TY - JOUR TI - Proteomic Analysis of Mouse Kidney Tissue Associates Peroxisomal Dysfunction with Early Diabetic Kidney Disease AU - Tserga, Aggeliki AU - Pouloudi, Despoina AU - Saulnier-Blache, Jean AU - Sebastien AU - Stroggilos, Rafael AU - Theochari, Irene AU - Gakiopoulou, AU - Harikleia AU - Mischak, Harald AU - Zoidakis, Jerome AU - Schanstra, Joost AU - Peter AU - Vlahou, Antonia AU - Makridakis, Manousos JO - BioMedicine PY - 2021 VL - 10 TODO - 2 SP - null PB - MDPI SN - 2211-8039 TODO - 10.3390/biomedicines10020216 TODO - diabetes; diabetic kidney disease; proteomics; kidney; LC-MS; MS; biomarker; peroxisome; glomeruli TODO - Background: The absence of efficient inhibitors for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) progression reflects the gaps in our understanding of DKD molecular pathogenesis. Methods: A comprehensive proteomic analysis was performed on the glomeruli and kidney cortex of diabetic mice with the subsequent validation of findings in human biopsies and omics datasets, aiming to better understand the underlying molecular biology of early DKD development and progression. Results: LC-MS/MS was employed to analyze the kidney proteome of 2 DKD models: Ins2Akita (early and late DKD) and db/db mice (late DKD). The abundance of detected proteins was defined. Pathway analysis of differentially expressed proteins in the early and late DKD versus the respective controls predicted dysregulation in DKD hallmarks (peroxisomal lipid metabolism and beta-oxidation), supporting the functional relevance of the findings. Comparing the observed protein changes in early and late DKD, the consistent upregulation of 21 and downregulation of 18 proteins was detected. Among these were downregulated peroxisomal and upregulated mitochondrial proteins. Tissue sections from 16 DKD patients were analyzed by IHC confirming our results. Conclusion: Our study shows an extensive differential expression of peroxisomal proteins in the early stages of DKD that persists regardless of the disease severity, providing new perspectives and potential markers of diabetic kidney dysfunction. ER -