Global adiponectin suppress the high expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 induced by high glucose in NRK52E cells

Objective To investigate the effect of globular adiponectin on the high expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) induced by high glucose in rat renal tubular epithelial cells (NRK52E), and its relationship with adiponectin receptors and p38MAPK. Methods NRK52E cells were cultured in vitro and divided into six groups: normal glucose group (NG, 5.6 mmol/L glucose), high glucose group(HG, 25 mmol/L glucose), gAd group1 (HG+gAd 2 mg/L), gAd group2 (HG+gAd 5 mg/L), gAd group3 (HG+gAd 10 mg/L), p38MAPK antagonist group: (SB, HG+SB203580 10 μmol/L). The protein expression of phosphorylated p38MAPK (p-p38MAPK), total p38MAPK (t-p38MAPK), MCP-1 and AdipoR1/AdipoR2 were examined by western blotting. The mRNA expression of MCP-1 and AdipoR1/AdipoR2 were detected by RT-PCR and real-time PCR respectively. Results Compared with NG group, the mRNA and protein expression of MCP-1 increased significantly in HG group (all P 0.05). Compared to HG group, the mRNA and protein expression of adipoR1 increased in gAd groups (all P<0.01). Conclusion The gAd can dose-dependently attenuate the overexpression of MCP-1 induced by high glucose, and this protective effect may be mediated by adipoR1 and p38MAPK. Key words: Adiponectin; Receptors, adiponectin; Chemokine CCL2; p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases