PMID- 19776174 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091228 LR - 20211020 IS - 1522-1466 (Electronic) IS - 0363-6127 (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 297 IP - 6 DP - 2009 Dec TI - Oxidative stress-induced JNK activation contributes to proinflammatory phenotype of aging diabetic mesangial cells. PG - F1622-31 LID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00078.2009 [doi] AB - Chronic inflammation and increased oxidative stress (OS) play an important role in diabetic nephropathy progression. Herein, we show that mesangial cells from streptozotocin-induced aging diabetic mice, a model of progressive diabetic nephropathy, exhibited increased OS and a proinflammatory phenotype characterized by elevated chemokines and ICAM-1 expression. This phenotypic change was consistent with the extensive inflammatory lesions present in aging diabetic kidneys and was not found in mesangial cells from old and young controls or young diabetic mice. Activation of the c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway was a likely contributor to the proinflammatory phenotype of aging diabetic mesangial cells since 1) phosphorylated JNK levels and JNK kinase activity were increased in these cells, 2) suppression of JNK significantly decreased monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) production in these cells, and 3) activation of JNK in normal mesangial cells induced inflammation. Elevated OS in aging diabetic mesangial cells may be a cause of JNK activation and inflammation, because antioxidant treatment decreased JNK phosphorylation and MCP-1 production. Additionally, decreased expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 5 (MKP5) may also contribute to increased JNK and inflammation in aging diabetic mesangial cells since overexpression of MKP5 in these cells normalized phosphorylated JNK levels and reversed the proinflammatory phenotype. Moreover, knocking down of MKP5 expression in old control mesangial cells resulted in JNK activation and MCP-1 production, a phenotype seen in aging diabetic mesangial cells. Interestingly, MKP5 phosphatase activity was diminished by free radicals in vitro. Thus, OS may induce inflammation in mesangial cells by activating JNK through either a direct activation of JNK or indirectly by suppression of MKP5 activity. Proinflammatory phenotype of mesangial cells may contribute to chronic inflammatory lesions and disease progression of aging diabetic mice. FAU - Wu, Jin AU - Wu J AD - Divison of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Mei, Changlin AU - Mei C FAU - Vlassara, Helen AU - Vlassara H FAU - Striker, Gary E AU - Striker GE FAU - Zheng, Feng AU - Zheng F LA - eng GR - 5R01AG027628-03/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20090923 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL1) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL2) RN - 0 (Cxcl1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cxcl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Dusp10 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dual-Specificity Phosphatases) SB - IM MH - Aging/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Cellular Senescence MH - Chemokine CCL2/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Chemokine CXCL1/genetics MH - Chemokine CXCL2/genetics MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Down-Regulation MH - Dual-Specificity Phosphatases/genetics/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Female MH - Gene Expression MH - Glomerular Mesangium/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Inflammation/*etiology/genetics MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Kidney Glomerulus/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - *Oxidative Stress MH - Phenotype MH - Phosphorylation MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism PMC - PMC2801342 EDAT- 2009/09/25 06:00 MHDA- 2009/12/29 06:00 PMCR- 2010/12/01 CRDT- 2009/09/25 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00078.2009 [pii] AID - F-00078-2009 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00078.2009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2009 Dec;297(6):F1622-31. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00078.2009. Epub 2009 Sep 23.