[The mechanism and significance of cellular signal transduction in kidney glomerular mesangial cells of rat with obstructive jaundice].

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To study the mechanism of ceramide-induced cellular signal transduction and its effect on renal injury. METHODS: Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 15) control group, sham operation group, experiment group one and experiment group two. Except the control and the sham operation group, the other two experiment groups underwent the common bile duct bound to form the rat model of obstructive jaundice. The renal glomerular mesangial cells (GMC) were cultured primarily. After GMC were given different stimulating factors, we performed the measurement of the PLD activity and the GMC apoptosis analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS: The biological activity of PC-PLD was significantly decreased by TNF-alpha and ceramide (P< 0.05). On the other hand, the GMC apoptosis was induced by TNF-alpha and ceramide (P <0. 05). However, other opposite results were obtained in addition of ceramide inhibitor to GMC. CONCLUSION: TNF-alpha can induce the ceramide increase in GMC, which is significant to effect on the kidney injury of the rats with obstructive jaundice, by the means of inducing GMC apoptosis and decreasing the activity of PC-PLD.