scholarly journals Bromide supplementation exacerbated the renal dysfunction, injury and fibrosis in a mouse model of Alport syndrome

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. e0183959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsubasa Yokota ◽  
Kohei Omachi ◽  
Mary Ann Suico ◽  
Haruka Kojima ◽  
Misato Kamura ◽  
...  
Renal Failure ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 510-519
Author(s):  
Yuya Sannomiya ◽  
Shota Kaseda ◽  
Misato Kamura ◽  
Hiroshi Yamamoto ◽  
Hiroyuki Yamada ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy J. Newbury ◽  
Jui-Hui Wang ◽  
Gene Hung ◽  
Bruce M. Hendry ◽  
Claire C. Sharpe

Abstract Chronic Kidney Disease is a growing problem across the world and can lead to end-stage kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. Fibrosis is the underlying mechanism that leads to organ dysfunction, but as yet we have no therapeutics that can influence this process. Ras monomeric GTPases are master regulators that direct many of the cytokines known to drive fibrosis to downstream effector cascades. We have previously shown that K-Ras is a key isoform that drives fibrosis in the kidney. Here we demonstrate that K-Ras expression and activation are increased in rodent models of CKD. By knocking down expression of K-Ras using antisense oligonucleotides in a mouse model of chronic folic acid nephropathy we can reduce fibrosis by 50% and prevent the loss of renal function over 3 months. In addition, we have demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that reduction of K-Ras expression is associated with a reduction in Jag1 expression; we hypothesise this is the mechanism by which targeting K-Ras has therapeutic benefit. In conclusion, targeting K-Ras expression with antisense oligonucleotides in a mouse model of CKD prevents fibrosis and protects against renal dysfunction.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e43852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoaki Koga ◽  
Yukari Kai ◽  
Ryosuke Fukuda ◽  
Saori Morino-Koga ◽  
Mary Ann Suico ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 305 (6) ◽  
pp. F871-F880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenpeng Cui ◽  
Hasiyeti Maimaitiyiming ◽  
Xinyu Qi ◽  
Heather Norman ◽  
Shuxia Wang

Obesity is prevalent worldwide and is a major risk factor for many diseases including renal complications. Thrombospondin 1 (TSP1), a multifunctional extracellular matrix protein, plays an important role in diabetic kidney diseases. However, whether TSP1 plays a role in obesity-related kidney disease is unknown. In the present studies, the role of TSP1 in obesity-induced renal dysfunction was determined by using a diet-induced obese mouse model. The results demonstrated that TSP1 was significantly upregulated in the kidney from obese mice. The increased TSP1 was localized in the glomerular mesangium as well as in the tubular system from obese wild-type mice. Obese wild-type mice developed renal hypertrophy and albuminuria, which was associated with increased kidney macrophage infiltration, augmented kidney inflammation, and activated transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling and renal fibrosis. In contrast, obese TSP1-deficient mice did not develop these kidney damages. Furthermore, in vitro studies demonstrated that leptin treatment stimulated the expression of TSP1, TGF-β1, fibronectin, and collagen type IV in mesangial cells isolated from wild-type mice. These leptin-stimulated effects were abolished in TSP1-deficient mesangial cells. Taken together, these data suggest that TSP1 is an important mediator for obesity- or hyperleptinemia-induced kidney dysfunction.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 952-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohei Omachi ◽  
Rui Miyakita ◽  
Ryosuke Fukuda ◽  
Yukari Kai ◽  
Mary Ann Suico ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Shankar Munusamy ◽  
Christopher Karch ◽  
Ronald Frantz ◽  
Kevin Carnevale

Lipids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan M. Gessel ◽  
Jeffrey M. Spraggins ◽  
Paul A. Voziyan ◽  
Dale R. Abrahamson ◽  
Richard M. Caprioli ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Bryce Jones ◽  
Komuraiah Myakala ◽  
Xiaoxin Wang ◽  
Andrew Libby ◽  
Shogo Takahashi ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Sirtuin 3 (Sirt3), a mitochondrial NAD+-dependent deacetylase, is decreased in diverse models of kidney disease, and Sirt3 activation prevents disease progression in many of those models. We are investigating if pharmacological activation of Sirt3 ameliorates kidney disease in a mouse model of Alport syndrome. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Alport syndrome is a hereditary orphan disease arising from a defect in the collagen IV α3α4α5 heterotrimer, a component of the glomerular basement membrane. Male and female Col4a3tm1Dec knockout mice and wild type controls on the 129X1/SvJ background were harvested at 9–10 weeks of age. Serum and urine were collected prior to euthanasia; renal pathology was assessed by histology; and renal cortical mRNA and protein levels were assessed by qRT-PCR and western blot, respectively. Studies are ongoing using dietary administration of a Sirt3 activator, nicotinamide riboside (500 mg/kg/day), in Col4a3 transgenic mice on both the 129X1/SvJ and C57BL/6J backgrounds. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Col4a3−/− mice have elevated BUN (P < 0.0001, both sexes), serum creatinine (P < 0.001, male; P < 0.0001, female), and urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (P < 0.0001, both sexes) compared to Col4a3+/+ controls. On histology, Col4a3−/− mice have extensive renal fibrosis compared to Col4a3+/+ controls. Sirt3 expression is decreased in the renal cortices of Col4a3−/− mice at the mRNA (P < 0.0001, male; trend, P = 0.07, female) and protein levels (P < 0.05, male; P < 0.001, female) compared to Col4a3+/+ controls. All experiments had 5–9 mice per group. Results of the prevention study with nicotinamide riboside, a Sirt3 activator, are unknown at the time of abstract submission. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Col4a3−/− mice have severe renal impairment and decreased renal cortical expression of Sirt3 at the mRNA and protein levels compared to Col4a3+/+ controls. However, it is unknown at this time if pharmacologically activating Sirt3 prevents this renal decline.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firas Kobeissy ◽  
Abdullah Shaito ◽  
Abdullah Kaplan ◽  
Lama Baki ◽  
Hassan Hayek ◽  
...  

Cigarette smoking (S) is a risk factor for progressive chronic kidney disease, renal dysfunction, and renal failure. In this study, the effect of smoking on kidney function was investigated in a mouse model of myocardial infarction (MI) using 4 groups: control (C), smoking (S), MI, and S+MI. Histological analysis of S+MI group showed alterations in kidney structure including swelling of the proximal convoluted tubules (PCTs), thinning of the epithelial lining, focal loss of the brush border of PCTs, and patchy glomerular retraction. Molecular analysis revealed that nephrin expression was significantly reduced in the S+MI group, whereas sodium-hydrogen exchanger-1 (NHE-1) was significantly increased, suggesting altered glomerular filtration and kidney functions. Moreover, S+MI group, but not S alone, showed a significant increase in the expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and fibrotic proteins fibronectin (FN) and α-smooth muscle actin (SMA), in comparison to controls, in addition to a significant increase in mRNA levels of IL-6 and TNF-α inflammatory markers. Finally, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was significantly accentuated in S+MI group concomitant with a significant increase in NOX-4 protein levels. In conclusion, smoking aggravates murine acute renal damage caused by MI at the structural and molecular levels by exacerbating renal dysfunction.


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