Expression of the transcriptional regulator Egr-1 in experimental glomerulonephritis: requirement for mesangial cell proliferation.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1), a zinc finger transcriptional regulator, was induced in a rat model of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (GN). Northern blot analysis revealed a maximal 14.9-fold increase in glomerular Egr-1 mRNA at day 6 of GN. By immunohistochemistry Egr-1 protein expression was demonstrated to be mainly confined to glomerular mesangial cells (MC). To test whether Egr-1 directly regulates MC proliferation, cultured MCs were stimulated with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) after preincubation with different Egr-1 antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). PDGF-induced rise in 3H-thymidine uptake by 83% and almost completely abrogated increase in MC number. We conclude that Egr-1 induction is of critical importance for PDGF-induced mitogenic signaling in MCs, and inhibition of Egr-1 in vivo may offer an approach to oppose glomerular MC proliferation in glomerular inflammatory disease.
Medical subject headings
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Glomerular Mesangium
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative
- Immediate-Early Proteins
- Transcription Factors