期刊
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
卷 100, 期 6, 页码 1250-1267出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.08.031
关键词
AKI; fatty acid oxidation; kidney fibrosis; KLF15; PPARa; proximal tubule
资金
- University of Alabama at Birmingham-University of California San Diego (UAB-UCSD) O'Brien Center [P30DK079337]
- American Society of Nephrology Kidney Cure Joseph V. Bonventre Research Scholar Grant
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) /NIDDK [DK112984, DK121846]
- VA Merit awards [I01BX003698, IS1BX004815]
- NIH [U54HL127624, U24CA224260]
The loss of proximal tubule-specific KLF15 exacerbates acute kidney injury and fibrosis, likely due to the loss of interaction with PPAR alpha leading to the loss of FAO gene transcription.
Loss of fatty acid beta-oxidation (FAO) in the proximal tubule is a critical mediator of acute kidney injury and eventual fibrosis. However, transcriptional mediators of FAO in proximal tubule injury remain understudied. Kruppel-like factor 15 (KLF15), a highly enriched zinc-finger transcription factor in the proximal tubule, was significantly reduced in proximal tubule cells after aristolochic acid I (AAI) treatment, a proximal tubule-specific injury model. Proximal tubule specific knockout of Klf15 exacerbated proximal tubule injury and kidney function decline compared to control mice during the active phase of AAI treatment, and after ischemia-reperfusion injury. Furthermore, along with worsening proximal tubule injury and kidney function decline, knockout mice exhibited increased kidney fibrosis as compared to control mice during the remodeling phase after AAI treatment. RNA-sequencing of kidney cortex demonstrated increased transcripts involved in immune system and integrin signaling pathways and decreased transcripts encompassing metabolic pathways, specifically FAO, and PPAR alpha signaling, in knockout versus control mice after AAI treatment. In silico and experimental chromatin immunoprecipitation studies collectively demonstrated that KLF15 occupied the promoter region of key FAO genes, CPT1A and ACAA2, in close proximity to transcription factor PPAR alpha binding sites. While the loss of Klf15 reduced the expression of Cpt1a and Acaa2 and led to compromised FAO, induction of KLF15 partially rescued loss of FAO in AAI-treated cells. Klf15, Ppara, Cpt1a, and Acaa2 expression was also decreased in other mouse kidney injury models. Tubulointerstitial KLF15 independently correlated with eGFR, PPARA and CPT1A appearance in expression arrays from human kidney biopsies. Thus, proximal tubule-specific loss of Klf15 exacerbates acute kidney injury and fibrosis, likely due to loss of interaction with PPAR alpha leading to loss of FAO gene transcription.
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