Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 271, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119193
Keywords
Crystallopathies; Inflammation; Mitochondrial permeability transition; Necroptosis; Nephrolithiasis; Oxalate
Funding
- Ramalingaswami fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (BT/RLF/Re-entry/01/2017)
- DST INSPIRE fellowship from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
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Through high-content screening and computational modeling analysis, the study showed that 6,7-DHC can inhibit crystal-induced necroinflammation in the kidney, effectively ameliorating crystal-induced chronic kidney disease. Further in vivo and in vitro experimental results demonstrated that 6,7-DHC interacts with MLKL, inhibits its phosphorylation, and exhibits therapeutic effects.
Aims: Mineralization of crystalline particles and the formation of renal calculi contribute to the pathogenesis of crystal nephropathies. Several recent studies on the biology of crystal handling implicated intrarenal crystal deposition-induced necroinflammation in their pathogenesis. We hypothesized that 6,7-dihydroxycoumarin (DHC) inhibit intrarenal crystal cytotoxicity and necroinflammation, and ameliorate crystal-induced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Main methods: An unbiased high content screening coupled with fluorescence microscopy was used to identify compounds that inhibit CaOx crystal cytotoxicity. The ligand-protein interactions were identified using computational models e.g. molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. Furthermore, mice and rat models of oxalate-induced CKD were used for in-vivo studies. Renal injury, crystal deposition, and fibrosis were assessed by histology analysis. Western blots were used to quantify the protein expression. Data were expressed as boxplots and analyzed using one way ANOVA. Key findings: An unbiased high-content screening in-vitro identified 6,7-DHC as a promising candidate. Further, 6,7-DHC protected human and mouse cells from calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystal-induced necroptosis in-vitro as well as mice and rats from oxalate-induced CKD in either preventive or therapeutic manner. Computational modeling demonstrated that 6,7-DHC interact with MLKL, the key protein in the necroptosis machinery, and inhibit its phosphorylation by ATP, which was evident in both in-vitro and in-vivo analyses. Significance: Together, our results indicate that 6,7-DHC possesses a novel pharmacological property as a MLKL inhibitor and could serve as a lead molecule for further development of coumarin-based novel MLKL inhibitors. Furthermore, our data identify 6,7-DHC as a novel therapeutic strategy to combat crystal nephropathies.
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