scholarly journals Inhibition of HDAC6 protects against rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury

2017 ◽  
Vol 312 (3) ◽  
pp. F502-F515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingfeng Shi ◽  
Liuqing Xu ◽  
Jinhua Tang ◽  
Lu Fang ◽  
Shuchen Ma ◽  
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Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibition has been reported to protect against ischemic stroke and prolong survival after sepsis in animal models. However, it remains unknown whether HDAC6 inhibition offers a renoprotective effect after acute kidney injury (AKI). In this study, we examined the effect of tubastatin A (TA), a highly selective inhibitor of HDAC6, on AKI in a murine model of glycerol (GL) injection-induced rhabdomyolysis. Following GL injection, the mice developed severe acute tubular injury as indicated by renal dysfunction; expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), an injury marker of renal tubules; and an increase of TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive tubular cells. These changes were companied by increased HDAC6 expression in the cytoplasm of renal tubular cells. Administration of TA significantly reduced serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels as well as attenuated renal tubular damage in injured kidneys. HDAC6 inhibition also resulted in decreased expression of NGAL, reduced apoptotic cell, and inactivated caspase-3 in the kidney after acute injury. Moreover, injury to the kidney increased phosphorylation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and expression of multiple cytokines/chemokines including tumor necrotic factor-α and interleukin-6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, as well as macrophage infiltration. Treatment with TA attenuated all those responses. Finally, HDAC6 inhibition reduced the level of oxidative stress by suppressing malondialdehyde (MDA) and preserving expression of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the injured kidney. Collectively, these data indicate that HDAC6 contributes to the pathogenesis of rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI and suggest that HDAC6 inhibitors have therapeutic potential for AKI treatment.

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0126229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuki Matsumoto ◽  
Madoka Urushido ◽  
Haruna Ide ◽  
Masayuki Ishihara ◽  
Kazu Hamada-Ode ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huizhen Wang ◽  
Yifan Wang ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Huimi Huang ◽  
Jingfu Bao ◽  
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AbstractPhosphatase and Tensin Homolog on chromosome Ten (PTEN) has emerged as a key protein that governs the response to kidney injury. Notably, renal adaptive repair is important for preventing acute kidney injury (AKI) to chronic kidney disease (CKD) transition. To test the role of PTEN in renal repair after acute injury, we constructed a mouse model that overexpresses PTEN in renal proximal tubular cells (RPTC) by crossing PTENfl-stop-fl mice with Ggt1-Cre mice. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics was performed after subjecting these mice to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). We found that PTEN was downregulated in renal tubular cells in mice and cultured HK-2 cells subjected to renal maladaptive repair induced by I/R. Renal expression of PTEN negatively correlated with NGAL and fibrotic markers. RPTC-specific PTEN overexpression relieved I/R-induced maladaptive repair, as indicated by alleviative tubular cell damage, apoptosis, and subsequent renal fibrosis. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed that differentially expressed proteins in RPTC-specific PTEN overexpression mice subjected to I/R were significantly enriched in phagosome, PI3K/Akt, and HIF-1 signaling pathway and found significant upregulation of CHMP2A, an autophagy-related protein. PTEN deficiency downregulated CHMP2A and inhibited phagosome closure and autolysosome formation, which aggravated cell injury and apoptosis after I/R. PTEN overexpression had the opposite effect. Notably, the beneficial effect of PTEN overexpression on autophagy flux and cell damage was abolished when CHMP2A was silenced. Collectively, our study suggests that PTEN relieved renal maladaptive repair in terms of cell damage, apoptosis, and renal fibrosis by upregulating CHMP2A-mediated phagosome closure, suggesting that PTEN/CHMP2A may serve as a novel therapeutic target for the AKI to CKD transition.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 3547
Author(s):  
Ti-I Chueh ◽  
Cai-Mei Zheng ◽  
Yi-Chou Hou ◽  
Kuo-Cheng Lu

The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a huge impact on health and economic issues. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes cellular damage by entry mediated by the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 of the host cells and its conjugation with spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2. Beyond airway infection and acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury is common in SARS-CoV-2-associated infection, and acute kidney injury (AKI) is predictive to multiorgan dysfunction in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Beyond the cytokine storm and hemodynamic instability, SARS-CoV-2 might directly induce kidney injury and cause histopathologic characteristics, including acute tubular necrosis, podocytopathy and microangiopathy. The expression of apparatus mediating SARS-CoV-2 entry, including angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) and a disintegrin and metalloprotease 17 (ADAM17), within the renal tubular cells is highly associated with acute kidney injury mediated by SARS-CoV-2. Both entry from the luminal and basolateral sides of the renal tubular cells are the possible routes for COVID-19, and the microthrombi associated with severe sepsis and the dysregulated renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system worsen further renal injury in SARS-CoV-2-associated AKI. In the podocytes of the glomerulus, injured podocyte expressed CD147, which mediated the entry of SARS-CoV-2 and worsen further foot process effacement, which would worsen proteinuria, and the chronic hazard induced by SARS-CoV-2-mediated kidney injury is still unknown. Therefore, the aim of the review is to summarize current evidence on SARS-CoV-2-associated AKI and the possible pathogenesis directly by SARS-CoV-2.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo Yeong Park ◽  
Sun-Ha Lim ◽  
Yaerim Kim ◽  
Jin Hyuk Paek ◽  
Kyubok Jin ◽  
...  

