scholarly journals Proteoglycan production by human glomerular visceral epithelial cells and mesangial cells in vitro

1995 ◽  
Vol 307 (3) ◽  
pp. 759-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
N F van Det ◽  
J van den Born ◽  
J T Tamsma ◽  
N A M Verhagen ◽  
L P W J van den Heuvel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Glomerular Basement Membrane ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Mesangial Cells ◽  
Core Protein ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Hybrid Molecule ◽  
Chondroitinase Abc ◽  
Sulphate Proteoglycan

Proteoglycans metabolically labelled with [35S]sulphate and [3H]glucosamine or [3H]leucine were isolated from the incubation medium and cell layer of human adult mesangial cells and glomerular visceral epithelial cells using sequential DEAE chromatography purification steps followed by gel-filtration chromatography. The proteoglycan composition of each peak was analysed by treatment with HNO2, chondroitinase ABC or chondroitinase AC followed by chromatography on Sephadex G-50 columns. Heparan sulphate proteoglycan (HSPG) and dermatan sulphate proteoglycan were detected in both the culture medium and cell layer of mesangial cells. Culture medium of glomerular visceral epithelial cells contained HSPG and a second proteoglycan with the properties of a hybrid molecule containing HS and chondroitin sulphate (CS). The cell layer contained HSPG and CSPG. Detailed analysis of the hybrid molecule revealed that it had an apparent molecular mass of 400 kDa. SDS/PAGE of hybrid molecules, after treatment with heparitinase and chondroitinase ABC, revealed a core protein of 80 kDa. Using 1.8% polyacrylamide/0.6% agarose-gel electrophoresis, we deduced that the HS and CS were independently attached to one core protein. Because glomerular-basement-membrane HSPG is thought to be derived from mesangial cells and glomerular visceral epithelial cells and this molecule is involved in several kidney diseases, we investigated its synthesis in more detail. Anti-(rat glomerular-basement-membrane HSPG) monoclonal antibodies (JM403) and anti-(human glomerular-basement-membrane HSPG) polyclonal antibodies (both antibodies known to react with the large basement-membrane HSPG, perlecan) reacted strongly with HSPG obtained from both mesangial cells and glomerular visceral epithelial cells. However, the hybrid molecule did not react with these antibodies, suggesting that the HS side chain and the core protein were different from glomerular-basement-membrane HSPG. To quantify HS we performed an inhibition ELISA using mouse antibodies specific for glomerular-basement-membrane HS glycosaminoglycan side chains. Glomerular visceral epithelial cells produced significantly higher levels of HS (between 197.56 and 269.40 micrograms/72 h per 10(6) cells) than mesangial cells (between 29.8 and 45.5 micrograms/72 h per 10(6) cells) (three different cell lines; n = 3; P < 0.001). HS production by these cells was inhibited by cycloheximide, revealing that it was synthesized de novo. Expression of perlecan mRNA, demonstrated using reverse transcriptase PCR, was different in the two cell types. We conclude that glomerular visceral epithelial cells and mesangial cells have characteristic patterns of proteoglycan production. Glomerular visceral epithelial cells produced a hybrid proteoglycan containing CS and HS independently attached to its core protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals Characterization of proteoglycans synthesized by human adult glomerular mesangial cells in culture

1991 ◽  
Vol 277 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
G J Thomas ◽  
R M Mason ◽  
M Davies
Keyword(s):  
Culture Medium ◽  
Mesangial Cells ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Heparan Sulphate ◽  
Glomerular Mesangial Cells ◽  
Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycan ◽  
Dermatan Sulphate ◽  
Sulphate Proteoglycan ◽  
Human Adult ◽  
Core Proteins

