PUBLICATION
Loss of Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 Aggravates Podocyte Injury via Upregulation of Caveolin-1
- Authors
- Wan, X., Chen, Z., Choi, W.I., Gee, H.Y., Hildebrandt, F., Zhou, W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150813-9
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 27(4): 1066-75 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Chen, Zhaohong, Wan, Xiaoyang, Zhou, Weibin
- Keywords
- nephrotic syndrome, podocyte, proteinuria, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Caveolin 1/physiology*
- Humans
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology*
- Nephrotic Syndrome/etiology
- Podocytes/physiology*
- Up-Regulation*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 26264854 Full text @ J. Am. Soc. Nephrol.
Citation
Wan, X., Chen, Z., Choi, W.I., Gee, H.Y., Hildebrandt, F., Zhou, W. (2016) Loss of Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 Aggravates Podocyte Injury via Upregulation of Caveolin-1. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 27(4):1066-75.
Abstract
Nephrotic syndrome is a CKD defined by proteinuria with subsequent hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, and edema caused by impaired renal glomerular filtration barrier function. We previously identified mutations in epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2) as a monogenic cause of this disease. Here, we generated an emp2-knockout zebrafish model using transcription activator-like effector nuclease-based genome editing. We found that loss of emp2 in zebrafish upregulated caveolin-1 (cav1), a major component of caveolae, in embryos and adult mesonephric glomeruli and exacerbated podocyte injury. This phenotype was partially rescued by glucocorticoids. Furthermore, overexpression of cav1 in zebrafish podocytes was sufficient to induce the same phenotype observed in emp2 homozygous mutants, which was also treatable with glucocorticoids. Similarly, knockdown of EMP2 in cultured human podocytes resulted in increased CAV1 expression and decreased podocyte survival in the presence of puromycin aminonucleoside, whereas glucocorticoid treatment ameliorated this phenotype. Taken together, we have established excessive CAV1 as a mediator of the predisposition to podocyte injury because of loss of EMP2, suggesting CAV1 could be a novel therapeutic target in nephrotic syndrome and podocyte injury.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping