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Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin

Serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3 (SGK3) is involved in maintaining podocyte function by regulating the protein levels of podocin and CD2-associated protein. Nephrin is also one of the slit diaphragm proteins of podocytes, but whether SGK3 participates in podocyte injury by regulating the...

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Autores principales: Dong, Qing-Qing, Li, Zi-Fang, Zhang, Hui, Shu, Hua-Pan, Tu, Yu-Chi, Liao, Qian-Qian, Yao, Li-Jun
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8811367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35126185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.810473
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author Dong, Qing-Qing
Li, Zi-Fang
Zhang, Hui
Shu, Hua-Pan
Tu, Yu-Chi
Liao, Qian-Qian
Yao, Li-Jun
author_facet Dong, Qing-Qing
Li, Zi-Fang
Zhang, Hui
Shu, Hua-Pan
Tu, Yu-Chi
Liao, Qian-Qian
Yao, Li-Jun
author_sort Dong, Qing-Qing
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description Serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3 (SGK3) is involved in maintaining podocyte function by regulating the protein levels of podocin and CD2-associated protein. Nephrin is also one of the slit diaphragm proteins of podocytes, but whether SGK3 participates in podocyte injury by regulating the levels of nephrin remains unclear. In this study, we focused on whether SGK3 affects nephrin levels and the mechanisms involved in the same. In the kidneys of adriamycin (ADR)-induced podocyte injury mouse model, the protein levels of SGK3 and nephrin were significantly decreased. Furthermore, the expression of SGK3 was negatively correlated with the output of proteinuria, and positively correlated with the levels of nephrin. In ADR-treated conditionally immortalized mouse podocyte cells (MPCs), the protein levels of nephrin and SGK3 were inhibited, while the constitutive expression of SGK3 reversed the ADR-induced decline in nephrin protein levels. Furthermore, ADR treatment or SGK3 inactivation enhanced the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of nephrin in MPCs, and dramatically activated downstream effector proteins of SGK3, neural precursor cells expressing developmentally downregulated protein 4 subtype 2 (Nedd4-2) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 β (GSK3β). Similarly, Nedd4-2 or GSK3β overexpression resulted in increased activity of Nedd4-2 or GSK3β, and significantly downregulated nephrin levels. Interestingly, ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation of nephrin was regulated by Nedd4-2, rather than by GSK3β. In summary, SGK3 inactivation downregulated the levels of nephrin by increasing Nedd4-2 and GSK3β activity in ADR-induced podocyte injury model; in particular, the SGK3/Nedd4-2 signaling pathway was found to be involved in ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation of nephrin.
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spelling pubmed-88113672022-02-04 Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin Dong, Qing-Qing Li, Zi-Fang Zhang, Hui Shu, Hua-Pan Tu, Yu-Chi Liao, Qian-Qian Yao, Li-Jun Front Physiol Physiology Serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3 (SGK3) is involved in maintaining podocyte function by regulating the protein levels of podocin and CD2-associated protein. Nephrin is also one of the slit diaphragm proteins of podocytes, but whether SGK3 participates in podocyte injury by regulating the levels of nephrin remains unclear. In this study, we focused on whether SGK3 affects nephrin levels and the mechanisms involved in the same. In the kidneys of adriamycin (ADR)-induced podocyte injury mouse model, the protein levels of SGK3 and nephrin were significantly decreased. Furthermore, the expression of SGK3 was negatively correlated with the output of proteinuria, and positively correlated with the levels of nephrin. In ADR-treated conditionally immortalized mouse podocyte cells (MPCs), the protein levels of nephrin and SGK3 were inhibited, while the constitutive expression of SGK3 reversed the ADR-induced decline in nephrin protein levels. Furthermore, ADR treatment or SGK3 inactivation enhanced the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of nephrin in MPCs, and dramatically activated downstream effector proteins of SGK3, neural precursor cells expressing developmentally downregulated protein 4 subtype 2 (Nedd4-2) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 β (GSK3β). Similarly, Nedd4-2 or GSK3β overexpression resulted in increased activity of Nedd4-2 or GSK3β, and significantly downregulated nephrin levels. Interestingly, ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation of nephrin was regulated by Nedd4-2, rather than by GSK3β. In summary, SGK3 inactivation downregulated the levels of nephrin by increasing Nedd4-2 and GSK3β activity in ADR-induced podocyte injury model; in particular, the SGK3/Nedd4-2 signaling pathway was found to be involved in ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation of nephrin. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8811367/ /pubmed/35126185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.810473 Text en Copyright © 2022 Dong, Li, Zhang, Shu, Tu, Liao and Yao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Physiology
Dong, Qing-Qing
Li, Zi-Fang
Zhang, Hui
Shu, Hua-Pan
Tu, Yu-Chi
Liao, Qian-Qian
Yao, Li-Jun
Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin
title Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin
title_full Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin
title_fullStr Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin
title_full_unstemmed Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin
title_short Serum and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 3/Nedd4-2 Signaling Pathway Participates in Podocyte Injury by Regulating the Stability of Nephrin
title_sort serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3/nedd4-2 signaling pathway participates in podocyte injury by regulating the stability of nephrin
topic Physiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8811367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35126185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.810473
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