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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 292, Issue 4, Pages R1456-R1464Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00620.2005
Keywords
kidney; glomerular filtration rate; cytokine; smooth muscle actin; transforming growth factor
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI-15614] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [K08 DK065892, DK-065892-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM-070628] Funding Source: Medline
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Upper urinary tract obstruction results in tubulointerstitial fibrosis and a progressive decline in renal function. Although several inflammatory mediators have been implicated in the pathophysiology of renal obstruction, the contribution of TNF-alpha to obstruction-induced fibrosis and renal dysfunction has not been thoroughly evaluated. To study this, male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to left unilateral ureteral obstruction vs. sham operation. Rats received either vehicle or a pegylated form of soluble TNF receptor type 1 (PEG-sTNFR1) every 84 h. The kidneys were harvested 1, 3, or 7 days postoperatively, and tissue samples were analyzed for TNF-alpha expression (ELISA), macrophage infiltration (ED-1 staining), transforming growth factor-beta(1) expression (ELISA, RT-PCR), collagen I and IV activity (Western Blot, immunohistochemistry), alpha-smooth muscle actin accumulation (immunohistochemistry, Western blot analysis), and angiotensinogen expression (Western blot). In a separate arm, the glomerular filtration rate (inulin clearance) of rats subjected to unilateral ureteral obstruction in the presence of either vehicle or PEG-sTNFR1 was determined. Renal obstruction induced increased tissue TNF-alpha and transforming growth factor-beta(1) levels, collagen I and IV activity, interstitial volume, alpha-smooth muscle actin accumulation, angiotensinogen expression, and renal dysfunction, whereas treatment with PEG-sTNFR1 significantly reduced each of these markers of renal fibrosis. These results demonstrate that TNF-alpha mediates obstruction-induced renal fibrosis and identify TNF-alpha neutralization as a potential therapeutic option for the amelioration of obstruction-induced renal injury.
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