Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: Protein Kinase C-δ Mediates Shedding of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 from Proximal Tubular Cells
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00146
Figure Lengend Snippet: The PKC-δ inhibitor rottlerin reduces constitutive and high D -glucose-induced ACE2 shedding in mouse proximal tubular cells. (A) Graph depicts effect of rottlerin (0.01–1 μM) on ACE2 activity recovered from cell culture media, in D -glucose 7.8 mM. ∗ P < 0.001 vs. all other groups (C, vehicle-treated control); ∗∗ P < 0.005 vs. C, 0.01 μM, 0.05 μM, and 0.1 μM; n = 5–6. (B) Graph depicts effect of rottlerin (1 μM) on ACE2 shedding into culture media, determined by immunoblot analysis. Representative immunoblot is depicted above graph, showing ACE2 fragments at 90 and 70 kDa, with mouse kidney cortex ACE2 at 100 kDa. ∗ P < 0.05 vs. vehicle treated control (C); n = 4. (C) Graph depicts effect of rottlerin (1 μM), with or without the ADAM17 inhibitor TAPI-1 (10 -5 M), on ACE2 activity in the culture media, in basal conditions ( D -glucose 7.8 mM) or high D -glucose (28 mM); ∗ P < 0.001 vs. Control and TAPI-1, in D -glucose 7.8 mM; † P < 0.001 vs. Control, in D -glucose 28 mM; ∗∗ P < 0.001 vs. Control (7.8 mM D -glucose); n = 9.
Article Snippet: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity in cell culture media was measured using a commercially available synthetic fluorogenic substrate for ACE2 [Mca-Ala-Pro-Lys(Dnp)-OH] (AnaSpec, San Jose, CA, USA), as we have described ( , ).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Cell Culture, Control, Western Blot