Diabetes 50:1069-1075, 2001
© 2001 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.
Altered Nephrogenesis Due to Maternal Diabetes Is Associated With Increased Expression of IGF-II/Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor in the Fetal Kidney
Kaouthar Amri1,
Nicole Freund1,
J.P. Duong Van Huyen2,
Claudie Merlet-Bénichou1, and
Martine Lelièvre-Pégorier1
1 INSERM U 319, Université Paris 7 Denis-Diderot, and
2 INSERM U430, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
We have recently demonstrated that the exposure to hyperglycemia in utero impairs nephrogenesis in rat fetuses (Amri K et al., Diabetes 48:22402245, 1999). Diabetic pregnancy is commonly associated with alterations in the IGF system in fetal tissues. It has also been shown that both IGF-I and IGF-II are produced within developing metanephros and promote renal organogenesis. Therefore, we investigated the effect of maternal diabetes on IGFs and their receptors in developing fetal rat kidney. Diabetes was induced in pregnant rats by a single injection of streptozotocin on day 0 of gestation. We measured the amounts of IGF and their receptors, both proteins and mRNAs, in the metanephroi of fetuses issued from diabetic subjects and in age-matched fetuses from control subjects (1420 days of gestation). IGF-II was produced throughout fetal nephrogenesis, whereas IGF-I protein was not detected, suggesting a critical role of IGF-II in kidney development. Fetal exposure to maternal diabetes caused no change in IGF production in the early stages of nephrogenesis. Similarly, the amounts of IGF-I receptor and insulin receptor were not altered. By contrast, there was an increase in production of IGF-II/mannose-6-phosphate receptor throughout nephrogenesis. Because this receptor plays an essential role in regulating the action of IGF-II, the altered nephrogenesis in fetuses exposed to maternal diabetes may be linked to a decrease in IGF-II bioavailability.

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