Abstract Renal tubular injury caused by oxidative stress and inflammation results in acute kidney injury. Recent research reported that antibiotics may restore deteriorated renal tubules, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated the efficacy and mechanism of action of antibiotics against renal tubular injury. We screened ciprofloxacin, ceftizoxime, minocycline, and netilmicin and selected ciprofloxacin to examine further because of its low toxicity towards renal tubular cells. We evaluated the effect of ciprofloxacin on cell survival by analyzing apoptosis and autophagy. TUNEL assay results showed that the ciprofloxacin group had less apoptotic cells than the control group. The ratio of cleaved caspase 3 to caspase 3, the final effector in the apoptosis process, was decreased, but the ratio of Bax to Bcl-2 located upstream of caspase 3 was not decreased in the ciprofloxacin group. Therefore, apoptosis inhibition does not occur via Bax/Bcl-2. Conversely, the levels of phosphorylated Bcl-2, and Beclin-1, an autophagy marker, were increased, and that of caspase-3 was decreased in the ciprofloxacin group. This indicates that ciprofloxacin enhanced autophagy, increasing the amount of free Beclin-1 via phosphorylated Bcl-2, and inhibited caspase activity. Therefore, ciprofloxacin might increase renal cell viability through the autophagy activation in acute kidney injury.


Hypertension ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoaki Nagao ◽  
Takafumi Okura ◽  
Akiko Tanino ◽  
Ken-ichi Miyoshi ◽  
Masayoshi Kukida ◽  
...  

Osteopontin (OPN), a secreted glycosylated phosphoprotein and pro-inflammatory cytokine, has been implicated in the pathology of several renal conditions, especially renal fibrosis in chronic kidney disease. OPN is slightly expressed in renal tubular cells in normal condition, but after acute tubular injury, OPN is highly induced in these cells. However, the role of induced OPN is still unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the roles of OPN in acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI was induced in wild type (WT) and OPN knockout (KO) mice by using folic acid (FA) injection (0.35mg/kg). After 2days of injection, 34% of WT mice died, whereas 54% of KO died from renal failure. Kidneys from survived mice were removed and the renal histological changes, protein expression were examined. BUN and Creatinine levels were markedly elevated in WT-AKI and KO-AKI mice (BUN: WT-sham; 25.7±4.7mg/dl, WT-AKI; 315.0±173.2mg/dl, KO-AKI; 337.7±163.7mg/dl, Creatinine: WT-sham; 0.08±0.03 mg/dl, WT-AKI; 1.60±0.87 mg/dl, KO-AKI; 1.80±0.94 mg/dl). Renal OPN mRNA expression was increased in WT-AKI mice compared to WT-sham mice (p<0.05). High levels of OPN expression in renal tubular cells were induced in WT-AKI mice. TUNEL positive tubular cells were increased in KO-AKI mice compared to WT-AKI mice. In immunohistochemical analysis, Kidney injury molecules 1 (Kim-1) positive tubular cells were also highly increased in KO-AKI mice compared to WT-AKI mice. In contrast, LC3B (autophagy related protein) positive tubular cells were decreased in KO-AKI mice compared to WT-AKI mice. These results indicate that OPN deficiency exacerbates tubular injury via through the inhibiting autophagy in folic acid induced AKI mice.


