PMID- 27913625 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170601 LR - 20210206 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 292 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Jan 13 TI - Absence of miR-146a in Podocytes Increases Risk of Diabetic Glomerulopathy via Up-regulation of ErbB4 and Notch-1. PG - 732-747 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M116.753822 [doi] AB - Podocyte injury is an early event in diabetic kidney disease and is a hallmark of glomerulopathy. MicroRNA-146a (miR-146a) is highly expressed in many cell types under homeostatic conditions, and plays an important anti-inflammatory role in myeloid cells. However, its role in podocytes is unclear. Here, we show that miR-146a expression levels decrease in the glomeruli of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), which correlates with increased albuminuria and glomerular damage. miR-146a levels are also significantly reduced in the glomeruli of albuminuric BTBR ob/ob mice, indicating its significant role in maintaining podocyte health. miR-146a-deficient mice (miR-146a(-/-)) showed accelerated development of glomerulopathy and albuminuria upon streptozotocin (STZ)-induced hyperglycemia. The miR-146a targets, Notch-1 and ErbB4, were also significantly up-regulated in the glomeruli of diabetic patients and mice, suggesting induction of the downstream TGFbeta signaling. Treatment with a pan-ErbB kinase inhibitor erlotinib with nanomolar activity against ErbB4 significantly suppressed diabetic glomerular injury and albuminuria in both WT and miR-146a(-/-) animals. Treatment of podocytes in vitro with TGF-beta1 resulted in increased expression of Notch-1, ErbB4, pErbB4, and pEGFR, the heterodimerization partner of ErbB4, suggesting increased ErbB4/EGFR signaling. TGF-beta1 also increased levels of inflammatory cytokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and MCP-1 induced protein-1 (MCPIP1), a suppressor of miR-146a, suggesting an autocrine loop. Inhibition of ErbB4/EGFR with erlotinib co-treatment of podocytes suppressed this signaling. Our findings suggest a novel role for miR-146a in protecting against diabetic glomerulopathy and podocyte injury. They also point to ErbB4/EGFR as a novel, druggable target for therapeutic intervention, especially because several pan-ErbB inhibitors are clinically available. CI - (c) 2017 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Lee, Ha Won AU - Lee HW AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Khan, Samia Q AU - Khan SQ AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Khaliqdina, Shehryar AU - Khaliqdina S AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Altintas, Mehmet M AU - Altintas MM AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Grahammer, Florian AU - Grahammer F AD - the Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. FAU - Zhao, Jimmy L AU - Zhao JL AD - the Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York 10065. AD - the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125. FAU - Koh, Kwi Hye AU - Koh KH AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Tardi, Nicholas J AU - Tardi NJ AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Faridi, Mohd Hafeez AU - Faridi MH AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Geraghty, Terese AU - Geraghty T AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Cimbaluk, David J AU - Cimbaluk DJ AD - Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612. FAU - Susztak, Katalin AU - Susztak K AD - the Department of Medicine, Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. FAU - Moita, Luis F AU - Moita LF AD - the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Rua da Quinta Grande 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal. FAU - Baltimore, David AU - Baltimore D AD - the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125. FAU - Tharaux, Pierre-Louis AU - Tharaux PL AD - the Paris Cardiovascular Centre (PARCC), Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), 75015 Paris, France and the Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 75270 Paris, France. FAU - Huber, Tobias B AU - Huber TB AD - the Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. AD - the BIOSS Center for Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. AD - the FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and ZBSA-Center for Systems Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, and. FAU - Kretzler, Matthias AU - Kretzler M AD - the Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. FAU - Bitzer, Markus AU - Bitzer M AD - the Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. FAU - Reiser, Jochen AU - Reiser J AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and. FAU - Gupta, Vineet AU - Gupta V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6987-2550 AD - From the Departments of Internal Medicine and vineet_gupta@rush.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 DK087635/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL109582/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK100449/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK107984/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK081943/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK076077/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK084195/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK106512/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161202 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Mirn146 microRNA, mouse) RN - 0 (Notch1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptor, Notch1) RN - 0 (Tgfb1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - DA87705X9K (Erlotinib Hydrochloride) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Erbb4 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-4) RN - EC 3.1.- (Ribonucleases) RN - EC 3.1.- (Zc3h12a protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics/metabolism MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Diabetic Nephropathies/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Erlotinib Hydrochloride/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism MH - Podocytes/*metabolism/pathology MH - Receptor, ErbB-4/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Receptor, Notch1/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Ribonucleases/genetics/metabolism MH - Risk Factors MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/genetics MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/genetics/metabolism MH - *Up-Regulation PMC - PMC5241746 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Type 1 diabetes OT - diabetic glomerulopathy OT - diabetic nephropathy OT - kidney OT - microRNA (miRNA) OT - mir-146a OT - podocyte EDAT- 2016/12/04 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/02 06:00 PMCR- 2018/01/13 CRDT- 2016/12/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/12/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/12/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/01/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)40202-9 [pii] AID - M116.753822 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M116.753822 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2017 Jan 13;292(2):732-747. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.753822. Epub 2016 Dec 2.