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Nakazawa D, Takeda Y, Kanda M, Tomaru U, Ogawa H, Kudo T, Shiratori-Aso S, Watanabe-Kusunoki K, Ueda Y, Miyoshi A, Hattanda F, Nishio S, Uozumi R, Ishizu A, Atsumi T. Inhibition of Toll-like receptor 4 and Interleukin-1 receptor prevent SARS-CoV-2 mediated kidney injury. Cell Death Discov 2023; 9:293. [PMID: 37563112 PMCID: PMC10415265 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-023-01584-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and severe complication of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) directly affects the glomerular and tubular epithelial cells to induce AKI; however, its pathophysiology remains unclear. Here, we explored the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic targets of renal involvement in COVID-19. We developed an in vitro human kidney cellular model, including immortalized tubular epithelial and endothelial cell lines, demonstrating that SARS-CoV-2 directly triggers cell death. To identify the molecular targets in the process of SARS-CoV-2-mediated cell injury, we performed transcriptional analysis using RNA sequencing. Tubular epithelial cells were more prone to dying by SARS-CoV-2 than endothelial cells; however, SARS-CoV-2 did not replicate in renal cells, distinct from VeroE6/transmembrane protease serine 2 cells. Transcriptomic analysis revealed increased inflammatory and immune-related gene expression levels in renal cells incubated with SARS-CoV-2. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 3 in renal cells recognized viral RNA and underwent cell death. Furthermore, analysis of upstream regulators identified several key transcriptional regulators. Among them, inhibition of the interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) and TLR4 pathways protects tubular epithelial and endothelial cells from injury via regulation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription protein-3/nuclear factor-kB pathway. Our results reveal that SARS-CoV-2 directly injures renal cells via the proinflammatory response without viral replication, and that IL-1R and TLR4 may be used as therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2 mediated kidney injury.
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- Daigo Nakazawa
- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Research Center for Global Agromedicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Lumlertgul N, Baker E, Pearson E, Dalrymple KV, Pan J, Jheeta A, Weerapolchai K, Wang Y, Leach R, Barrett NA, Ostermann M. Changing epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort. Ann Intensive Care 2022; 12:118. [PMID: 36575315 PMCID: PMC9794481 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-022-01094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). We aimed to explore the changes in AKI epidemiology between the first and the second COVID wave in the United Kingdom (UK). METHODS This was an observational study of critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 in an expanded tertiary care intensive care unit (ICU) in London, UK. Baseline characteristics, organ support, COVID-19 treatments, and patient and kidney outcomes up to 90 days after discharge from hospital were compared. RESULTS A total of 772 patients were included in the final analysis (68% male, mean age 56 ± 13.6). Compared with wave 1, patients in wave 2 were older, had higher body mass index and clinical frailty score, but lower baseline serum creatinine and C-reactive protein (CRP). The proportion of patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) on ICU admission was lower in wave 2 (61% vs 80%; p < 0.001). AKI incidence within 14 days of ICU admission was 76% in wave 1 and 51% in wave 2 (p < 0.001); in wave 1, 32% received KRT compared with 13% in wave 2 (p < 0.001). Patients in wave 2 had significantly lower daily cumulative fluid balance (FB) than in wave 1. Fewer patients were dialysis dependent at 90 days in wave 2 (1% vs. 4%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In critically ill adult patients admitted to ICU with COVID-19, the risk of AKI and receipt of KRT significantly declined in the second wave. The trend was associated with less MV, lower PEEP and lower cumulative FB. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT04445259.
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- Nuttha Lumlertgul
- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK ,grid.411628.80000 0000 9758 8584Division of Nephrology and Excellence Centre for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand ,grid.7922.e0000 0001 0244 7875Centre of Excellence in Critical Care Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Department of Population Health Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK ,grid.420545.20000 0004 0489 3985Department of Urology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Department of Population Health Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- grid.425213.3Department of Critical Care, King’s College, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, 249 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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Initial reporting suggested that kidney involvement following COVID-19 infection was uncommon but this is now known not to be the case. Acute kidney injury (AKI) may arise through several mechanisms and complicate up to a quarter of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection being associated with an increased risk for both morbidity and death. Mechanisms of injury include direct kidney damage predominantly through tubular injury, although glomerular injury has been reported; the consequences of the treatment of patients with severe hypoxic respiratory failure; secondary infection; and exposure to nephrotoxic drugs. The mainstay of treatment remains the prevention of worsening kidney damage and in some cases they need for renal replacement therapies (RRT). Although the use of other blood purification techniques has been proposed as potential treatments, results to-date have not been definitive.
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- James Hilton
- Department of Critical Care, Royal Surrey Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK; SPACeR Group (Surrey Peri-Operative, Anaesthesia & Critical Care Collaborative Research Group), Royal Surrey Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK
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- Department of Critical Care, Royal Surrey Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK; SPACeR Group (Surrey Peri-Operative, Anaesthesia & Critical Care Collaborative Research Group), Royal Surrey Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 4300, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Critical Care, Royal Surrey Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK; SPACeR Group (Surrey Peri-Operative, Anaesthesia & Critical Care Collaborative Research Group), Royal Surrey Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XX, UK; Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
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- Center for Critical Care Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh, 3347 Forbes Avenue #220, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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