Microalbuminuria in Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated With Enhanced Excretion of the Endocytic Multiligand Receptors Megalin and Cubilin
Open Access
- 14 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 32 (7), 1266-1268
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc09-0112
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Proteinuria is the hallmark of diabetic nephropathy; yet, glomerular histology does not fully explain mechanisms contributing to proteinuria. Our objective was to identify proteins in the urine of individuals with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria that might implicate a mechanistic pathway operative in proteinuria. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using a GeLC/MS platform proteomics approach, we compared the urine proteome from 12 healthy nondiabetic individuals, 12 subjects with type 1 diabetes yet normal urinary albumin excretion rates, and 12 subjects with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria (type 1 diabetes + microalbuminuria). RESULTS: The abundance of megalin and cubilin, two multiligand receptors expressed in kidney proximal tubule cells and involved with the reuptake of filtered albumin and megalin/cubilin ligands, was significantly increased in type 1 diabetes + microalbuminuria urine, compared with both nonalbuminuric groups. CONCLUSIONS: Aberrant shedding of megalin and cubilin could contribute to albuminuria in diabetes and to deficiency states of important vitamins and hormones.Keywords
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