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Puromycin aminonucleoside induces oxidant-dependent DNA damage in podocytes in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract
A decline in podocyte number correlates with progression to glomerulosclerosis. A mechanism underlying reduced podocyte number is the podocyte's relative inability to proliferate in response to injury. Injury by the podocyte toxin puromycin aminonucleoside (PA) is mediated via reactive oxygen species (ROS). The precise role of ROS in the pathogenesis of PA-induced glomerulosclerosis remains to be determined. We sought to examine whether PA-induced ROS caused podocyte DNA damage, possibly accounting for the podocyte's inability to proliferate in response to PA. In vitro, podocytes were exposed to PA, with or without the radical scavenger 1,3-dimethyl-2-thiourea (DMTU). In vivo, male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into experimental groups (n = 6/group/time point): PA, PA with DMTU, and control, killed at days 1.5, 3, or 7. DNA damage was measured by DNA precipitation, apurinic/apyrimidinic site, Comet, and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine assays. Cell cycle checkpoint protein upregulation (by immunostaining and Western blotting), histopathology, and biochemical parameters were examined. DNA damage was increased in cultured podocytes that received PA, but not PA with DMTU. PA exposure activated specific cell cycle checkpoint proteins, with attenuation by DMTU. DNA repair enzymes were activated, providing evidence for attempted DNA repair. The PA-treated animals developed worse proteinuria and histopathologic disease and exhibited more DNA damage than the DMTU pretreated group. No significant apoptosis was detected by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling staining. A mechanism underlying the lack of podocyte proliferation following PA-induced injury in vitro and in vivo may be ROS-mediated DNA damage, with upregulation of specific cell cycle checkpoints leading to cell cycle arrest.
AuthorsC B Marshall, J W Pippin, R D Krofft, S J Shankland
JournalKidney international (Kidney Int) Vol. 70 Issue 11 Pg. 1962-73 (Dec 2006) ISSN: 0085-2538 [Print] United States
PMID17035936 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Puromycin Aminonucleoside
  • DNA Repair Enzymes
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic (pharmacology)
  • Apoptosis
  • Cell Cycle Proteins (drug effects)
  • Cells, Cultured
  • DNA Damage
  • DNA Repair Enzymes (drug effects)
  • Kidney Diseases (chemically induced, pathology)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
  • Podocytes (drug effects)
  • Proteinuria
  • Puromycin Aminonucleoside (pharmacology)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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