Abstract

- This is a revised application for a renewal of a grant to study structural determinants of glomerular permeability. The glomerulus is a complex filter with remarkably high hydraulic conductivity and low macromolecular permeability. Although abnormalities of each of these functions accompany renal disease, the mechanisms by which the filtration barrier is maintained and regulated are not well understood. The investigator proposes to test two central hypotheses: 1. Glomerular permeability is maintained and modulated by cells of the filtration barrier; 2. functional alterations in glomerular epithelial cells can perpetuate or augment abnormalities of the glomerular permeability barrier. Experimental questions address 1) the mechanisms by which hydraulic and macromolecular permeability of the glomerulus is maintained and regulated; the effects of hormones such as ANG II and IGF-1 on permeability, the effects of alterations in cytoskeleton on glomerular permeability and the role of the cytoskeleton in hormones in mediating permeability changes and 2) the role of abnormalities in macromolecular permeability in causing alterations of glomerular epithelial cell function, the effects of albumin exposure on glomerular permeability, and the mechanisms of cellular albumin uptake and oxidant production after exposure to albumin.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
2R01DK045058-06A1
Application #
2693166
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG4-GMA-1 (01))
Project Start
1992-09-30
Project End
2002-08-31
Budget Start
1998-09-01
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
168559177
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55455