Abstract
We previously described the identification of the 3'end of an unknown gene CDK7 using differential display which appeared to be up-regulated in diabetic kidneys [R.A. Page, C.A. Morris, J.D. Williams, C.J. von Ruhland, A.N. Malik, Isolation of diabetes-associated kidney genes using differential display, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 232 (1997) 49-53]. Here we show that CDK7 is a putative thiol related gene which is regulated by glucose in human and rat renal cells. CDK7 mRNA increased by >threefold in cultured human mesangial cells grown in high glucose for 4 days. In the kidneys of the GK rat, a model of type II diabetes, CDK7 showed a steady age-related increase in mRNA, increasing to >sixfold in 40 week GK rats compared to normoglycemic age-matched Wistar rat kidneys, this increase correlates with progressive hyperglycemia. CDK7 mRNA is widely expressed, showing particularly high levels of expression in rat and human liver, and encodes a putative 338 amino acids highly conserved peptide with several conserved domains, including a cys-pro-arg-cys domain conserved in 15 diverse species which is similar to the catalytic centre of thioredoxin, suggesting a role in oxidative stress.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 237 - 244 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 357 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 May 2007 |
Keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Nephropathies
- Disease Models, Animal
- Glucose
- Humans
- Kidney
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oxidative Stress
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Sulfhydryl Compounds
