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Ojo OO, Ryu MH, Jha A, Unruh H, Halayko AJ. High-mobility group box 1 promotes extracellular matrix synthesis and wound repair in human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2015; 309:L1354-66. [PMID: 26432865 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00054.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) protein that binds Toll-like receptors (e.g., TLR4) and the receptor for advanced glycated end products (RAGE). The direct effects of HMGB1 on airway structural cells are not fully known. As epithelial cell responses are fundamental drivers of asthma, including abnormal repair-restitution linked to changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis, we tested the hypothesis that HMGB1 promotes bronchial epithelial cell wound repair via TLR4 and/or RAGE signaling that regulates ECM (fibronectin and the γ2-chain of laminin-5) and integrin protein abundance. To assess impact of HMGB1 we used molecular and pharmacological inhibitors of RAGE or TLR4 signaling in scratch wound, immunofluorescence, and immunoblotting assays to assess wound repair, ECM synthesis, and phosphorylation of intracellular signaling. HMGB1 increased wound closure, and this effect was attenuated by blocking RAGE and TLR4 signaling. HMGB1-induced fibronectin and laminin-5 (γ2 chain) was diminished by blocking RAGE and/or blunting TLR4 signaling. Similarly, induction of α3-integrin receptor for fibronectin and laminin-5 was also diminished by blocking TLR4 signaling and RAGE. Lastly, rapid and/or sustained phosphorylation of SMAD2, ERK1/2, and JNK signaling modulated HMGB1-induced wound closure. Our findings suggest a role for HMGB1 in human airway epithelial cell repair and restitution via multiple pathways mediated by TLR4 and RAGE that underpin increased ECM synthesis and modulation of cell-matrix adhesion.
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- Oluwaseun O Ojo
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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For a few years, new targeted therapies have been used for metastatic cancers, targeting VEGF and its receptors and improving patients' survival for metastatic carcinoma (kidney, GIST, breast, colorectal). The objective of these treatments is to block either circulating VEGF (bevacizumab; VEGF-Trap), or tyrosine kinase receptors (especially the VEGF receptor) (sorafenib, sunitinib, brivanib, imatinib, etc.). Indeed, VEGF stimulates endothelial cell proliferation and then tumour growth and metastasis. However, all these antiangiogenic drugs share similar side effects, most frequently gastrointestinal disturbance, skin toxicity and hypertension. Hypertension seems to be especially frequent in case of good response. Renal side effects have probably been underestimated in the first place and their exact frequency is not known, needing some specific trials and registries. Proteinuria, thrombotic microangiopathies and acute renal failures have been reported: renal biopsies might be necessary for precise evaluation of renal damages. Physiopathology seems very close to preeclampsia. Good collaboration between oncologists, nephrologists and cardiologists is therefore crucial in order to continue these targeted therapies safely for the patients.
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- Cécile Vigneau
- Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pontchaillou, 2, rue Henri-Le-Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex 9, France.
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Stratta P, Fogazzi GB, Canavese C, Airoldi A, Fenoglio R, Bozzola C, Ceballos-Picot I, Bollée G, Daudon M. Decreased kidney function and crystal deposition in the tubules after kidney transplant. Am J Kidney Dis 2010; 56:585-90. [PMID: 20303634 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Accepted: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency is an autosomal recessive purine enzyme defect that results in the inability to utilize adenine, which consequently is oxidized by xanthine dehydrogenase to 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (2,8-DHA), an extremely insoluble substance eventually leading to crystalluria, nephrolithiasis, and kidney injury. We describe a case of APRT deficiency not diagnosed until the evaluation of a poorly functioning kidney transplant in a 67-year-old white woman. After the transplant, there was delayed transplant function, urine specimens showed crystals with unusual appearance, and the transplant biopsy specimen showed intratubular obstruction by crystals identified as 2,8-DHA using infrared spectroscopy. APRT enzymatic activity was undetectable in red blood cell lysates, and analysis of the APRT gene showed 1 heterozygous sequence variant, a duplication of T at position 1832. The patient was treated with allopurinol, 300 mg/d, and transplant function progressively normalized. Because patients with undiagnosed APRT deficiency who undergo kidney transplant may risk losing the transplant because of an otherwise treatable disease, increased physician awareness may hasten the diagnosis and limit the morbidity associated with this disease.
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- Piero Stratta
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation and International Research Centre Autoimmune Disease (IRCAD), Maggiore Hospital of Novara, and Department of Medical Science, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy.
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Liang L, Chen J, Vittal R, Selvanayagam ZE, McAteer JA, Deng L, Tischfield J, Chin KV, Sahota A. Expression Profiling of Crystal-Induced Injury in Human Kidney Epithelial Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 103:p53-62. [PMID: 16374038 DOI: 10.1159/000090503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 09/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Deposition of crystals within tubular lumens is a feature of many kidney stone diseases, including crystals of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) in primary hyperoxaluria and of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) in adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency. Crystals are injurious to renal epithelial cells, but the molecular bases of cell injury have not been well characterized. METHODS We used a cDNA microarray to identify the time-dependent changes in gene expression associated with the interaction of COM or DHA crystals with primary cultures of normal human kidney cortical epithelial cells. RESULTS We observed gene expression changes that were common to both crystal types, as well as a number of crystal-specific responses. A subset of genes known to be aberrantly expressed in kidney tissue from stone formers also showed an altered expression in COM- or DHA-treated normal human kidney cortical epithelial cells. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that cultured epithelial cells exposed to COM or DHA crystals demonstrate cellular responses that may be physiologically relevant, thus suggesting that this experimental system may be useful for elucidating the mechanisms of crystal-induced renal cell injury.