1. The newly synthesized proteoglycans from human adult glomerular mesangial cells labelled in vitro for 24 h with [35S]sulphate have been characterized using biochemical and immunological techniques. 2. The following proteoglycans were identified (% of total synthesized). (i) A large chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan, CSPG-I, Mr approximately 1 x 10(6) (10.6%). This proteoglycan consisted of a protein core of Mr approximately 4 x 10(5) and glycosaminoglycan chains of Mr 2.5 x 10(4), and was present in both the cell layer and the culture medium. (ii) A major small dermatan sulphate proteoglycan, DSPG-I, Mr 3.5 x 10(5) (46%), which was mainly located in the culture medium. (iii) A second minor small dermatan sulphate, DSPG-II, Mr approximately 2 x 10(5) (9.8%). This molecule was exclusively located in the culture medium. (iv) A large heparan sulphate proteoglycan, HSPG-I, Mr 8 x 10(5) (3.3%). (v) A second large heparan sulphate proteoglycan HSPG-II, Mr approximately 6 x 10(5) (23%). HSPG-I and HSPG-II were extracted from both the culture medium and the cell layer. 3. Western blot analysis of the core proteins released by chondroitin ABC lyase treatment of DSPG-I and DSPG-II identified these dermatan sulphate proteoglycans as biglycan and decorin respectively. Both DSPG-I and DSPG-II had core proteins of Mr 45,000. 4. The cell-layer-associated forms of CSPG-I, HSPG-I and HSPG-II were accessible to limited trypsin treatment, bound to octyl-Sepharose and could be inserted into liposomes, indicating a possible cell membrane location. 5. Pulse-chase experiments indicated that the cell-layer-associated [35S]proteoglycans undergo limited metabolism to inorganic [35S]sulphate, the majority of which is accounted for by the degradation of HSPG-II and to a lesser extent DSPG-I.

scholarly journals Biosynthesis of sulphated macromolecules by rabbit lens epithelium. I. Identification of the major macromolecules synthesized by lens epithelial cells in vitro.

1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 852-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
J G Heathcote ◽  
R W Orkin
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Heparan Sulphate ◽  
Lens Epithelial Cells ◽  
Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycan ◽  
Rabbit Lens

Rabbit lens epithelial cells synthesize and secrete a variety of [35S]sulphate-labeled glycoconjugates in vitro. Associated with the cell layer, and with the medium, was a high molecular weight glycoconjugate(s) that contained heparan sulphate which was apparently covalently linked to sulphated glycoprotein. This component(s) was eluted in the void volume of a Sepharose CL-2B column and could not be fractionated by detergent treatment or extraction with lipid solvents. The cell layer also contained glycosaminoglycans (72% heparan sulphate, 28% chondroitin sulphate), as well as a small proportion of a low molecular weight sulphated glycoprotein. The major 35S-labeled species secreted into the medium were sulphated glycoproteins with approximate molecular weights of 120,000 and 35,000 together with a heparan sulphate proteoglycan. This proteoglycan could be precipitated from the culture medium with 30% saturated (NH4)2SO4 and eluted from Sepharose CL-4B columns at approximately the same position (Kav = 0.15) as heparan sulphate proteoglycans described in the basement membrane of the EHS "sarcoma" (Hassell, J. R., P. G. Robey, H. J. Barrach, J. Wilczek, S. I. Rennard, and G. R. Martin, 1980, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 77:4494-4498) and of the mouse mammary epithelium (David, G., and M. Bernfield, 1981, J. Cell Biol., 91:281-286). Its presence in the culture medium was unanticipated but may be explained by the inability of these cultures to deposit a basement membrane when grown on a plastic surface. The relationship of this heparan sulphate proteoglycan to the lens epithelial basement membrane is the subject of the following paper.

Effect of puromycin aminonucleoside on HSPG core protein content of glomerular epithelial cells

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (4) ◽  
pp. F590-F596 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Kasinath ◽  
A. K. Singh ◽  
Y. S. Kanwar ◽  
E. J. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Glomerular Basement Membrane ◽  
Core Protein ◽  
Puromycin Aminonucleoside ◽  
The Core ◽  
Glomerular Epithelial Cells

