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Glomerulosclerosis correlates with a reduction in podocyte number that occurs through mechanisms that include apoptosis. Whether glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a growth factor that is critical for neural and renal development, is a survival factor for injured podocytes was investigated. Ret, the GDNF receptor tyrosine kinase, was upregulated in podocytes in the passive Heymann nephritis and puromycin aminonucleoside (PA) nephrosis rat models of podocyte injury. In addition, Ret mRNA and protein were upregulated in mouse podocytes in vitro after injury that was induced by sublytic C5b-9 and PA. GDNF, which also was induced during podocyte injury, inhibited significantly the apoptosis of podocytes that was induced by ultraviolet C irradiation. Knockdown of Ret expression by small interference RNA in podocytes exacerbated apoptosis that was induced by both ultraviolet C and PA. Ret knockdown, upon injury, decreased AKT phosphorylation, suggesting that the phosphoinositol-3 kinase/AKT pathway mediated the survival effect of GDNF on podocytes. Consistent with this hypothesis, the selective phosphoinositol-3 kinase inhibitor LY294002 blocked the survival-promoting effects of GDNF. In conclusion, GDNF is a novel podocyte survival factor. Furthermore, Ret is highly upregulated during podocyte injury in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that Ret activation is a critical adaptive response for podocyte remodeling and repair.

journal of the american society of nephrology

Glial Cell Line–Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Its Receptor Ret Is a Novel Ligand-Receptor Complex Critical for Survival Response during Podocyte Injury