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ISCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102390
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [23790381, 25282028, 25670414]
- Kanazawa Medical University [C2011-4, C2012-1, S2015-3, S2016-3, S2017-1]
- Japanese Government MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) Fellowship Program
- National Institutes of Health [R01HL131952]
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Endothelial SIRT3 regulates defective metabolism and fibrogenic pathways in diabetic kidneys, with its loss exacerbating fibrosis levels. SIRT3 deficiency in endothelial cells stimulates mesenchymal transformations in renal tubular epithelial cells.
Defects in endothelial cells cause deterioration in kidney function and structure. Here, we found that endothelial SIRT3 regulates metabolic reprogramming and fibrogenesis in the kidneys of diabetic mice. By analyzing, gain of function of the SIRT3 gene by overexpression in a fibrotic mouse strain conferred disease resistance against diabetic kidney fibrosis, whereas its loss of function in endothelial cells exacerbated the levels of diabetic kidney fibrosis. Regulation of endothelial cell SIRT3 on fibrogenic processes was due to tight control over the defective central metabolism and linked activation of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). SIRT3 deficiency in endothelial cells stimulated the TGFb/Smad3-dependent mesenchymal transformations in renal tubular epithelial cells. These data demonstrate that SIRT3 regulates defective metabolism and EndMT-mediated activation of the fibrogenic pathways in the diabetic kidneys. Together, our findings show that endothelial SIRT3 is a fundamental regulator of defective metabolism regulating health and disease processes in the kidney.
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