It has been suggested that the glomerular basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) is an important determinant of the glomerular permselectivity barrier. Derangements in the content of basement membrane heparan sulfate have been implicated in alterations in glomerular permselectivity seen in many glomerular diseases such as aminonucleoside nephrosis. The cellular origin and metabolism of the glomerular basement membrane HSPG have not been studied in detail. We have detected the expression of the proteoglycan by cloned glomerular visceral epithelial cells of the rat by employing a specific antibody against the core protein of HSPG isolated from the rat glomerular basement membrane. These findings suggest that in the rat in vivo glomerular visceral epithelial cells are one source of heparan sulfate present in the glomerular basement membrane. The effect of puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) on the HSPG core protein content of the cloned glomerular epithelial cells was studied. By a quantitative immunoperoxidase method, the aminonucleoside caused a 28% reduction in the core protein content of the epithelial cells (P less than 0.01) following 72 h of incubation. However, the content of Heymann nephritis-related antigen, Fx1A was unchanged. Studies employing [3H]leucine incorporation showed that PAN was a weak inhibitor of de novo protein synthesis at 24 h of incubation, with complete recovery at 48 and 72 h. These data suggest that PAN effect on heparan sulfate core protein cannot be attributed to generalized inhibition of protein synthesis. The precise mechanism underlying the aminonucleoside effect on heparan sulfate core protein remains to be elucidated.

SM22α: The Novel Phenotype Marker of Injured Glomerular Epithelial Cells in Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Nephritis

2007 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. e77-e87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asa Ogawa ◽  
Minoru Sakatsume ◽  
Xingzhi Wang ◽  
Yunichi Sakamaki ◽  
Yutaka Tsubata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Glomerular Basement Membrane ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Glomerular Epithelial Cells

scholarly journals Isolation and partial characterization of heparan sulphate proteoglycan from the human glomerular basement membrane

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
L P W J van den Heuvel ◽  
J van den Born ◽  
T J A M van de Velden ◽  
J H Veerkamp ◽  
L A H Monnens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Core Protein ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Heparan Sulphate ◽  
Basement Membranes ◽  
Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycan ◽  
Average Molecular Mass ◽  
Sulphate Proteoglycan ◽  
Core Proteins

Heparan sulphate proteoglycan was solubilized from human glomerular basement membranes by guanidine extraction and purified by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The yield of proteoglycan was approx. 2 mg/g of basement membrane. The glycoconjugate had an apparent molecular mass of 200-400 kDa and consisted of about 75% protein and 25% heparan sulphate. The amino acid composition was characterized by a high content of glycine, proline, alanine and glutamic acid. Hydrolysis with trifluoromethanesulphonic acid yielded core proteins of 160 and 110 kDa (and minor bands of 90 and 60 kDa). Alkaline NaBH4 treatment of the proteoglycan released heparan sulphate chains with an average molecular mass of 18 kDa. HNO2 oxidation of these chains yielded oligosaccharides of about 5 kDa, whereas heparitinase digestion resulted in a more complete degradation. The data suggest a clustering of N-sulphate groups in the peripheral regions of the glycosaminoglycan chains. A polyclonal antiserum raised against the intact proteoglycan showed reactivity against the core protein. It stained all basement membranes in an intense linear fashion in immunohistochemical studies on frozen kidney sections from man and various mammalian species.

scholarly journals Glomerular basement membrane proteoglycans are derived from a large precursor.

1988 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 963-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Klein ◽  
D M Brown ◽  
T R Oegema ◽  
P E Brenchley ◽  
J C Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Glomerular Basement Membrane ◽  
Core Protein ◽  
Proteolytic Processing ◽  
Precursor Protein ◽  
Immunological Methods ◽  
Core Proteins ◽  
Single Precursor ◽  
Species Being

The basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan produced by the Englebreth-Holm-Swarm (EHS) tumor and by glomeruli were compared by immunological methods. Antibodies to the EHS proteoglycan immunoprecipitated a single precursor protein (Mr = 400,000) from [35S]methionine-pulsed glomeruli, the same size produced by EHS cells. These antibodies detected both heparan sulfate proteoglycans and glycoproteins in extracts of unlabeled glomeruli and glomerular basement membrane. The proteoglycans contained core proteins of varying size (Mr = 150,000 to 400,000) with a Mr = 250,000 species being predominant. The glycoproteins are fragments of the core protein which lack heparan sulfate side chains. Antibodies to glomerular basement membrane proteoglycan immunoprecipitated the precursor protein (Mr = 400,000) synthesized by EHS cells and also reacted with most of the proteolytic fragments of the EHS proteoglycan. This antibody did not, however, react with the P44 fragment, a peptide situated at one end of the EHS proteoglycan core protein. These data suggest that the glomerular basement membrane proteoglycan is synthesized from a large precursor protein which undergoes specific proteolytic processing.

scholarly journals Mesangial cell proteoglycans: synthesis and metabolism.

