PMID- 16968890 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070327 LR - 20171116 IS - 1931-857X (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 292 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Feb TI - Renal upregulation of HO-1 reduces albumin-driven MCP-1 production: implications for chronic kidney disease. PG - F837-44 AB - Proteinuria contributes to chronic kidney disease by stimulating renal tubular epithelial cells to produce cytokines such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). The present study determined whether cellular overexpression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) can influence albumin-stimulated MCP-1 production. In response to bovine serum albumin, NRK-52E cells constitutively overexpressing HO-1 (HO-1 OE cells) exhibit less induction of MCP-1 mRNA and less production of MCP-1 protein compared with similarly treated, control NRK-52E cells (CON cells). In wild-type NRK-52E cells, and under these conditions, we demonstrate that the induction of MCP-1 is critically dependent on intact NF-kappaB binding sites in the MCP-1 promoter. In response to albumin, CON cells exhibit activation of NF-kappaB, and this is reduced in HO-1 OE cells. Albumin also activates ERK1/2 and increases ERK activity, both of which are exaggerated in HO-1 OE cells. Studies with an inhibitor of MAPK/ERK kinase (U0126) demonstrate that the inhibitory effects of U0126 on MCP-1 production are attenuated in HO-1 OE cells. We conclude that HO-1 overexpression in the proximal tubule reduces MCP-1 production in response to albumin, and this occurs, at least in part, by inhibiting an ERK-dependent, NF-kappaB-dependent pathway at a site that is distal to the activation of ERK. These findings suggest that the induction of HO-1 in the proximal tubule, as occurs in chronic kidney disease, may be a countervailing response that reduces albumin-stimulated production of cytokines such as MCP-1. FAU - Murali, Narayana S AU - Murali NS AD - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. FAU - Ackerman, Allan W AU - Ackerman AW FAU - Croatt, Anthony J AU - Croatt AJ FAU - Cheng, Jingfei AU - Cheng J FAU - Grande, Joseph P AU - Grande JP FAU - Sutor, Shari L AU - Sutor SL FAU - Bram, Richard J AU - Bram RJ FAU - Bren, Gary D AU - Bren GD FAU - Badley, Andrew D AU - Badley AD FAU - Alam, Jawed AU - Alam J FAU - Nath, Karl A AU - Nath KA LA - eng GR - AI40384/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI62261/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - DK16105/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK47060/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20060912 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Butadienes) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (U 0126) RN - 27432CM55Q (Serum Albumin, Bovine) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase-1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Butadienes/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Chemokine CCL2/*biosynthesis MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/biosynthesis MH - Heme Oxygenase-1/*biosynthesis MH - Kidney/*enzymology MH - Kidney Failure, Chronic/*physiopathology MH - Kidney Tubules, Proximal/drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Nitriles/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Serum Albumin, Bovine/*pharmacology MH - Up-Regulation EDAT- 2006/09/14 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/28 09:00 CRDT- 2006/09/14 09:00 PHST- 2006/09/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/28 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/09/14 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00254.2006 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00254.2006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 Feb;292(2):F837-44. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00254.2006. Epub 2006 Sep 12.