Monocyte/macrophage chemokine receptor CCR2 mediates diabetic renal injury
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- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
- Vol. 301 (6), F1358-F1366
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00332.2011
Abstract
Monocyte/macrophage recruitment correlates strongly with the progression of renal impairment in diabetic nephropathy (DN). C-C chemokine receptor (CCR)2 regulates monocyte/macrophage migration into injured tissues. However, the direct role of CCR2-mediated monocyte/macrophage recruitment in diabetic kidney disease remains unclear. We report that pharmacological blockade or genetic deficiency of CCR2 confers kidney protection in Ins2Akita and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic kidney disease. Blocking CCR2 using the selective CCR2 antagonist RS504393 for 12 wk in Ins2Akita mice significantly attenuated albuminuria, the increase in blood urea nitrogen and plasma creatinine, histological changes, and glomerular macrophage recruitment compared with vehicle. Furthermore, mice lacking CCR2 (CCR2−/−) mimicked CCR2 blockade by reducing albuminuria and displaying less fibronectin mRNA expression and inflammatory cytokine production compared with CCR2+/+ mice, despite comparable blood glucose levels. Bone marrow-derived monocytes from CCR2+/+ or CCR2−/− mice adoptively transferred into CCR2−/− mice reversed the renal tissue-protective effect in diabetic CCR2−/− mice as evaluated by increased urinary albumin excretion and kidney macrophage recruitment, indicating that CCR2 is not required for monocyte migration from the circulation into diabetic kidneys. These findings provide evidence that CCR2 is necessary for monocyte/macrophage-induced diabetic renal injury and suggest that blocking CCR2 could be a novel therapeutic approach in the treatment of DN.Keywords
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