Real-time in vivo mitochondrial redox assessment confirms enhanced mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in diabetic nephropathy.
Kidney Int
; 92(5): 1282-1287, 2017 11.
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ABSTRACT
While increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species have been commonly implicated in a variety of disease states, their in vivo role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy remains controversial. Using a two-photon imaging approach with a genetically encoded redox biosensor, we monitored mitochondrial redox state in the kidneys of experimental models of diabetes in real-time in vivo. Diabetic (db/db) mice that express a redox-sensitive Green Fluorescent Protein biosensor (roGFP) specifically in the mitochondrial matrix (db/dbmt-roGFP) were generated, allowing dynamic monitoring of redox changes in the kidneys. These db/dbmt-roGFP mice exhibited a marked increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in the kidneys. Yeast NADH-dehydrogenase, a mammalian Complex I homolog, was ectopically expressed in cultured podocytes, and this forced expression in roGFP-expressing podocytes prevented high glucose-induced increases in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Thus, in vivo monitoring of mitochondrial roGFP in diabetic mice confirms increased production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in the kidneys.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Reactive Oxygen Species
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Diabetic Nephropathies
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Kidney
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Mitochondria
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Kidney Int
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States