肌成纤维细胞
转分化
肾
纤维化
肾脏疾病
促红细胞生成素
病理
医学
癌症研究
生物
内分泌学
内科学
细胞生物学
干细胞
作者
Hanako Kobayashi,Olena Davidoff,Shiuli Pujari‐Palmer,Malin Drevin,Volker H. Haase
摘要
Abstract Aim Erythropoietin (EPO) is regulated by hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF)‐2. In the kidney, it is produced by cortico‐medullary perivascular interstitial cells, which transdifferentiate into collagen‐producing myofibroblasts in response to injury. Inhibitors of prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD) dioxygenases (HIF‐PHIs) activate HIF‐2 and stimulate kidney and liver EPO synthesis in patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined whether HIF‐PHIs can reactivate EPO synthesis in interstitial cells that have undergone myofibroblast transdifferentiation in established kidney fibrosis. Methods We investigated Epo transcription in myofibroblasts and characterized the histological distribution of kidney Epo transcripts by RNA in situ hybridization combined with immunofluorescence in mice with adenine nephropathy (AN) treated with HIF‐PHI molidustat. Lectin absorption chromatography was used to assess liver‐derived EPO. In addition, we examined kidney Epo transcription in Phd2 knockout mice with obstructive nephropathy. Results In AN, molidustat‐induced Epo transcripts were not found in areas of fibrosis and did not colocalize with interstitial cells that expressed α‐smooth muscle actin, a marker of myofibroblast transdifferentiation. Epo transcription was associated with megalin‐expressing, kidney injury molecule 1‐negative nephron segments and contingent on residual renal function. Liver‐derived EPO did not contribute to serum EPO in molidustat‐treated mice. Epo transcription was not associated with myofibroblasts in Phd2 knockout mice with obstructive nephropathy. Conclusions Our studies suggest that HIF‐PHIs do not reactivate Epo transcription in interstitial myofibroblasts and that their efficacy in inducing kidney EPO in CKD is dependent on the degree of myofibroblast formation, the preservation of renal parenchyma and the level of residual renal function.
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