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A Bigenic mouse model of FSGS reveals perturbed pathways in podocytes, mesangial cells and endothelial cells

Andrew S. Potter, Keri Drake, Eric W. Brunskill, S. Steven Potter
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/613679
Andrew S. Potter
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, USA 45229
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Keri Drake
2Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern medical Center, Dallas TX, USA 75390
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Eric W. Brunskill
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, USA 45229
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S. Steven Potter
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, USA 45229
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Abstract

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a major cause of end stage renal disease. Many patients prove unresponsive to available therapies. An improved understanding of the molecular basis of the disease process could provide insights leading to novel therapeutic approaches. In this study we carried out an RNA-seq analysis of the altered gene expression patterns of podocytes, mesangial cells and glomerular endothelial cells of the bigenic Cd2ap+/-, Fyn-/- mutant mouse model of FSGS. In the podocytes we observed upregulation of many genes related to the Tgfβ family/pathway, including Gdnf, Tgfβ1, Tgfβ2, Snai2, Vegfb, Bmp4, and Tnc. The mutant podocytes also showed upregulation of Acta2, a marker of smooth muscle and associated with myofibroblasts, which are implicated in driving fibrosis. GO analysis of the podocyte upregulated genes identified elevated protein kinase activity, increased expression of growth factors, and negative regulation of cell adhesion, perhaps related to the observed podocyte loss. Both podocytes and mesangial cells showed strong upregulation of aldehyde dehydrogenase genes involved in the synthesis of retinoic acid. Similarly, the Cd2ap+/-, Fyn-/- mesangial cells, as well as podocytes in other genetic models, and the glomeruli of human FSGS patients, all show upregulation of the serine protease Prss23, with the common thread suggesting important functionality. Another gene with strong upregulation in the Cd2ap+/-, Fyn-/- mutant mesangial cells as well as multiple other mutant mouse models of FSGS was thrombospondin, which activates the secreted inactive form of Tgfβ. The Cd2ap+/-, Fyn-/- mutant endothelial cells showed elevated expression of genes involved in cell proliferation, angioblast migration, angiogenesis, and neovasculature, all consistent with the formation of new blood vessels in the diseased glomerulus. The resulting global definition of the perturbed molecular pathways in the three major cell types of the mutant glomerulus provide deeper understanding of the molecular pathogenic pathways.

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A Bigenic mouse model of FSGS reveals perturbed pathways in podocytes, mesangial cells and endothelial cells
Andrew S. Potter, Keri Drake, Eric W. Brunskill, S. Steven Potter
bioRxiv 613679; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/613679
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A Bigenic mouse model of FSGS reveals perturbed pathways in podocytes, mesangial cells and endothelial cells
Andrew S. Potter, Keri Drake, Eric W. Brunskill, S. Steven Potter
bioRxiv 613679; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/613679

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