Parathyroid hormone induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in human renal proximal tubular cells

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been shown to play an important role in renal fibrogenesis. Recent studies suggested parathyroid hormone (PTH) could accelerate EMT and subsequent organ fibrosis. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying PTH-induced EMT remain unknown. The present study was to investigate whether Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is involved in PTH-induced EMT in human renal proximal tubular cells (HK-2 cells) and to determine the profile of gene expression associated with PTH-induced EMT. PTH could induce morphological changes and gene expression characteristic of EMT in cultured HK-2 cells. Suppressing β-catenin expression or DKK1 limited gene expression characteristic of PTH-induced EMT. Based on the PCR array analysis, PTH treatment resulted in the up-regulation of 18 genes and down-regulation of 9 genes compared with the control. The results were further supported by a western blot analysis, which showed the increased Wnt4 protein expression. Wnt4 overexpression also promotes PTH-induced EMT in HK-2 cells. The findings demonstrated that PTH-induced EMT in HK-2 cells is mediated by Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway, and Wnt4 might be a key gene during PTH-induced EMT.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 7(2014), 9 vom: 05., Seite 5978-87

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guo, Yunshan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Raohai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongdong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Weijie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanxia [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Beta Catenin
CTNNB1 protein, human
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
Journal Article
Parathyroid Hormone
Parathyroid hormone
Renal tubular epithelial cell
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
WNT4 protein, human
Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway
Wnt4 Protein

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.07.2015

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM24298262X