2019 ◽  
Vol 317 (3) ◽  
pp. F584-F592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ting Zhao ◽  
Jun-Wen Huang ◽  
Ping-Ping Sun ◽  
Tao Su ◽  
Jia-Wei Tang ◽  
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Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (ATIN) is a common cause of acute kidney injury characterized by inflammatory cells infiltrating in the interstitium. The present study aimed to explore noninvasive biomarkers that might indicate activity of pathological injuries and help direct treatment. Fifty-four patients with clinical-pathologically diagnosed ATIN from January 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016, at Peking University First Hospital were enrolled. Urine samples were collected on the morning of renal biopsy and assessed for urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and urinary soluble C5b-9 (sC5b-9). Immunofluorescence staining for KIM-1 and C5b-9 was performed in biopsied kidney sections from ATIN cases. The clinical and pathological relevance of the two urinary biomarkers was analyzed. Both urinary KIM-1 and sC5b-9 values were significantly elevated in patients with ATIN compared with healthy controls. The urinary KIM-1 level positively correlated with urinary N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase ( r = 0. 542, P = 0.001) and the pathological tubular injury score ( r = 0.469, P < 0.001), whereas the urinary sC5b-9 level was related to pathological activity scores for tubular injury ( r = 0.413, P = 0.002), interstitial inflammation ( r = 0.388, P = 0.004), and treatment response ( r = 0.564, P < 0.001). Urinary KIM-1 tended to have better diagnostic value for tubular injury than urinary sC5b-9, whereas only urinary sC5b-9 was able to demonstrate severe interstitial inflammation. A combination of urinary KIM-1 and sC5b-9 had an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.864 (95% confidence interval: 0.766–0.963, P < 0.001, sensitivity: 75%, specificity: 88%) for acute tissue injury in ATIN. KIM-1 expression was markedly increased in renal tubular cells in both ATIN and acute tubular necrosis conditions, whereas a significant upregulation of C5b-9 was only detected in the tubular cells and interstitial cells in ATIN cases. Urinary KIM-1 is a specific biomarker for renal tubular injury in ATIN, whereas urinary sC5b-9 is valuable in demonstrating severe interstitial inflammation. The combination of these two biomarkers helps identify patients at an acute injury stage and, therefore, might facilitate clinical evaluation and guide immunosuppressive therapy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 8564
Author(s):  
Seok Jong Song ◽  
Su-mi Kim ◽  
Sang-ho Lee ◽  
Ju-Young Moon ◽  
Hyeon Seok Hwang ◽  
...  

Introduction: A recent study showed that early renal tubular injury is ameliorated in Nod-like receptor pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) KO mice with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury (RIAKI). However, the precise mechanism has not been determined. Therefore, we investigated the role of NLRP3 in renal tubular cells in RIAKI. Methods: Glycerol-mediated RIAKI was induced in NLRP3 KO and wild-type (WT) mice. The mice were euthanized 24 h after glycerol injection, and both kidneys and plasma were collected. HKC-8 cells were treated with ferrous myoglobin to mimic a rhabdomyolytic environment. Results: Glycerol injection led to increase serum creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and renal kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) level; renal tubular necrosis; and apoptosis. Renal injury was attenuated in NLRP3 KO mice, while muscle damage and renal neutrophil recruitment did not differ between NLRP3 KO mice and WT mice. Following glycerin injection, increases in cleaved caspase-3, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and a decrease in the glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX-4) level were observed in the kidneys of mice with RIAKI, and these changes were alleviated in the kidneys of NLRP3 KO mice. NLRP3 was upregulated, and cell viability was suppressed in HKC-8 cells treated with ferrous myoglobin. Myoglobin-induced apoptosis and lipid peroxidation were significantly decreased in siNLRP3-treated HKC-8 cells compared to ferrous myoglobin-treated HKC-8 cells. Myoglobin reduced the mitochondrial membrane potential and increased mitochondrial fission and reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation levels, which were restored to normal levels in NLRP3-depleted HKC-8 cells. Conclusions: NLRP3 depletion ameliorated renal tubular injury in a murine glycerol-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) model. A lack of NLRP3 improved tubular cell viability via attenuation of myoglobin-induced mitochondrial injury and lipid peroxidation, which might be the critical factor in protecting the kidney.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Swati Jain ◽  
Alkesh Jani

Hibernating 13-lined ground squirrels are characterized by tolerance of severe hypothermia and hypoperfusion during torpor, followed by periodic warm reperfusion during IBA, conditions which are lethal to nonhibernating mammals. The aim of the present study was to determine whether protection from apoptosis was specific to torpor arousal cycles during hibernation or will also apply to cisplatin treatment on squirrel renal tubular cells (RTECs) that were procured during hibernation. Squirrel and mouse RTECs were treated with cisplatin, a potent inducer of RTEC apoptosis. Squirrel RTECs subjected to cisplatin had significantly less apoptosis, no cleaved caspase-3, and increased XIAP, pAkt, and pBAD versus mouse RTECs. To determine whether XIAP and Akt1 are necessary for RTEC protection against cisplatin induced apoptotic cell death, gene expression of Akt1 or XIAP was silenced in squirrel RTECs. Squirrel RTECs deficient in Akt1 and XIAP had increased apoptosis and cleaved caspase-3 when treated with cisplatin. Our results thus demonstrates that 13-lined ground squirrel RTECs possess intrinsic intracellular mechanisms by which they protect themselves from apoptotic cell death. Cisplatin induced acute kidney injury (AKI) may be avoided in cancer patients by employing mechanisms used by squirrel RTECs to protect against cisplatin induced tubular cell apoptosis.


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