SGLT2 Inhibition by Intraperitoneal Dapagliflozin Mitigates Peritoneal Fibrosis and Ultrafiltration Failure in a Mouse Model of Chronic Peritoneal Exposure to High-Glucose Dialysate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Human Peritoneal Samples
2.2. Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid Exposure Model in Mice
2.3. Chemical Analyses of Blood and Urine, Peritoneal Ultrafiltration, and Transport Studies
2.4. Flow Cytometry and ELISA Measurements in Peritoneal Effluents
2.5. Morphological, Immunofluorescence, and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Peritoneum
2.6. RNA Extraction and Real-Time Quantitative PCR
2.7. HPMC, Immortalized Mouse Peritoneal Cells MPMC, and RAW264.7 Macrophage Cell Culture and Treatment
3. Statistical Analysis
4. Key Resources
5. Results
5.1. Sodium-Dependent Glucose Transporters Are Expressed in the Murine and Human Peritoneal Membrane
5.2. Chronic PDF-Induced SGLT2 Upregulation Is Abrogated by Intraperitoneal Dapagliflozin Treatment
5.3. Peritoneal Fibrosis and Ultrafiltration Failure Are Ameliorated by Dapagliflozin
5.4. Dapagliflozin Reduces Submesothelial Microvessel Density in a Non-VEGF-Dependent Manner
5.5. Dapagliflozin Modulates Intraperitoneal Inflammatory Response
5.6. Dapagliflozin Abrogates Proinflammatory Signaling in Murine and Human Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells and Exerts Glucose-Independent Anti-Inflammatory Effects on Murine Peritoneal Macrophages
6. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Reagent or Resource | Source | Identifier |
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Antibodies for Immunofluorescence and Immunohistochemistry | ||
Anti-SGLT1 | Millipore | 07-1417 |
Anti-SGLT2 | Abcam | ab85626 |
anti-CD31 (clone SZ31) | Dianova | DIA310 |
Antibodies for Flow Cytometry | ||
Anti-CD11b | Biolegend | clone M1/70 |
Anti-F4/80 | Biolegend | clone BM8 |
Anti-CD19 | Biolegend | clone 6D5 |
Anti-Gr1 | Biolegend | clone RB6-8C5 |
Anti-TCRb | Biolegend | clone H57-597 |
Chemicals, Peptides, and Recombinant Proteins | ||
Dapagliflozin | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat#461432-26-8 |
RPMI-1640 | Gibco | Cat#21875-034 |
RIPA buffer | Cell signaling | Cat#9806 |
SYBR Green PCR Master Mix | Applied Biosystem | Cat#KK4605 |
LightCycler 480 RNA Master Hydrolysis probes | Roche | Cat#04991885001 |
Fluoromount-G | Southern Biotech | Cat# 0100-01 |
Critical Commercial Assays | ||
cDNA Reverse Transcription Kit | Promega | Cat#C1181 Cat#U1515 Cat#M1705 |
Rneasy Mini Kit | Qiagen | Cat#74106 |
Oligonucleotides | ||
TaqMan Primers for qPCR | Eurofins | N/A |
Slc5a1 PROBE AAAAAATCGCCTGTGTCCTCCCTGAAGA Slc5a1 SENSE GGAATGATCAGCCGGATTCTAT Slc5a1 ANTISENSE TGTGCCGCAGTATTTCTGACA Slc5a2 PROBE TCCAGTCCCCGGCTCCAGGC Slc5a2 SENSE AATGTGCAATGGAGATGGAAGA Slc5a2 ANTISENSE CATCCCACAGAACCAAAGCA | ||
SybrGreen Primers for qPCR | Eurofins | N/A |
Slc5a1_#1_fwd TGGGCTGGATATTTGTCCCGA Slc5a1_#1_rev CAAACCGCTTCCGCAGATACTT Slc5a1_#2_fwd CACCGAGGGCTGACTCATTC Slc5a1_#2_rev TGATCCGTACACCAGTACCAC Slc5a2_#1_fwd TGGTGTTGGCTTGTGGTCTA Slc5a2_#1_rev ATGTTGCTGGCGAACAGAGA Slc5a2_#2_fwd ATGGAGCAACACGTAGAGGC Slc5a2_#2_rev ATGACCAGCAGGAAATAGGCA | ||
Software | ||
Aperio Image Scope | Leica | https://www.leicabiosystems.com/digital-pathology/manage/aperio-imagescope/ |
FlowJo | FlowJo, LLC | https://www.flowjo.com |
ImageJ | NIH | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij |
Prism 7 | Graphpad Software | https://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism |
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Balzer, M.S.; Rong, S.; Nordlohne, J.; Zemtsovski, J.D.; Schmidt, S.; Stapel, B.; Bartosova, M.; von Vietinghoff, S.; Haller, H.; Schmitt, C.P.; et al. SGLT2 Inhibition by Intraperitoneal Dapagliflozin Mitigates Peritoneal Fibrosis and Ultrafiltration Failure in a Mouse Model of Chronic Peritoneal Exposure to High-Glucose Dialysate. Biomolecules 2020, 10, 1573. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10111573
Balzer MS, Rong S, Nordlohne J, Zemtsovski JD, Schmidt S, Stapel B, Bartosova M, von Vietinghoff S, Haller H, Schmitt CP, et al. SGLT2 Inhibition by Intraperitoneal Dapagliflozin Mitigates Peritoneal Fibrosis and Ultrafiltration Failure in a Mouse Model of Chronic Peritoneal Exposure to High-Glucose Dialysate. Biomolecules. 2020; 10(11):1573. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10111573
Chicago/Turabian StyleBalzer, Michael S., Song Rong, Johannes Nordlohne, Jan D. Zemtsovski, Sonja Schmidt, Britta Stapel, Maria Bartosova, Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Hermann Haller, Claus P. Schmitt, and et al. 2020. "SGLT2 Inhibition by Intraperitoneal Dapagliflozin Mitigates Peritoneal Fibrosis and Ultrafiltration Failure in a Mouse Model of Chronic Peritoneal Exposure to High-Glucose Dialysate" Biomolecules 10, no. 11: 1573. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10111573