Transforming growth factor-beta1 mediated up-regulation of lysyl oxidase in the kidneys of hereditary nephrotic mouse with chronic renal fibrosis - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2005 Nov;447(5):859-68.

doi: 10.1007/s00428-005-0001-8. Epub 2005 Aug 5.

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Transforming growth factor-beta1 mediated up-regulation of lysyl oxidase in the kidneys of hereditary nephrotic mouse with chronic renal fibrosis

Yasufumi Goto et al. Virchows Arch. 2005 Nov.

Abstract

Lysyl oxidase (LOX), an extracellular enzyme, plays a key role in the post-translational modification of collagens and elastin, catalyzing inter- and intra-crosslinking reactions. Because the crosslinked extracellular matrices (ECMs) are highly resistant to degradative enzymes, it is considered that the over-expression of LOX may cause severe fibrotic degeneration. In the present study, we addressed the role of LOX-mediated crosslinking in chronic renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis using an animal model of hereditary nephrotic syndrome, the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)-derived glomerulonephritis (ICGN) mouse. Ribonuclease protection assay (RPA) revealed that LOX mRNA expression was up-regulated in the kidneys of ICGN mice as compared with control ICR mice. High-level expression of LOX and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 (an up-regulator of LOX) mRNA was detected in tubular epithelial cells of ICGN mouse kidneys by in situ hybridization. Type-I and -III collagens, major substrates for LOX, were accumulated in tubulointerstitium of ICGN mouse kidneys. The present findings imply that TGF-beta1 up-regulates the production of LOX in tubular epithelial cells of ICGN mouse kidneys, and the excessive LOX acts on interstitial collagens and catalyzes crosslinking reactions. As a result, the highly crosslinked collagens induce an irreversible progression of chronic renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in the kidneys of ICGN mice.

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