Journal
THERANOSTICS
Volume 13, Issue 12, Pages 3988-4003Publisher
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/thno.84650
Keywords
diabetic kidney disease; renal tubulointerstitial inflammation; gut microbiota; outer membrane vesicles; caspase-11 pathway
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This study investigates the role of gut microbiota-derived outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) in tubulointerstitial inflammation in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). It was found that gut microbiota mediates tubulointerstitial inflammation in DKD, and that gut microbiota-derived OMVs induce cellular inflammation and renal tubulointerstitial injury through the activation of the caspase-11 pathway.
Rationale: Chronic tubulointerstitial inflammation is a common pathological process in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, its underlying mechanism is largely unknown. This study aims at investigating the role of gut microbiota-derived outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) in tubulointerstitial inflammation in DKD.Methods: Gut microbiota in diabetes mellitus rats was manipulated by microbiota depletion and fecal microbiota transplantation to explore its role in tubulointerstitial inflammation. To check the direct effects of OMVs, fecal bacterial extracellular vesicles (fBEVs) were administrated to mice orally and HK-2 cells in vitro. For mechanistic investigations, HK-2 cells were treated with small interfering RNA against caspase-4 and fBEVs pre-neutralized by polymyxin B.Results: By performing gut microbiota manipulation, it was confirmed that gut microbiota mediated tubulointerstitial inflammation in DKD. In diabetic rats, gut microbiota-derived OMVs were increased and were clearly detected in distant renal tubulointerstitium. Diabetic fBEVs directly administered by gavage translocated into tubular epithelial cells and induced tubulointerstitial inflammation and kidney injury. In vitro, OMVs were internalized through various endocytic pathways and triggered cellular inflammatory response. Mechanistically, it was revealed that OMVs-derived lipopolysaccharide induced tubular inflammation, which was mediated by the activation of the caspase-11 pathway.Conclusions: Increased OMVs due to dysbiosis translocated through leaky gut barrier into distant tubulointerstitium and induced cellular inflammation and renal tubulointerstitial injury in DKD. These findings enrich the mechanism understanding of how gut microbiota and its releasing OMVs influence the development and progression of kidney disease.
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