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(American Journal of Pathology. 2001;159:1735-1742.)
© 2001 American Society for Investigative Pathology

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The Distribution and Regulation of Integrin-Linked Kinase in Normal and Diabetic Kidneys

Lida Guo^*, Paul W. Sanders, Anne Woods^* and Chuanyue Wu^*

From the Department of Cell Biology and the Cell Adhesion and Matrix Research Center^*
and the Department of Medicine,
Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Alteration in cell adhesion and extracellular matrix deposition is a hallmark of diabetic glomerulosclerosis. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is a recently identified integrin cytoplasmic-binding protein that has been implicated in the regulation of cell adhesion and extracellular matrix deposition. To begin to investigate whether ILK is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic glomerulosclerosis, we have analyzed the distribution and regulation of ILK in normal and diabetic kidneys as well as in isolated mesangial cells. We have found that ILK is normally expressed at high concentration in visceral epithelial cells. In diabetic glomeruli, ILK expression in the mesangium is dramatically increased. The increase in ILK level is associated with diffuse mesangial expansion. In glomeruli where advanced nodular sclerosis and global sclerosis were dominant, ILK level was reduced, suggesting that the increase in ILK expression likely associates with relatively early glomerulosclerosis. Additionally, we have found that exposure of mesangial cells to high concentrations of glucose significantly increased the ILK level. Finally, we show that ILK localizes to regions of cell membranes that are in close contact with mesangial fibronectin matrix. These results suggest that ILK is likely involved in mesangial matrix expansion in response to hyperglycemia in the pathogenesis of diabetic glomerulosclerosis.

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