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EGFR inhibition attenuates diabetic nephropathy through decreasing ROS and endoplasmic reticulum stress
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Abstract
Zheng Xu1,*, Yunjie Zhao1,*, Peng Zhong1, Jingying Wang1, Qiaoyou Weng1,3, Yuanyuan Qian1, Jibo Han1, Chunpeng Zou2, Guang Liang1
1Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China
2Department of Ultrasonography, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
3Department of Interventional Radiology, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, 323000, China
*These authors contribute equally to this work
Correspondence to:
Guang Liang, email: wzmcliangguang@163.com
Chunpeng Zou, email: chpzou@126.com
Keywords: diabetic nephropathy, epidermal growth factor receptor, inhibitor, ER stress, oxidative stress
Received: December 06, 2016 Accepted: February 23, 2017 Published: March 06, 2017
ABSTRACT
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a progressive kidney disease due to glomerular capillary damage in diabetic patients. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is associated with DN progression. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mediates oxidative stress and damage of cardiomyocytes in diabetic mice. Here we demonstrated that AG1478, a specific inhibitor of EGFR, blocked EGFR and AKT phosphorylation in diabetic mice. Oxidative stress and ER stress markers were eliminated after AG1478 administration. AG1478 decreased pro-fibrotic genes TGF-β and collagen IV. Furthermore, we found that high glucose (HG) induced oxidative stress and ER stress, and subsequently increased ATF4 and CHOP. These changes were eliminated by either AG1478 or ROS scavenger N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) administration. These results were confirmed by knock-down approaches in renal mesangial SV40 cells. However, AG1478, not NAC, reversed HG induced EGFR and AKT phosphorylation. These results suggest that EGFR/AKT/ROS/ER stress signaling plays an essential role in DN development and inhibiting EGFR may serve as a potential therapeutic strategy in diabetic kidney diseases.
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