Putting the pieces together : elucidation of podocyte biology in the homeostasis of the kidney filtration barrier
Author: Rodriguez Rivera, Patricia M
Date: 2016-09-16
Location: Föreläsningssal 4X (Floor 4), Alfred Nobels Allé 8, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge
Time: 09.30
Department: Inst för medicinsk biokemi och biofysik / Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Abstract
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a devastating condition that can only be treated
with chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation. ESRD treatment costs account for up to
10% of healthcare budgets in the Western world. The 5-year survival for patients in
dialysis is only about 40%. Glomerular disease processes are the main cause of ESRD.
Despite this, our basic knowledge on the biology and disease processes of the
glomerulus is poor. As a result, we still lack effective therapy options to stop the
progression of glomerular diseases.
In this thesis we have identified a number of candidate genes and proteins that could have an essential role in the glomerular homeostasis. In the first project, we identified a group of neural proteins, Hip1, Nfasc and Olfml2, which are enriched in podocytes. We used these markers to provide further evidence that podocytes are present in glomerular crescent lesions that occur in inflammatory diseases of the glomerulus.
In project 2, we studied the functional role of another neural protein, dendrin, in the kidney by generating and characterizing a knockout (KO) mouse line. Previously, we and others have shown that dendrin is very specific to podocytes and interacts with cd2ap and nephrin, two podocyte proteins imperative for the maintenance of the kidney barrier. The KO mouse model showed that dendrin is not needed for the development or maintenance of the glomerulus filtration barrier. Furthermore, the outcome of glomerular disease in two injury models was unaffected by the absence of dendrin. This suggests that dendrin does not have a role in the development of glomerular damage in these two models.
In project 3, we identified Tmem234, Slfn5, Lrrc49 and Znf185 as highly podocyte-enriched molecules. Morpholino knockdown experiments in zebrafish showed that the silencing of Tmem234 results in podocyte foot effacement and proteinuria in pronephros. Thus, Tmem234 seems to have an important role in the formation of functional filtration barrier in zebrafish pronephros, and therefore it is reasonable to speculate that it can have also an important role in the mammalian kidney.
Lastly, in project 4 we identified a mediator protein subunit, Med22, to be essential for the kidney filtration barrier. In zebrafish pronephros, Med22 morphants exhibit defective capillary loop formation and leak large proteins to tubuli. In mice, full KO mice die during embryonic development. In podocyte-specific KO animals kidney development proceeds normally. However, these mice exhibit proteinuria starting from 8 weeks of age that progresses to ESRD by 16 weeks of age. Histological analysis shows the accumulation of caveolin-positive vesicles in the cytoplasm of podocytes. As these vesicles became larger, we detected the loss of podocytes that leads to glomerulosclerosis and ESRD. Thus, Med22 seems to regulate vesicular trafficking in podocytes and be essential for podocyte survival.
This thesis provides novel insights into podocyte biology and obviously opens up new possibilities to study these candidate genes in glomerular function and pathology.
In this thesis we have identified a number of candidate genes and proteins that could have an essential role in the glomerular homeostasis. In the first project, we identified a group of neural proteins, Hip1, Nfasc and Olfml2, which are enriched in podocytes. We used these markers to provide further evidence that podocytes are present in glomerular crescent lesions that occur in inflammatory diseases of the glomerulus.
In project 2, we studied the functional role of another neural protein, dendrin, in the kidney by generating and characterizing a knockout (KO) mouse line. Previously, we and others have shown that dendrin is very specific to podocytes and interacts with cd2ap and nephrin, two podocyte proteins imperative for the maintenance of the kidney barrier. The KO mouse model showed that dendrin is not needed for the development or maintenance of the glomerulus filtration barrier. Furthermore, the outcome of glomerular disease in two injury models was unaffected by the absence of dendrin. This suggests that dendrin does not have a role in the development of glomerular damage in these two models.
