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The monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/cognate CC chemokine receptor 2 system affects cell motility in cultured human podocytes.

Diabetic Nephropathy Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, 10126, Italy.
American Journal Of Pathology (impact factor: 4.89). 01/2008; 171(6):1789-99. DOI:10.2353/ajpath.2007.070398
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ABSTRACT In crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is overexpressed within the glomeruli, and MCP-1 blockade has renoprotective effects. Adult podocytes are in a quiescent state, but acquisition of a migratory/proliferative phenotype has been described in crescentic GN and implicated in crescent formation. The cognate CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), the MCP-1 receptor, is expressed by other cell types besides monocytes and has been implicated in both cell proliferation and migration. We investigated whether MCP-1 binding to CCR2 can induce a migratory/proliferative response in cultured podocytes. MCP-1 binding to CCR2 enhanced podocyte chemotaxis/haptotaxis in a concentration-dependent manner and had a modest effect on cell proliferation. Closure of a wounded podocyte monolayer was delayed by CCR2 blockade, and CCR2 was overexpressed at the wound edge, suggesting a role for CCR2 in driving podocyte migration. Immunohistochemical analysis of kidney biopsies from patients with crescentic GN demonstrated CCR2 expression in both podocytes and cellular crescents, confirming the clinical relevance of our in vitro findings. In conclusion, the MCP-1/CCR2 system is functionally active in podocytes and may be implicated in the migratory events triggered by podocyte injury in crescentic GN and other glomerular diseases.

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Keywords

Adult podocytes
 
CCR2 blockade
 
CCR2 expression
 
cell types
 
cellular crescents
 
clinical relevance
 
crescentic glomerulonephritis
 
glomerular diseases
 
MCP-1 binding
 
MCP-1 receptor
 
MCP-1/CCR2 system
 
migratory/proliferative phenotype
 
migratory/proliferative response
 
modest effect
 
monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
 
podocyte injury
 
podocyte migration
 
quiescent state
 
vitro findings
 
wounded podocyte monolayer