单位:[1]Department of Pediatrics,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院儿科学系[2]Department of Anesthesiology,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院麻醉科[3]Department of Pediatrics,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,No.1095,Jiefang Ave., Wuhan 30030,P.R.China.儿科学系
Podocyte injury induced by sublytic complement attack is the main feature of membranous nephropathy (MN). This study aimed at investigating the impact of sublytic complement attack-related autophagy on podocyte injury in vitro. Here, we show that sublytic complement attack enhances MPC5 podocyte autophagy in vitro. Inhibition of autophagy by treatment with 3-methyladenine (3-MA) significantly increased sublytic complement attack-induced changes in the injury-related morphology, stress fiber, and podocyte apoptosis, but decreased the survival and adhesion of MPC5 podocytes. In contrast, promotion of autophagy by treatment with rapamycin mitigated sublytic complement attack-induced changes in the injury-related morphology, stress fiber, and podocyte apoptosis, but increased the survival and adhesion of MPC5 podocytes. These data suggest that autophagy may protect podocytes from sublytic complement attack-induced injury in vitro. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81100514]
第一作者单位:[1]Department of Pediatrics,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China
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通讯机构:[3]Department of Pediatrics,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,No.1095,Jiefang Ave., Wuhan 30030,P.R.China.