The role of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease on the progression of streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats

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• 作者：Jin Nam Kim ; In Youb Chang ; Jin Hwa Kim ; Jung Woo Kim ; Kyeong-Soo Park ; Hyun Il Kim ; Sang Pil Yoon
• 关键词：APE ; apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease ; BER ; base excision repair ; COS ; chitosan oligosaccharide ; RAS ; renin&ndash ; angiotensin system ; STZ ; streptozotocin
• 刊名：Acta Histochemica
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：November, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：114
• 期：7
• 页码：647-652
• 全文大小：1777 K

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Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE) acts as a regulator of p53 or vice versa in the cellular response to oxidative stress. Since oxidative stress-induced apoptosis is suggested in the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy, we proposed that APE may have a feasible role in the progression of diabetic complications. We investigated the interrelationship between APE and p53 in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat kidneys. Variable parameters on kidneys were checked 12 weeks after streptozotocin administration with or without chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) treatment. Streptozotocin administration caused changes as seen in early diabetic nephropathy with increased kidney size, increased p53, decreased APE, and increased cleaved caspase-3. COS was not suspected as being detrimental to renal measurements, and caused the augmentation of APE after streptozotocin administration. The augmented APE, in association with increased p53, suppressed cleaved caspase-3. 8-OHdG was mainly immunolocalized in the distal tubules, but also in the proximal tubules after streptozotocin administration without COS treatment, while APE was observed in proximal tubules in all groups. These results suggested that p53-dependent apoptosis resulting in suppressed APE might be an underlying mechanism of streptozotocin-induced nephropathy.