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Ezrin is down-regulated in diabetic kidney glomeruli and regulates actin reorganization and glucose uptake via GLUT1 in cultured podocytes.

Authors: Wasik, AA  Koskelainen, S  Hyvonen, ME  Musante, L  Lehtonen, E  Koskenniemi, K  Tienari, J  Vaheri, A  Kerjaschki, D  Szalay, C  Revesz, C  Varmanen, P  Nyman, TA  Hamar, P  Holthofer, H  Lehtonen, S 
Citation: Wasik AA, etal., Am J Pathol. 2014 Jun;184(6):1727-39. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.03.002. Epub 2014 Apr 13.
RGD ID: 11570419
Pubmed: PMID:24726496   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.03.002   (Journal Full-text)

Diabetic nephropathy is a complication of diabetes and a major cause of end-stage renal disease. To characterize the early pathophysiological mechanisms leading to glomerular podocyte injury in diabetic nephropathy, we performed quantitative proteomic profiling of glomeruli isolated from rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes and controls. Fluorescence-based two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis, coupled with mass spectrometry, identified 29 differentially expressed spots, including actin-binding protein ezrin and its interaction partner, NHERF2, which were down-regulated in the streptozotocin group. Knockdown of ezrin by siRNA in cultured podocytes increased glucose uptake compared with control siRNA-transfected cells, apparently by increasing translocation of glucose transporter GLUT1 to the plasma membrane. Knockdown of ezrin also induced actin remodeling under basal conditions, but reduced insulin-stimulated actin reorganization. Ezrin-dependent actin remodeling involved cofilin-1 that is essential for the turnover and reorganization of actin filaments. Phosphorylated, inactive cofilin-1 was up-regulated in diabetic glomeruli, suggesting altered actin dynamics. Furthermore, IHC analysis revealed reduced expression of ezrin in the podocytes of patients with diabetes. Our findings suggest that ezrin may play a role in the development of the renal complication in diabetes by regulating transport of glucose and organization of the actin cytoskeleton in podocytes.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Diabetic Nephropathies  ISOCfl1 (Rattus norvegicus)11570419; 11570419associated with Diabetes Mellitus more ...RGD 
Diabetic Nephropathies  IEP 11570419associated with Diabetes Mellitus more ...RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Cfl1  (cofilin 1)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Cfl1  (cofilin 1, non-muscle)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
CFL1  (cofilin 1)


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