Effect of Mycophenolic Acid on Cyclosporin A-Induced Fibronectin Expression in Rat Mesangial Cells
- Title
- Effect of Mycophenolic Acid on Cyclosporin A-Induced Fibronectin Expression in Rat Mesangial Cells
- Author
- 박준성
- Keywords
- Cyclosporin; Fibrosis; Transforming growth factor-beta; Smad proteins
- Issue Date
- 2013-01
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Citation
- Pharmacology, 2013, 91(1-2), P.20-28
- Abstract
- This study was undertaken to determine if mycophenolic acid (MPA) inhibits the profibrotic action of cyclosporin A (CsA) and, if so, to determine the molecular mechanisms involved. The effect of MPA treatment on CsA-induced signaling through the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)/Smad pathway was evaluated by immunoblot analysis in cultured primary rat mesangial cells. Treatment of cells with 1 mu mol/l MPA did not significantly decrease the CsA-induced expression of TGF-beta(1), but partially reversed the increases in Smad3 phosphorylation and fibronectin (FBN) production, and increased Smad7 expression. These results suggest that MPA may ameliorate CsA-induced FBN production by modulating the Smad signaling pathway. This study provides evidence that MPA can attenuate CsA-induced renal injury after kidney transplantation. copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
- URI
- https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/343764https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/69813
- ISSN
- 0031-7012
- DOI
- 10.1159/000343764
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- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[S](의과대학) > MEDICINE(의학과) > Articles
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