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KMID : 0620920180500050056
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Experimental & Molecular Medicine
2018 Volume.50 No. 5 p.56 ~ p.56
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Exendin-4 ameliorates high glucose-induced fibrosis by inhibiting the secretion of miR-192 from injured renal tubular epithelial cells
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Jia Yijie
Zheng Zongji
Guan Meiping
Zhang Qian
Li Yang
Wang Ling
Xue Yaoming
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Abstract
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs), which contain microRNA (miRNA), constitute a novel means of cell communication that may contribute to the inevitable expansion of renal fibrosis during diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Exendin-4 is effective for treating DKD through its action on GLP1R. However, the effect of exendin-4 on EV miRNA expression and renal cell communication during the development of DKD remains unknown. In this study, we found that EVs derived from HK-2 cells pre-treated with exendin-4 and high glucose (Ex-HG), which were taken up by normal HK-2 cells, resulted in decreased levels of FN and Col-I compared with EVs from HK-2 cells pre-treated with HG alone. Furthermore, we found that pretreatment with HG and exendin-4 may have contributed to a decrease in miR-192 in both HK-2 cells and EVs in a p53-dependent manner. Finally, we demonstrated that the amelioration of renal fibrosis by exendin-4 occurred through a miR-192-GLP1R pathway, indicating a new pathway by which exendin-4 regulates GLP1R. The results of this study suggest that exendin-4 inhibits the transfer of EV miR-192 from HG-induced renal tubular epithelial cells to normal cells, thus inhibiting GLP1R downregulation and protecting renal cells. This study reports a new mechanism by which exendin-4 exerts a protective effect against DKD.
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KEYWORD
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Extracellular signalling molecules, miRNAs
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