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Full Thickness Versus Circular Peroral Myotomy in the Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia: : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Daptomycin Associated Rhabdomyolysis with Concurrent Use of Atorvastatin
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Myasthenic Crisis-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: : What to Know
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Working To Understand Familial Lung Cancer And Its Genetic Underpinnings
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Hyperinsulinemic milieu elicits glomerular podocyte impairment and dysfunction via inducing GSK3beta hyperactivity
Get PDFBackground: Epidemiological evidence suggests that hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance is a significant risk factor for the development of diabetic complications such as DKD. However, whether hyperinsulinemia per se plays a causative role in the development of diabetic kidney injury is unknown and was explored here.
Methods: Pre-diabetic db/db mice were examined for serum insulin levels, urinary albumin to creatinine ratios and renal histology. Conditionally immortalized mouse podocytes were cultured under non-permissive conditions and exposed to high ambient insulin conditions, following GSK3beta silencing, ectopic expression of a constitutively active GSK3beta mutant (S9A), or treatment with a small molecule GSK3beta inhibitor tideglusib. Podocyte injury was assessed and signaling pathways examined.
Results: In pre-diabetic db/db mice, hyperinsulinemia was evident and associated with microalbuminuria and early signs of podocyte impairment, including diminished expression of homeostatic marker proteins like synaptopodin, as compared with db/m littermates. In vitro, prolonged exposure of differentiated podocytes to high ambient insulin induced podocytopathic changes, including cellular hypertrophy, loss of synaptopodin, and disruption of actin cytoskeleton integrity. This was associated with a desensitized insulin signaling and diminished inhibitory phosphorylation of GSK3beta, denoting GSK3beta hyperactivity. In pre-diabetic db/db mice, GSK3beta hyperactivity was confirmed in glomerular podocytes, correlating with the level of hyperinsulinemia or microalbuminuria. In cultured podocytes, ectopic expression of S9A caused podocyte hypertrophy and podocytopathic changes, reminiscent of the harmful effect of the hyperinsulinemic milieu. Conversely, GSK3beta knockdown mitigates podocyte injury elicited by hyperinsulinemic milieu. This protective effect was mimicked by the small molecule inhibitor tideglusib.
Conclusions: GSK3beta hyperactivity is required and sufficient for Hyperinsulinemic milieu-elicited glomerular podocyte impairment and dysfunction.  
Acute exacerbation of bronchiectasis secondary to Achromobacter xylosoxidans in a patient with Mycobacterium-Avium Intracellulare infection
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