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Emerging role of tumor suppressor p53 in acute and chronic kidney diseases

Journal

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 79, Issue 9, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04505-w

Keywords

Acute kidney injury; Ischemia-reperfusion injury; Renal fibrosis; Diabetic nephropathy; Obstructive nephropathy; Podocyte injury; TGF-beta 1; ATM; ATR; Cyclin G; NOX; Micro-RNA

Funding

  1. NIH [GM057242]
  2. Capital District Medical Research Institute

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p53 is widely known for its role in tumorigenesis, but recent studies have found its involvement in the initiation and progression of various renal diseases. The activation and elevated expression of p53 are associated with conditions such as ischemia, aristolochic acid (AA) exposure, diabetes, HIV infection, obstruction, and podocyte-induced nephropathies. Research using mouse models has confirmed the pathogenic role of p53 in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease through chemical or renal-specific inhibition. Understanding the mechanisms of p53 in renal diseases is important for developing therapeutic strategies.
p53 is a major regulator of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. While involvement of p53 in tumorigenesis is well established, recent studies implicate p53 in the initiation and progression of several renal diseases, which is the focus of this review. Ischemic-, aristolochic acid (AA) -, diabetic-, HIV-associated-, obstructive- and podocyte-induced nephropathies are accompanied by activation and/or elevated expression of p53. Studies utilizing chemical or renal-specific inhibition of p53 in mice confirm the pathogenic role of this transcription factor in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. TGF-beta 1, NOX, ATM/ATR kinases, Cyclin G, HIPK, MDM2 and certain micro-RNAs are important determinants of renal p53 function in response to trauma. AA, cisplatin or TGF-beta 1-mediated ROS generation via NOXs promotes p53 phosphorylation and subsequent tubular dysfunction. p53-SMAD3 transcriptional cooperation downstream of TGF-beta 1 orchestrates induction of fibrotic factors, extracellular matrix accumulation and pathogenic renal cell communication. TGF-beta 1-induced micro-RNAs (such as mir-192) could facilitate p53 activation, leading to renal hypertrophy and matrix expansion in response to diabetic insults while AA-mediated mir-192 induction regulates p53 dependent epithelial G(2)/M arrest. The widespread involvement of p53 in tubular maladaptive repair, interstitial fibrosis, and podocyte injury indicate that p53 clinical targeting may hold promise as a novel therapeutic strategy for halting progression of certain acute and chronic renal diseases, which affect hundreds of million people worldwide.

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