Attenuation of Renal Injury in db/db Mice Overexpressing Superoxide Dismutase
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes
- Vol. 53 (3), 762-768
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.53.3.762
Abstract
The effects of overexpression of Cu2+/Zn2+ superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD-1) on indexes of renal injury were compared in 5-month-old nontransgenic (NTg) db/db mice and db/db mice hemizygous for the human SOD-1 transgene (SOD-Tg). Both diabetic groups exhibited similar hyperglycemia and weight gain. However, in NTg-db/db mice, albuminuria, glomerular accumulation of immunoreactive transforming growth factor-β, collagen α1(IV), nitrotyrosine, and mesangial matrix were all significantly increased compared with either nondiabetic mice or SOD-Tg-db/db. SOD-1 activity and reduced glutathione levels were higher, whereas malondialdehyde content was lower, in the renal cortex of SOD-Tg-db/db compared with NTg-db/db mice, consistent with a renal antioxidant effect in the transgenic mice. Inulin clearance (CIN) and urinary excretion of guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (UcGMP) were increased in SOD-Tg-db/db mice compared with corresponding values in nondiabetic mice or NTg-db/db mice. CIN and UcGMP were suppressed by Nω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester in SOD-Tg-db/db but not in NTg-db/db mice, implying nitric oxide (NO) dependence of these increases and enhanced renal NO bioactivity in SOD-Tg-db/db. Studies of NO-responsive cGMP in isolated glomeruli supported greater quenching of NO in glomeruli from NTg-db/db compared with SOD-Tg-db/db mice. Evidence of increased NO responsiveness and the suppression of glomerular nitrotyrosine may both reflect reduced NO-superoxide interaction in SOD-Tg-db/db mice. The results implicate superoxide in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.Keywords
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