| Testosterone promotes apoptotic damage in human renal tubular cells. | |
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PMID: 15086464 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Apoptosis is a mode of cell death that participates in the kidney physiologic remodeling processes and is thought to contribute to cell loss and kidney structural damage in chronic renal diseases. Gender is one factor which contributes to accelerated nephron loss, with progression more rapid in men than in women in diabetic and nondiabetic chronic renal diseases. Mechanisms by which androgens may cause higher rate of progression of chronic renal diseases in men are poorly explored. METHODS: In this study, to investigate the role of androgens on apoptotic damage and its associated mechanisms, we examined the effects of testosterone (T) (0.1 nmol/L to 1 micromol/L) on apoptosis, and apoptosis-related proteins in a proximal human tubule cell line (HK-2 cells). Additional experiments were performed in primary cultures of proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs). Cells were grown to subconfluence in normal growth medium, and apoptotic damage was induced by serum deprivation for 24 to 48 hours. Cycloheximide, flutamide (a T-receptor antagonist), 17-beta estradiol, or caspase inhibitors were added to cultures that were successively processed for terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated uridine triphosphate nick end-labeling (TUNEL) analysis, annexin V/propidium iodide staining, immunofluorescence, or immunoblots to identify effects and apoptotic pathways that could be modulating cell survival. RESULTS: Both morphologic analysis by annexin V/propidium iodide staining and TUNEL showed that physiologic T levels (1 to 10 nmol/L) induced a significant increase in apoptosis both in HK-2 cells and PTECs. In both types of cell lines pretreatment with the androgen receptor antagonist flutamide prevented the T-induced apoptosis. T-induced apoptosis was enhanced by treatment with cycloheximide and prevented by 17beta-estradiol. Fas, Fas ligand (FasL), and Fas-associating death domain containing protein (FADD) were clearly up-regulated within 48 hours of T treatment in HK-2 cells. Also, T significantly increased the expression of Bax protein (P < 0.01 vs. control) (an effect which was blocked by flutamide), and decreased the expression of Bcl-2. Western blot analysis showed that caspase-3 was activated. Moreover, cleavage into an 85-kD poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) terminal breakdown product was detectable. The changes in cellular morphology induced by T at 48 hours were no longer observed after the addition of caspase-8, caspase-9, and caspase-3 inhibitors to the culture medium. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that T increases the permissiveness of proximal tubule kidney cells to apoptotic effects by triggering an apoptotic pathway involving caspase activation, Fas up-regulation, and FasL expression, thus potentially interacting with mechanisms of cell loss which have been already shown to be activated in chronic renal diseases. This is consistent with a role for T in promoting renal injury in men. |
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Authors:
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Daniela Verzola; Maria Teresa Gandolfo; Francesca Salvatore; Barbara Villaggio; Fabio Gianiorio; Paolo Traverso; Giacomo Deferrari; Giacomo Garibotto |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Kidney international Volume: 65 ISSN: 0085-2538 ISO Abbreviation: Kidney Int. Publication Date: 2004 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-04-16 Completed Date: 2004-10-21 Revised Date: 2009-11-19 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0323470 Medline TA: Kidney Int Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1252-61 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine and Urology Division, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. |
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Androgens
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pharmacology* Antigens, CD95 / metabolism Apoptosis / drug effects* Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism Caspase 3 Caspases / antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism Cell Line Cell Survival / drug effects Enzyme Activation Fas Ligand Protein Fatty Acid Desaturases / metabolism Humans Kidney Tubules, Proximal / cytology, metabolism, physiology* Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / metabolism Testosterone / pharmacology* bcl-2-Associated X Protein |
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0/Androgens; 0/Antigens, CD95; 0/Arabidopsis Proteins; 0/BAX protein, human; 0/FASLG protein, human; 0/Fas Ligand Protein; 0/Membrane Glycoproteins; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; 0/bcl-2-Associated X Protein; 58-22-0/Testosterone; EC 1.14.19.-/Fatty Acid Desaturases; EC 1.14.99.-/Fad7 protein, Arabidopsis; EC 3.4.22.-/CASP3 protein, human; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspase 3; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspases |
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