The invention belongs to the technical field of biological
medicine, and particularly relates to application of CNPY2 as a new target in diagnosis and treatment of
diabetic nephropathy. The invention provides a biomarker CNPY2
gene or CNPY2
protein for auxiliary diagnosis of
diabetic nephropathy for the first time. The expression of the CNPY2 in the
renal tubule of a DN patient is up-regulated, the expression of the CNPY2 in the
renal tubule of a db / db mouse is up-regulated, and the expression of the CNPY2 in an HK-2
cell subjected to in-vitro high-glucose culture is up-regulated; therefore, the CNPY2 can be used as an auxiliary diagnosis index of the
diabetic nephropathy for auxiliary diagnosis of the diabetic
nephropathy. The invention also provides a kit for auxiliary diagnosis of diabetic
nephropathy. The kit contains a detection
reagent of the CNPY2
gene or the coded
protein. The invention also finds that by knocking down the adeno-associated
virus through the CNPY2 and inhibiting the expression or activity of the CNPY2 through the specific
small interfering RNA of the adeno-associated
virus, the
pathological injury of the renal tubules of db / db mice can be obviously improved, the integrity of MAM in the
renal tubule epithelial cells is improved, and the
ferroptosis, ERS and mitochondrial injury of the renal
tubule epithelial cells are alleviated; therefore, the CNPY2 can be used as a
drug, a
drug target or a
target gene in
gene therapy, and is applied to prevention, alleviation or / and treatment of diabetic
nephropathy.