Mesangial cell actin disassembly in high glucose mediated by protein kinase C and the polyol pathway

Kidney International
X ZhouC Whiteside

Abstract

High glucose alters mesangial cell cytoskeletal structure and function. We postulated that high glucose causes mesangial cell filamentous (F) actin disassembly through a protein kinase C (PKC) mechanism involving the polyol pathway. Rat mesangial cells (passage < 10, N = 60/group) were growth-arrested and then cultured in glucose 5.6 mM (NG), 15 mM (MG) or 30 mM (HG) for 48 hours, with or without the aldose reductase inhibitor Tolrestat 0.3 mM. F and globular (G) actin were labeled with rhodamine-phalloidin and FTTC-DNase-1, respectively. Both fluorescence probes were imaged simultaneously in each cell using dual-channel confocal laser microscopy. In HG, F-actin disassembly was observed and measured by a 40% decrease in F-/G-actin fluorescence intensity ratio (no change in NG + mannitol 24.4 mM). In separate experiments, cells were labeled with BODIPY FL-bisindolylmaleimide, specific for most PKC isoforms, and fluorescence intensity/cell was measured. In NG, exposure to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) 0.1 microM for 15 minutes caused perinuclear and nuclear translocation of PKC, and F-actin disassembly identical to observations in HG alone. In HG, total PKC fluorescence increased by 50% and PMA exposure for 24 hours norma...Continue Reading

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