Prednisone inhibits the focal adhesion kinase/receptor activator of NF-κB ligand/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy

  • Authors:
    • Minyuan Ye
    • Jing Zheng
    • Xiaoying Chen
    • Xuelan Chen
    • Xinhong Wu
    • Xiuqin Lin
    • Yafang Liu
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  • Published online on: September 25, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4370
  • Pages: 7471-7478
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of prednisone on adriamycin-induced nephritic rat kidney damage via the focal adhesion kinase (FAK)/receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)/mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. An adriamycin‑induced nephritic rat model was established to investigate these mechanisms. A total of 30 healthy male Sprague‑Dawley rats were randomly assigned to the normal, model or prednisone group. Samples of urine were collected over the course of 24 h at days 7, 14, and 28, and renal cortex tissue samples were harvested at days 14, and 28 following nephritic rat model establishment. The total urinary protein content was measured by biuret colorimetry. Pathological changes in the kidney tissue samples were observed using an electron microscope. The mRNA expressions levels of FAK, RANKL, p38, extracellular signal‑regulated kinase (ERK), c‑Jun N‑terminal kinase (JNK), and nephrin were then quantified by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In addition, the protein expressions levels of FAK, RANKL, p38, ERK, JNK, phosphorylated (p)‑FAK, p‑ERK, and p‑JNK were quantified by western blotting. As compared with the normal group, the protein expression levels of FAK, RANKL, p-FAK, p38 and p-ERK in the model group were increased. In the prednisone group, the protein expression levels of p-ERK decreased, as compared with the normal group. In the prednisone group, the urinary protein levels, the protein expression levels of FAK, RANKL, p38, p-FAK, p-p38 and the mRNA expression levels of FAK, p38, RANKL, ERK, JNK decreased, as compared with the model group. In the prednisone group, the mRNA and protein expression levels of nephrin and the serum expression levels of RANKL increased, the serum expression levels of osteoprotegerin (OPG) were decreased, as compared with the model group. No significant changes in the protein expression levels of JNK were observed among the groups. These results suggested that prednisone is able to protect podocytes from apoptosis, and reduce urinary protein levels by inhibiting the FAK/RANKL/MAPK signaling pathway in kidney tissue samples. Serum prednisone may induce osteoporosis via the OPG/RANK/RANKL signaling pathway.
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Ye M, Zheng J, Chen X, Chen X, Wu X, Lin X and Liu Y: Prednisone inhibits the focal adhesion kinase/receptor activator of NF-κB ligand/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy. Mol Med Rep 12: 7471-7478, 2015
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Ye, M., Zheng, J., Chen, X., Chen, X., Wu, X., Lin, X., & Liu, Y. (2015). Prednisone inhibits the focal adhesion kinase/receptor activator of NF-κB ligand/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12, 7471-7478. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4370
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Ye, M., Zheng, J., Chen, X., Chen, X., Wu, X., Lin, X., Liu, Y."Prednisone inhibits the focal adhesion kinase/receptor activator of NF-κB ligand/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy". Molecular Medicine Reports 12.5 (2015): 7471-7478.
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Ye, M., Zheng, J., Chen, X., Chen, X., Wu, X., Lin, X., Liu, Y."Prednisone inhibits the focal adhesion kinase/receptor activator of NF-κB ligand/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy". Molecular Medicine Reports 12, no. 5 (2015): 7471-7478. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4370