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. S88
Author(s):  
M Davies ◽  
G J Thomas ◽  
L D Shewring ◽  
R M Mason
Keyword(s):  
Culture Medium ◽  
Mesangial Cell ◽  
Dermatan Sulfate ◽  
Mesangial Cells ◽  
Core Protein ◽  
Glomerular Mesangial Cells ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Specialized Function ◽  
In Cells

In cultures of human adult glomerular mesangial cells, large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) and small dermatan sulfate proteoglycans (DSPG) are synthesized. The large CSPG has a core protein, M(r) of 400,000 (major) and M(r) of 500,000 (minor), and binds to hyaluronic acid to form large aggregates. The two small DSPGs (Mr of approximately 350,000 and M(r) of approximately 200,000) were related to biglycan and decorin, respectively. The majority of these proteoglycans were located in the culture medium, but a hydrophobic form of the CSPG was extracted from the cell layer. Mesangial cells in the growing phase synthesized and secreted all three types of proteoglycans, but in cells arrested in G0 by serum deprivation the incorporation of (35S)sulfate in CSPG was drastically reduced. In the same cells stimulated to proliferate by replacing the medium with one containing serum, the synthesis of CSPG dramatically enhanced. The synthesis of CSPG and DSPG was also elevated in cells cocultured with cytokines but in contrast was significantly reduced when cultured in medium containing hyperglycemic levels of glucose. Finally, preliminary experiments are reported that indicate that CSPG and DSPG bind to low-density lipoproteins in vitro. These observations suggest a possible specialized function for proteoglycans in cellular processes characteristic of glomerular disease.

(Pro)renin receptor promotes crescent formation via the ERK1/2 and Wnt/β-catenin pathways in glomerulonephritis

2020 ◽  
Vol 319 (4) ◽  
pp. F571-F578
Author(s):  
Maki Urushihara ◽  
Shuji Kondo ◽  
Yukiko Kinoshita ◽  
Natsuko Ozaki ◽  
Ariunbold Jamba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Glomerular Basement Membrane ◽  
Mesangial Cells ◽  
Macrophage Infiltration ◽  
Crescent Formation ◽  
Sirna Treatment ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
Parietal Epithelial Cells

(Pro)renin receptor [(P)RR] has multiple functions, but its regulation and role in the pathogenesis in glomerulonephritis (GN) are poorly defined. The aims of the present study were to determine the effects of direct renin inhibition (DRI) and demonstrate the role of (P)RR on the progression of crescentic GN. The anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis rat model developed progressive proteinuria (83.64 ± 10.49 mg/day) and glomerular crescent formation (percent glomerular crescent: 62.1 ± 2.3%) accompanied by increased macrophage infiltration and glomerular expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, (P)RR, phospho-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2, Wnt4, and active β-catenin. Treatment with DRI ameliorated proteinuria (20.33 ± 5.88 mg/day) and markedly reduced glomerular crescent formation (20.9 ± 2.6%), induction of macrophage infiltration, (P)RR, phospho-ERK1/2, Wnt4, and active β-catenin. Furthermore, primary cultured parietal epithelial cells stimulated by recombinant prorenin showed significant increases in cell proliferation. Notably, while the ERK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 or (P)RR-specific siRNA treatment abolished the elevation in cell proliferation, DRI treatment did not abrogate this elevation. Moreover, cultured mesangial cells showed an increase in prorenin-induced MCP-1 expression. Interestingly, (P)RR or Wnt4-specific siRNA treatment or the β-catenin antagonist XAV939 inhibited the elevation of MCP-1 expression, whereas DRI did not. These results suggest that (P)RR regulates glomerular crescent formation via the ERK1/2 signaling and Wnt/β-catenin pathways during the course of anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis and that DRI mitigates the progression of crescentic GN through the reduction of (P)RR expression but not inhibition of prorenin binding to (P)RR.

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