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Increased vascular permeability and severe renal tubular damage after ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice lacking adiponectin or T-cadherin
Author(s) -
Yuri Tsugawa-Shimizu,
Yuya Fujishima,
Satomi Kita,
Satoshi Minami,
Taka-aki Sakaue,
Yuto Nakamura,
Tomonori Okita,
Yusuke Kawachi,
Shiro Fukada,
Tomoko NambaHamano,
Yoshitsugu Takabatake,
Yoshitaka Isaka,
Hitoshi Nishizawa,
Barbara Ranscht,
Norikazu Maeda,
Iichiro Shimomura
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
endocrinology and metabolism/american journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1522-1555
pISSN - 0193-1849
DOI - 10.1152/ajpendo.00393.2020
Subject(s) - pericyte , medicine , endocrinology , vascular permeability , exosome , mesenchymal stem cell , kidney , biology , cancer research , microbiology and biotechnology , endothelial stem cell , microvesicles , microrna , in vitro , biochemistry , gene
Adiponectin (APN) is a circulating protein specifically produced by adipocytes. Native APN specifically binds to T-cadherin, a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein, mediating the exosome-stimulating effects of APN in endothelial, muscle, and mesenchymal stem cells. It was previously reported that APN has beneficial effects on kidney diseases, but the role of T-cadherin has not been clarified yet. Here, our immunofluorescence study indicated the existence of both T-cadherin and APN protein in pericytes, subsets of tissue-resident mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells positive for platelet-derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFRβ), surrounding peritubular capillaries. In an acute renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) model, T-cadherin-knockout (Tcad-KO) mice, similar to APN-KO mice, exhibited the more progressive phenotype of renal tubular damage and increased vascular permeability than wild-type mice. In addition, in response to I/R-injury, the renal PDGFRβ-positive cell area increased in wild-type mice, but opposingly decreased in both Tcad-KO and APN-KO mice, suggesting severe pericyte loss. Mouse primary pericytes also expressed T-cadherin. APN promoted exosome secretion in a T-cadherin-dependent manner. Such exosome production from pericytes may play an important role in maintaining the capillary network and APN-mediated inhibition of renal tubular injury. In summary, our study suggested that APN protected the kidney in an acute renal injury model by binding to T-cadherin. NEW & NOTEWORTHY In the kidney, T-cadherin-associated adiponectin protein existed on peritubular capillary pericytes. In an acute renal ischemia-reperfusion model, deficiency of adiponectin or T-cadherin exhibited the more progressive phenotype of renal tubular damage and increased vascular permeability, accompanied by severe pericyte loss. In vitro, adiponectin promoted exosome secretion from mouse primary pericytes in a T-cadherin-dependent manner. Adiponectin plays an important role in maintaining the capillary network and amelioration of renal tubular injury by binding to T-cadherin.

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