Osteopontin mediating cyclosporine A induced epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition on rat renal tubular epithelial cells

2013/08/06 by Dongliang Xu, Xia Chen, Zhonglei Deng +6
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Bone and Dental Protein Studies #Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments #Renal and related cancers

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/cbin.10149

openalex publication_date 2013/08/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Osteopontin (OPN) is highly correlated with cyclosporine A (CsA) nephrotoxicity. As epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of renal tubular epithelial cells plays an important role in CsA nephropathy, we investigated whether OPN mediated EMT of renal tubular epithelial cells upon CsA stimulation. OPN knockdown suppresses CsA induced EMT on NRK52E cells, and it also attenuates downregulation of E-cadherin and upregulation of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and fibronectin (FN) that are induced by CsA. OPN alone can induce EMT on NRK52E cells, which also results in upregulation of TGF-β1. Thus, OPN is a causative factor in mediating CsA induced EMT on NRK52E cells.

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