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Investigations of Glucocorticoid Action in GN
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Kuppe C
; van Roeyen C
; Leuchtle K
; Kabgani N
; Vogt M
; Van Zandvoort M
; Smeets B
; Floege J
; Gröne HJ
; Moeller MJ
J Am Soc Nephrol
2017[May]; 28
(5
): 1408-1420
PMID27895155
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For several decades, glucocorticoids have been used empirically to treat rapid
progressive GN. It is commonly assumed that glucocorticoids act primarily by
dampening the immune response, but the mechanisms remain incompletely understood.
In this study, we inactivated the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) specifically in
kidney epithelial cells using Pax8-Cre/GR(fl/fl) mice. Pax8-Cre/GR(fl/fl) mice
did not exhibit an overt spontaneous phenotype. In mice treated with nephrotoxic
serum to induce crescentic nephritis (rapidly progressive GN), this genetic
inactivation of the GR in kidney epithelial cells exerted renal benefits,
including inhibition of albuminuria and cellular crescent formation, similar to
the renal benefits observed with high-dose prednisolone in control mice. However,
genetic inactivation of the GR in kidney epithelial cells did not induce the
immunosuppressive effects observed with prednisolone. In vitro, prednisolone and
the pharmacologic GR antagonist mifepristone each acted directly on primary
cultures of parietal epithelial cells, inhibiting cellular outgrowth and
proliferation. In wild-type mice, pharmacologic treatment with the GR antagonist
mifepristone also attenuated disease as effectively as high-dose prednisolone
without the systemic immunosuppressive effects. Collectively, these data show
that glucocorticoids act directly on activated glomerular parietal epithelial
cells in crescentic nephritis. Furthermore, we identified a novel therapeutic
approach in crescentic nephritis, that of glucocorticoid antagonism, which was at
least as effective as high-dose prednisolone with potentially fewer adverse
effects.
|Animals
[MESH]
|Epithelium
[MESH]
|Glomerulonephritis/*drug therapy
[MESH]
|Glucocorticoids/*pharmacology/*therapeutic use
[MESH]