@prefix this: . @prefix sub: . @prefix beldoc: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dct: . @prefix dce: . @prefix pav: . @prefix np: . @prefix belv: . @prefix prov: . @prefix Protein: . @prefix mgi: . @prefix geneProductOf: . @prefix go: . @prefix pfm: . @prefix hasAgent: . @prefix species: . @prefix occursIn: . @prefix pubmed: . @prefix orcid: . sub:Head { this: np:hasAssertion sub:assertion; np:hasProvenance sub:provenance; np:hasPublicationInfo sub:pubinfo; a np:Nanopublication . } sub:assertion { sub:_1 geneProductOf: mgi:98725; a Protein: . sub:_2 hasAgent: sub:_3; a go:0016301 . sub:_3 geneProductOf: pfm:Akt%20Family; a Protein: . sub:_4 occursIn: species:10090; rdf:object sub:_2; rdf:predicate belv:increases; rdf:subject sub:_1; a rdf:Statement . sub:assertion rdfs:label "p(MGI:Tgfb1) -> kin(p(PFM:\"Akt Family\"))" . } sub:provenance { beldoc: dce:description "Approximately 61,000 statements."; dce:rights "Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Selventa. All rights reserved."; dce:title "BEL Framework Large Corpus Document"; pav:authoredBy sub:_6; pav:version "1.4" . sub:_5 prov:value "CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) is an adaptor molecule involved in T cell receptor signaling and podocyte homeostasis. CD2AP-deficient mice develop nephrotic syndrome and renal failure caused by glomerulosclerosis. Here we report that increased transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) expression and apoptosis were present in podocytes at the onset of albuminuria and were followed by depletion of podocytes associated with progressive focal-segmental glomerulosclerosis in CD2AP-/- mice. Conditionally immortalized podocytes derived from CD2AP-/- mice were more susceptible to TGF-beta-induced apoptosis compared with CD2AP+/+ podocytes. Reconstitution of CD2AP rescued CD2AP-/- podocytes from TGF-beta-induced apoptosis. CD2AP was required for early activation of anti-apoptotic phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 by TGF-beta. In contrast, activation of pro-apoptotic p38 MAPK by TGF-beta was accelerated and enhanced in the absence of CD2AP. CD2AP was not required for PI3K/AKT activation by insulin and epidermal growth factor, indicating that CD2AP is a selective mediator of anti-apoptotic TGF-beta signaling. In summary, we identified CD2AP as a novel mediator for selective activation of survival pathways and repression of apoptosis signaling by TGF-beta in podocytes. Together, our in vitro and in vivo findings suggest that TGF-beta-induced podocyte apoptosis is an early pathomechanism in mice developing focal-segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with functional impairment of CD2AP."; prov:wasQuotedFrom pubmed:15213232 . sub:_6 rdfs:label "Selventa" . sub:assertion prov:hadPrimarySource pubmed:15213232; prov:wasDerivedFrom beldoc:, sub:_5 . } sub:pubinfo { this: dct:created "2014-07-03T14:30:25.232+02:00"^^xsd:dateTime; pav:createdBy orcid:0000-0001-6818-334X, orcid:0000-0002-1267-0234 . }