Erschienen in:
01.09.2012 | Article
Deletion of p47
phox
attenuates the progression of diabetic nephropathy and reduces the severity of diabetes in the Akita mouse
verfasst von:
G. C. Liu, F. Fang, J. Zhou, K. Koulajian, S. Yang, L. Lam, H. N. Reich, R. John, A. M. Herzenberg, A. Giacca, G. Y. Oudit, J. W. Scholey
Erschienen in:
Diabetologia
|
Ausgabe 9/2012
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Abstract
Aims/hypothesis
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to diabetes-induced glomerular injury and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced beta cell dysfunction, but the source of ROS has not been fully elucidated. Our aim was to determine whether p47
phox
-dependent activation of NADPH oxidase is responsible for hyperglycaemia-induced glomerular injury in the Akita mouse, a model of type 1 diabetes mellitus resulting from ER stress-induced beta cell dysfunction.
Methods
We examined the effect of deleting p47
phox
(also known as Ncf1), the gene for the NADPH oxidase subunit, on diabetic nephropathy in the Akita mouse (Ins2
WT/C96Y) by studying four groups of mice: (1) non-diabetic mice (Ins2
WT/WT
/p47
phox+/+
); (2) non-diabetic p47
phox
-null mice (Ins2
WT/WT
/p47
phox−/−
); (3) diabetic mice: (Ins2
WT/C96Y
/p47
phox+/+
); and (4) diabetic p47
phox
-null mice (Ins2
WT/C96Y
/p47
phox−/−
). We measured the urinary albumin excretion rate, oxidative stress, mesangial matrix expansion, and plasma and pancreatic insulin concentrations in 16-week-old mice; we also measured glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, islet and glomerular NADPH oxidase activity and subunit expression, and pro-fibrotic gene expression in 8-week-old mice. In addition, we measured NADPH oxidase activity, subunit expression and pro-fibrotic gene expression in high glucose-treated murine mesangial cells.
Results
Deletion of p47
phox
reduced kidney hypertrophy, oxidative stress and mesangial matrix expansion, and also reduced hyperglycaemia by increasing pancreatic and circulating insulin concentrations. p47
phox−/−
mice exhibited improved glucose tolerance, but modestly decreased insulin sensitivity. Deletion of p47
phox
attenuated high glucose-induced activation of NADPH oxidase and pro-fibrotic gene expression in glomeruli and mesangial cells.
Conclusions/interpretation
Deletion of p47
phox
attenuates diabetes-induced glomerular injury and beta cell dysfunction in the Akita mouse.