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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 5390-5402Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14420
Keywords
Akt/mTOR/p70S6K; Bortezomib; chronic allograft dysfunction; EMT; kidney interstitial fibrosis; kidney transplantation; Smurf1
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81100532, 81470981, 81570676, 81770751, 81870512]
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Allograft interstitial fibrosis was characterized by massive extracellular matrix deposition caused by activated fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is recognized as an important source of myofibroblasts contributing to the pathogenesis of allograft interstitial fibrosis. Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 1 (Smurf1) has been recently reported to be involved in the progression of EMT. Our study was to detect the effect of Bortezomib and Smurf1 in the EMT and allograft interstitial fibrosis. Biomarkers of EMT, as well as Smurf1, were examined in human proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2) treated with tumour necrosis factoralpha (TNF-alpha) in various doses or at various time points by Western Blotting or qRT-PCR. We knockdown or overexpressed Smurf1 in HK-2 cells. Furthermore, rat renal transplant model was established and intervened by Bortezomib. Allograft tissues from human and rats were also collected and prepared for HE, Masson's trichrome, immunohistochemical staining and western blotting assays. As a result, we found that TNF-alpha significantly promoted the development of EMT in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner through Smurf1/Akt/mTOR/P70S6K signalling pathway. More importantly, Bortezomib alleviated the progression of EMT and allograft interstitial fibrosis in vivo and in vitro by inhibiting the production of TNF-alpha and expression of Smurf1. In conclusion, Smurf1 plays a critical role in the development of EMT induced by TNF-alpha. Bortezomib can attenuate the Sumrf1-mediated progression of EMT and renal allograft interstitial fibrosis, which could be suggested as a novel choice for the prevention and treatment of renal allograft interstitial fibrosis.
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