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- Li Liang
- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Vernon HJ, Osborne C, Tzortzaki EG, Yang M, Chen J, Rittling SR, Denhardt DT, Buyske S, Bledsoe SB, Evan AP, Fairbanks L, Simmonds HA, Tischfield JA, Sahota A. Aprt/Opn double knockout mice: osteopontin is a modifier of kidney stone disease severity. Kidney Int 2006; 68:938-47. [PMID: 16105024 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00487.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Osteopontin (OPN) is reported to have two distinct functions in kidney disease: Promotion of inflammation at sites of tissue injury, and inhibition of calcium oxalate monohydrate stone formation. However, many of the studies supporting these functions were carried out in animal models of acute renal injury or in cultured cells; thus, the role of OPN in chronic renal disease is not well defined. We examined the role of OPN in adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (Aprt) knockout mice, in which inflammation and formation of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) kidney stones are prominent features, by generating Aprt/Opn double knockout mice. METHODS We characterized the phenotypes of six- and 12-week-old Aprt-/- Opn-/-, Aprt-/- Opn+/+, Aprt+/+ Opn-/-, and Aprt+/+ Opn+/+ male and female mice using biochemical, histologic, immunohistochemical, and in situ hybridization techniques. RESULTS At 6 weeks of age, there was no difference in phenotype between double knockout and Aprt knockout mice. At 12 weeks, there was increased adenine and DHA excretion, renal crystal deposition, and inflammation in double knockout versus Aprt knockout male mice. Double knockout and Aprt knockout female mice at 12 weeks had less pathology than their male counterparts, but kidneys from double knockout females showed more inflammation compared with Aprt knockout females; both genotypes had similar levels of DHA crystal deposition. CONCLUSION We conclude that (1) OPN is a major inhibitor of DHA crystal deposition and inflammation in male mice; and (2) OPN is a major modifier of the inflammatory response but not of crystal deposition in female mice. Thus, separate mechanisms appear responsible for the tissue changes seen in DKO males versus females.
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- Hilary J Vernon
- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8082, USA
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Tzortzaki EG, Yang M, Glass D, Deng L, Evan AP, Bledsoe SB, Stambrook PJ, Sahota A, Tischfield JA. Impaired expression of an organic cation transporter, IMPT1, in a knockout mouse model for kidney stone disease. UROLOGICAL RESEARCH 2003; 31:257-61. [PMID: 12856169 DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0318-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2002] [Accepted: 03/20/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The imprinted multimembrane-spanning polyspecific transporter-like gene 1 ( IMPT1) encodes a predicted protein with organic cation transport capabilities. As a first step in understanding the function of IMPT1, we identified the renal structures expressing this gene in knockout mice with adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency and 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) nephrolithiasis. IMPT1 mRNA was not detected using a standard in situ hybridization (ISH) protocol, but we observed intense staining in cortico-medullary tubules and glomeruli in wild-type mice using an improved reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) ISH procedure. IMPT1 mRNA expression was significantly decreased in the cortical region in kidney sections from APRT-deficient male mice. APRT-deficient female mice are less severely affected by DHA-induced kidney stone disease, and we observed only a modest reduction in IMPT1 expression in kidneys from these mice. IMPT1 expression in APRT heterozygous mice was comparable to that in wild-type mice, suggesting imprinting of one of the parental alleles. These findings suggest that decreased IMPT1 mRNA expression may contribute to the impaired renal function in APRT-deficient male mice, and that RT-PCR ISH is a valuable tool for localizing the site of expression of transcripts that are not detectable using standard ISH procedures.
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- Eleni G Tzortzaki
- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, 604 Allison Road, NJ 08854-8082, Piscataway, USA
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Tzortzaki EG, Glass D, Yang M, Evan AP, Bledsoe SB, Stambrook PJ, Sahota A, Tischfield JA. Gender- and age-dependent changes in kidney androgen protein mRNA expression in a knockout mouse model for nephrolithiasis. J Histochem Cytochem 2002; 50:1663-9. [PMID: 12486089 DOI: 10.1177/002215540205001211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Kidney androgen-regulated protein (Kap) is the most abundant protein in the mouse kidney, but its function is unknown. We previously observed a significant decrease in Kap mRNA expression in whole kidney tissue from male mice with adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency and 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) nephrolithiasis. The disease phenotype is more severe in male mice and is age-dependent. To identify the cellular basis for differential Kap expression, we used in situ hybridization (ISH) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ISH (RT-PCR ISH) to identify the cell types expressing this mRNA in paraffin-embedded kidney sections. In 1-month-old wild-type male mice, Kap was detected primarily in S3 proximal tubule segments, but expression was very low in female mice. In 1-month-old APRT-deficient male mice, Kap expression was decreased significantly and was undetectable in female mice. Kap mRNA was not detected in 3- or 6-month-old mice using our standard ISH protocol, but we observed intense cytoplasmic staining in S3 proximal tubules in wild-type male mice of these age groups using an improved RT-PCR ISH procedure. Our studies demonstrate age-, gender-, and APRT genotype-dependent changes in Kap mRNA expression in mouse kidney. Kap expression is under multihormonal control, and hormonal changes in DHA-induced nephrolithiasis may account for the decreased Kap expression in APRT-deficient mice.
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- Eleni G Tzortzaki
- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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