缺氧诱导因子
缺氧(环境)
纤维化
肾
下调和上调
纤维连接蛋白
内科学
肾脏疾病
医学
内分泌学
癌症研究
化学
生物
细胞生物学
生物化学
细胞外基质
基因
有机化学
氧气
作者
Kyoung Hye Kong,Hyung Jung Oh,Beom Jin Lim,Minsuk Kim,Ki‐Hwan Han,Youn‐Hee Choi,Kihwan Kwon,Bo Young Nam,Kyoung Sook Park,Jung Tak Park,Seung Hyeok Han,Tae‐Hyun Yoo,Shina Lee,Seung-Jung Kim,Duk‐Hee Kang,Kyu Bok Choi,Vera Eremina,Susan E. Quaggin,Dong‐Ryeol Ryu,Shin‐Wook Kang
标识
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-11829-2
摘要
Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is a key transcriptional factor in the response to hypoxia. Although the effect of HIF activation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been widely evaluated, the results have been inconsistent until now. This study aimed to investigate the effects of HIF-2α activation on renal fibrosis according to the activation timing in inducible tubule-specific transgenic mice with non-diabetic CKD. HIF-2α activation in renal tubular cells upregulated mRNA and protein expressions of fibronectin and type 1 collagen associated with the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. In CKD mice, activation of HIF-2α at the beginning of CKD significantly aggravated renal fibrosis, whereas it did not lead to renal dysfunction. However, activation at a late-stage of CKD abrogated both renal dysfunction and fibrosis, which was associated with restoration of renal vasculature and amelioration of hypoxia through increased renal tubular expression of VEGF and its isoforms. As with tubular cells with HIF-2α activation, those under hypoxia also upregulated VEGF, fibronectin, and type 1 collagen expressions associated with HIF-1α activation. In conclusion, late-stage renal tubular HIF-2α activation has protective effects on renal fibrosis and the resultant renal dysfunction, thus it could represent a therapeutic target in late stage of CKD.
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