the pathogenesis of minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS). However, the mechanistic insights associated with podocyte dysfunction mediated by IL-13-induced changes in various slit diaphragm (SD) and cytoskeletal molecules have not yet been shown in cultured human podocytes in vitro. MATERIALS: Human conditionally immortalized podocytes were used. TREATMENT: Podocytes were incubated with various concentrations of IL-13 during the indicated time periods (6, 12, and 24 h) and montelukast was administered with the dose of 0.1 μg. RESULTS: Treatment of IL-13 resulted in a progressive decrease in distinct processes or projections of the human podocytes and high dose of IL-13 increased podocyte permeability in vitro at 6 h. IL-13 had a substantial impact on the redistribution and rearrangement of zonula occludens (ZO)-1, synaptopodin, α-actinin, CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) in podocytes and disrupted the cytoskeletal connections in a concentration-dependent manner on confocal microscopy. IL-13 also down-modulated ZO-1, synaptopodin, α-actinin, CD2AP, and p130Cas at protein levels and upregulated β-catenin and B7-1 in podocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrated that down-modulated changes in various SD and cytoskeletal structures of human podocytes induced by IL-13 was significantly restored after treatment with montelukast with upregulation of B7-1. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that targeting IL-13 may be one of the important cytokines in the pathogenesis of MCNS and targeting IL-13 could be one of the potential therapeutic strategies in MCNS.
OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:Interleukin-13 (IL-13) has recently been reported to be a potential cytokine in the pathogenesis of minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS). However, the mechanistic insights associated with podocyte dysfunction mediated by IL-13-induced changes in various slit diaphragm (SD) and cytoskeletal molecules have not yet been shown in cultured human podocytes in vitro. MATERIALS: Human conditionally immortalized podocytes were used. TREATMENT: Podocytes were incubated with various concentrations of IL-13 during the indicated time periods (6, 12, and 24 h) and montelukast was administered with the dose of 0.1 μg. RESULTS: Treatment of IL-13 resulted in a progressive decrease in distinct processes or projections of the human podocytes and high dose of IL-13 increased podocyte permeability in vitro at 6 h. IL-13 had a substantial impact on the redistribution and rearrangement of zonula occludens (ZO)-1, synaptopodin, α-actinin, CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) in podocytes and disrupted the cytoskeletal connections in a concentration-dependent manner on confocal microscopy. IL-13 also down-modulated ZO-1, synaptopodin, α-actinin, CD2AP, and p130Cas at protein levels and upregulated β-catenin and B7-1 in podocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrated that down-modulated changes in various SD and cytoskeletal structures of human podocytes induced by IL-13 was significantly restored after treatment with montelukast with upregulation of B7-1. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that targeting IL-13 may be one of the important cytokines in the pathogenesis of MCNS and targeting IL-13 could be one of the potential therapeutic strategies in MCNS.
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