In project 3, we identified Tmem234, Slfn5, Lrrc49 and Znf185 as highly podocyte-enriched molecules. Morpholino knockdown experiments in zebrafish showed that the silencing of Tmem234 results in podocyte foot effacement and proteinuria in pronephros. Thus, Tmem234 seems to have an important role in the formation of functional filtration barrier in zebrafish pronephros, and therefore it is reasonable to speculate that it can have also an important role in the mammalian kidney.
Lastly, in project 4 we identified a mediator protein subunit, Med22, to be essential for the kidney filtration barrier. In zebrafish pronephros, Med22 morphants exhibit defective capillary loop formation and leak large proteins to tubuli. In mice, full KO mice die during embryonic development. In podocyte-specific KO animals kidney development proceeds normally. However, these mice exhibit proteinuria starting from 8 weeks of age that progresses to ESRD by 16 weeks of age. Histological analysis shows the accumulation of caveolin-positive vesicles in the cytoplasm of podocytes. As these vesicles became larger, we detected the loss of podocytes that leads to glomerulosclerosis and ESRD. Thus, Med22 seems to regulate vesicular trafficking in podocytes and be essential for podocyte survival.
This thesis provides novel insights into podocyte biology and obviously opens up new possibilities to study these candidate genes in glomerular function and pathology.
List of papers:
I. Sistani, L., Rodríguez PQ., Hultenby K.,Uhlen M., Betsholtz C., Jalanko H., Tryggvason K., Wernerson A., Patrakka J. Neuronal proteins are novel components of podocyte major processes and their expression in glomerular crescents supports their role in crescent formation. Kidney International. 2013 Jan; 83(1):63-71
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II. Xiao, Z., Rodríguez, PQ., He L., Betsholtz C., Tryggvason T., Patrakka J. Wtip- and Gadd45a-interacting protein dendrin is not crucial for the development or maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. PLOS ONE. 2013; 8(12): e83133.
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III. Rodríguez PQ., Oddsson Á., Ebarasi L., He B., Hultenby K., Wernerson A., Betsholz C., Tryggvason T., Patrakka J. Knockdown of Tmem234 results in proteinuria. American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology. 2015 2015 Vol. no. ,
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IV. Rodríguez PQ., Jahnukainen T., Guo J., Ebarasi L., Tryggvason K., Patrakka, J. Mediator complex protein 22 regulates vesicular trafficking in podocytes and is essential for the maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. [Manuscript]
I. Sistani, L., Rodríguez PQ., Hultenby K.,Uhlen M., Betsholtz C., Jalanko H., Tryggvason K., Wernerson A., Patrakka J. Neuronal proteins are novel components of podocyte major processes and their expression in glomerular crescents supports their role in crescent formation. Kidney International. 2013 Jan; 83(1):63-71
Pubmed
Fulltext (DOI)
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II. Xiao, Z., Rodríguez, PQ., He L., Betsholtz C., Tryggvason T., Patrakka J. Wtip- and Gadd45a-interacting protein dendrin is not crucial for the development or maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. PLOS ONE. 2013; 8(12): e83133.
Pubmed
Fulltext (DOI)
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III. Rodríguez PQ., Oddsson Á., Ebarasi L., He B., Hultenby K., Wernerson A., Betsholz C., Tryggvason T., Patrakka J. Knockdown of Tmem234 results in proteinuria. American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology. 2015 2015 Vol. no. ,
Fulltext (DOI)
Pubmed
View record in Web of Science®
IV. Rodríguez PQ., Jahnukainen T., Guo J., Ebarasi L., Tryggvason K., Patrakka, J. Mediator complex protein 22 regulates vesicular trafficking in podocytes and is essential for the maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. [Manuscript]
Institution: Karolinska Institutet
Supervisor: Patrakka, Jaakko
Issue date: 2016-08-25
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Publication year: 2016
ISBN: 978-91-7676-384-1
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