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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

LncRNA ARAP1-AS2 promotes high glucose-induced human proximal tubular cell injury via persistent transactivation of the EGFR by interacting with ARAP1.

Xin Li, Tian-Kui Ma, Si Wen, Lu-Lu Li, Li Xu, Xin-Wang Zhu, Cong-Xiao Zhang, Nan Liu, Xu Wang, Qiu-Ling Fan

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xin LiDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7733-439X
Tian-Kui MaDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Si WenDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Lu-Lu LiDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Li XuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xin-Wang ZhuDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Cong-Xiao ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Nan LiuDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xu WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Qiu-Ling FanDepartment of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
First Hospital of China Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The persistent transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) causes subsequent activation of the TGF-β/Smad3 pathway, which is closely associated with fibrosis and cell proliferation in diabetic nephropathy (DN), but the exact mechanism of persistent EGFR transactivation in DN remains unclear. ARAP1, a susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes, can regulate the endocytosis and ubiquitination of membrane receptors, but the effect of ARAP1 and its natural antisense long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), ARAP1-AS2, on the ubiquitination of EGFR in DN is not clear. In this study, we verified that the expression of ARAP1 and ARAP1-AS2 was significantly up-regulated in high glucose-induced human proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2 cells). Moreover, we found that overexpression or knockdown of ARAP1-AS2 could regulate fibrosis and HK-2 cell proliferation through EGFR/TGF-β/Smad3 signalling. RNA pulldown assays revealed that ARAP1-AS2 directly interacts with ARAP1. Coimmunoprecipitation, dual-immunofluorescence and ubiquitination assays showed that ARAP1 may maintain persistent EGFR activation by reducing EGFR ubiquitination through competing with Cbl for CIN85 binding. Taken together, our results suggest that the lncRNA ARAP1-AS2 may promote high glucose-induced proximal tubular cell injury via persistent EGFR/TGF-β/Smad3 pathway activation by interacting with ARAP1.

Indexed as

RNA, Long NoncodingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCell ProliferationDiabetic NephropathiesErbB ReceptorsGlucoseGTPase-Activating ProteinsHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceKidney Tubules, ProximalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, FluorescenceOligonucleotides, AntisenseAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAgtrap protein, mouseARAP1 protein, humanCarrier ProteinsEGFR protein, humanEGFR protein, mouseErbB ReceptorsGlucoseGTPase-Activating ProteinsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, Long NoncodingSH3KBP1 protein, humanSh3kbp1 protein, mouseSmad3 ProteinSMAD3 protein, humanSmad3 protein, mouseTGFB1 protein, humanTgfb1 protein, mouseTransforming Growth Factor beta1Ubiquitindiabetic nephropathyEGFR/TGF-β/Smad3 pathwaylncRNA ARAP1-AS2proximal tubular cell

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PMID32969198
PMCPMC7701572
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