PMID- 23224597 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130722 LR - 20211021 IS - 1860-1499 (Electronic) IS - 1860-1499 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Production and degradation of extracellular matrix in reversible glomerular lesions in rat model of habu snake venom-induced glomerulonephritis. PG - 190-8 LID - 10.1007/s00795-011-0559-y [doi] AB - We investigated the mechanism of development and repair process of glomerular injury in a rat model of habu snake (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) venom (HSV)-induced glomerulonephritis. Glomerulonephritis was induced in rats by intravenously injecting HSV at 3 mg/kg. Renal tissue was isolated and subjected to immunohistochemical analysis for expression levels of type IV collagen, heat shock protein 47 (HSP47), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), as well as its transcription factor Ets-1. Expression levels of HSP47, TGF-beta, and type IV collagen began to increase in the mesangial area starting from day 14 and peaked on day 21, followed by a gradual decrease. Expression levels of MMP-3 and Ets-1 started to increase coinciding with peak production of mesangial matrix on day 21, peaking on day 35, followed by gradual decrease. Expression of MMP-3 and Ets-1 persisted until day 63, whereas that of HSP47 and type IV collagen returned to baseline level at this time point. Time-course changes of extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation in glomeruli in the HSV-induced glomerulonephritis model were correlated with those of factors involved in both ECM production and degradation systems. Continued expression of factors in the degradation system seems particularly important for the repair process. These findings might lead to new therapies that prevent and repair glomerular injury. FAU - Kawazu, Tayo AU - Kawazu T AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. FAU - Nishino, Tomoya AU - Nishino T FAU - Obata, Yoko AU - Obata Y FAU - Furusu, Akira AU - Furusu A FAU - Miyazaki, Masanobu AU - Miyazaki M FAU - Abe, Katsushige AU - Abe K FAU - Koji, Takehiko AU - Koji T FAU - Kohno, Shigeru AU - Kohno S LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20121207 PL - Japan TA - Med Mol Morphol JT - Medical molecular morphology JID - 101239023 RN - 0 (Collagen Type IV) RN - 0 (Crotalid Venoms) RN - 0 (Ets1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1) RN - 0 (Serpinh1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Collagen Type IV/metabolism MH - Crotalid Venoms/*toxicity MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Extracellular Matrix/*metabolism/pathology MH - Glomerulonephritis/chemically induced/*metabolism/*pathology MH - HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism MH - *Trimeresurus EDAT- 2012/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/23 06:00 CRDT- 2012/12/11 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/07/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/12/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00795-011-0559-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Med Mol Morphol. 2012 Dec;45(4):190-8. doi: 10.1007/s00795-011-0559-y. Epub 2012 Dec 7.