PMID- 19420107 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090820 LR - 20211020 IS - 1522-1466 (Electronic) IS - 0363-6127 (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 297 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Jul TI - The monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CCR2 loop, inducible by TGF-beta, increases podocyte motility and albumin permeability. PG - F85-94 LID - 10.1152/ajprenal.90642.2008 [doi] AB - The role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in diabetic nephropathy is typically viewed through the lens of inflammation, but MCP-1 might exert noninflammatory effects on the kidney cells directly. Glomerular podocytes in culture, verified to express the marker nephrin, were exposed to diabetic mediators such as high glucose or angiotensin II and assayed for MCP-1. Only transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) significantly increased MCP-1 production, which was prevented by SB431542 and LY294002, indicating that signaling proceeded through the TGF-beta type I receptor kinase and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway. The TGF-beta-induced MCP-1 was found to activate the podocyte's cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) and, as a result, enhance the cellular motility, cause rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton, and increase podocyte permeability to albumin in a Transwell assay. The preceding effects of TGF-beta were replicated by treatment with recombinant MCP-1 and blocked by a neutralizing anti-MCP-1 antibody or a specific CCR2 inhibitor, RS102895. In conclusion, this is the first description that TGF-beta signaling through PI3K induces the podocyte expression of MCP-1 that can then operate via CCR2 to increase cellular migration and alter albumin permeability characteristics. The pleiotropic effects of MCP-1 on the resident kidney cells such as the podocyte may exacerbate the disease process of diabetic albuminuria. FAU - Lee, Eun Young AU - Lee EY AD - Division of Nephrology/Hypertension, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. FAU - Chung, Choon Hee AU - Chung CH FAU - Khoury, Charbel C AU - Khoury CC FAU - Yeo, Tet Kin AU - Yeo TK FAU - Pyagay, Petr E AU - Pyagay PE FAU - Wang, Amy AU - Wang A FAU - Chen, Sheldon AU - Chen S LA - eng GR - R01-DK-044513/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090506 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Albumins) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Ccr2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Receptors, CCR2) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) SB - IM MH - Albumins/*metabolism MH - Albuminuria/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Animals MH - Cell Membrane Permeability/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cell Movement/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL2/*metabolism MH - Cytoskeleton/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Mice MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Podocytes/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Receptors, CCR2/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*metabolism/pharmacology PMC - PMC2711714 EDAT- 2009/05/08 09:00 MHDA- 2009/08/21 09:00 PMCR- 2010/07/01 CRDT- 2009/05/08 09:00 PHST- 2009/05/08 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/08/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 90642.2008 [pii] AID - F-90642-2008 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.90642.2008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2009 Jul;297(1):F85-94. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.90642.2008. Epub 2009 May 6.