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Role of transforming growth factor-beta in the growth inhibition of cultured rat mesangial cells in high glucose media. 1994

J Yao, and L S Li
Department of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing.

The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the inhibitory effect of elevated glucose levels on mesangial cell growth might be mediated by transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta). Increased glucose levels inhibited mesangial cell proliferation in a concentration dependent manner. The addition of a rabbit antipocine TGF beta 1 neutralizing antibody significantly enhanced the cell proliferation in both normal (5.5 mM) and high (50 mM) glucose media (12% and 30% respectively), and almost completely blocked the growth inhibition induced by high glucose media. TGF beta assay demonstrated mesangial cells produced more active than latent TGF beta after growth in high glucose media. We conclude that TGF beta functions as an autocrine cytokine in mesangial cells growth and the production of TGF beta is modulated by high glucose concentration. The growth inhibition induced by high glucose levels may be largely mediated by endogenous TGF beta.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002455 Cell Division The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION. M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D005920 Glomerular Mesangium The thin membranous structure supporting the adjoining glomerular capillaries. It is composed of GLOMERULAR MESANGIAL CELLS and their EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX. Mesangium, Glomerular,Mesangial Extracellular Matrix,Extracellular Matrices, Mesangial,Extracellular Matrix, Mesangial,Glomerular Mesangiums,Matrices, Mesangial Extracellular,Matrix, Mesangial Extracellular,Mesangial Extracellular Matrices,Mesangiums, Glomerular
D005947 Glucose A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement. Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000906 Antibodies Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).
D016212 Transforming Growth Factor beta A factor synthesized in a wide variety of tissues. It acts synergistically with TGF-alpha in inducing phenotypic transformation and can also act as a negative autocrine growth factor. TGF-beta has a potential role in embryonal development, cellular differentiation, hormone secretion, and immune function. TGF-beta is found mostly as homodimer forms of separate gene products TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2 or TGF-beta3. Heterodimers composed of TGF-beta1 and 2 (TGF-beta1.2) or of TGF-beta2 and 3 (TGF-beta2.3) have been isolated. The TGF-beta proteins are synthesized as precursor proteins. Bone-Derived Transforming Growth Factor,Platelet Transforming Growth Factor,TGF-beta,Milk Growth Factor,TGFbeta,Bone Derived Transforming Growth Factor,Factor, Milk Growth,Growth Factor, Milk
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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