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Review
. 2011 Dec:1243:88-102.
doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06320.x.

Receptor for AGE (RAGE): signaling mechanisms in the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications

Ravichandran Ramasamy  1 , Shi Fang Yan, Ann Marie Schmidt
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Review

Receptor for AGE (RAGE): signaling mechanisms in the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications

Ravichandran Ramasamy et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) was first described as a signal transduction receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), the products of nonenzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins and lipids that accumulate in diabetes and in inflammatory foci. The discovery that RAGE was a receptor for inflammatory S100/calgranulins and high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) set the stage for linking RAGE to both the consequences and causes of types 1 and 2 diabetes. Recent discoveries regarding the structure of RAGE as well as novel intracellular binding partner interactions advance our understanding of the mechanisms by which RAGE evokes pathological consequences and underscore strategies by which antagonism of RAGE in the clinic may be realized. Finally, recent data tracking RAGE in the clinic suggest that levels of soluble RAGEs and polymorphisms in the gene encoding RAGE may hold promise for the identification of patients who are vulnerable to the complications of diabetes and/or are receptive to therapeutic interventions designed to prevent and reverse the damage inflicted by chronic hyperglycemia, irrespective of its etiology.

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Figure 1
PAI-1 (Serpine1), Tgf-β1, Tgf-β–induced, and α1-(IV) collagen mRNA transcripts and ROCK1 activity are lower in OVE26 RKO kidney cortex than in OVE26 kidney cortex at age seven months. Real-time PCR for PAI-1 (A), Tgf-β1 (B), Tgf-β1–induced (C), and α 1-(IV) collagen (D) gene products was performed, normalized to 18s transcript levels, and expressed as fold-change compared with the FVB or OVE26 group, as indicated in the figure (**P < 0.01, ***P < 0.005, ##P < 0.0005, ###P < 0.0001). n = at least 6 per group. (E) ROCK1 activity was measured as the amount of phosphorylated MYPT1 compared with total ROCK1 (*** P = 0.005). n = at least 3 per group. Reprinted with permission from Ref. 51.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Treatment with sRAGE reduces the expression of IL-1βand TNF-α in islets in NOD/scid mice subjected to adoptive transfer of diabetogenic splenocytes from NOD mice. The islets of NOD/scid mice that received splenocytes from diabetic NOD mice were studied for expression of IL-1β (A) and TNF-α (B) by immunohistochemistry. The area of cells staining with the anticytokine antibodies is indicated with arrows and was determined for each treatment group (control versus soluble RAGE). Representative sections from three separate recipients in each category are shown. The expression levels of both IL-1β and TNF-α were reduced by treatment with sRAGE. Reprinted with permission from Ref. 69.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Hypoxia induces mDia-1 expression and mDia1 plays key roles in hypoxia-mediated upregulation of Egr-1. THP-1 cells and macrophages from mDia1 null mice were exposed to hypoxia (H; 0.5% of oxygen) or normoxia (N) for the indicated times. (A) Total protein was prepared from THP-1 cells, and immunoblotting with anti-mDia1 IgG was performed on 30 µg/lane of protein from THP-1 cells. Results of multiple experiments were quantified. (B and C) Total RNA was prepared from the indicated cells, and real-time PCR analysis of Egr-1 expression was performed. Data are represented as the relative expression of mRNA for Egr-1 normalized to 18 SirRNA. (B) RNA was prepared from THP-1 cells transfected with siRNA-mDia1 or scramble siRNA and then subjected to hypoxia for 15 min. (C) RNA was prepared from macrophages from wild-type or mDia1 (Drf1) null mice after exposure to hypoxia or normoxia for the indicated times. *P < 0.0001 and **P < 0.001 indicate statistical significance; #indicates no statistical significance. Note that Drf1 indicates mDia1. Adapted from Ref. 93.
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