イチハラ アツヒロ   ICHIHARA Atsuhiro
  市原 淳弘
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   教授・基幹分野長
論文種別 総説
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Possible contribution of (pro)renin receptor to development of gestational diabetes mellitus.
掲載誌名 正式名:World journal of diabetes
略  称:World J Diabetes
ISSNコード:19489358
巻・号・頁 5(6),pp.912-6
著者・共著者 BOKUDA Kanako†, ICHIHARA Atsuhiro
担当区分 最終著者
発行年月 2014/12
概要 (Pro)renin receptor [(P)RR], a receptor for renin and prorenin, was first cloned in 2002. Since then, the pathophysiological roles of (P)RR have been growing concerns. (P)RR binds renin and prorenin, with two important consequences, nonproteolytic activation of prorenin, leading to the tissue renin-angiotensin system activation and the intracellular signalings. It is now also known to playan important role as vacuolar H(+)-ATPase associated protein, involving in Wnt signaling, main component of embryonic development. Extracellular domain of full-length (P)RR is cleaved in golgi-complex forming soluble (P)RR [s(P)RR]. The s(P)RR is now possible to be measured in human blood and urine. It is now measured in different pathophysiological states, and recent study showed that elevated plasma s(P)RR levels in the early stage of pregnancies are associated with higher incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus later in the pregnancies. Plasma s(P)RR levels of neonates are known to be higher than that of adults. It was also shown that, increased s(P)RR concentrations in cord blood, associated with a lower small for gestational age birth likelihood. These data suggests the involvement of (P)RR in embryo's growth. In this review article, we attempt to figure out the possible pathophysiological roles of the (P)RR in maternal glucose intolerance and embryo's growth, through reviewing previous studies.
DOI 10.4239/wjd.v5.i6.912
PMID 25512796