期刊
GENES
卷 13, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes13122244
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ASH2L; HIPK-2; high glucose; glomerular mesangial cells; diabetic nephropathy
The epigenetic factor ASH2L plays a crucial role in high glucose-induced fibrosis and inflammation, suggesting that ASH2L regulation may be an attractive approach to attenuate the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease and continues to be a threat to patients with diabetes. Dysfunction of glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs) is the main contributing factor to glomerulosclerosis, which is a pathological feature of DN. The epigenetic factor ASH2L has long been thought to be a transcriptional activator, but its function and involvement in diabetic nephropathy is still unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of ASH2L on the regulation of fibrosis and inflammation induced by high glucose in mouse mesangial cells (mMCs). We observed that ASH2L expression is increased in high glucose-induced mMCs, while loss of ASH2L alleviated fibrosis and inflammation. Furthermore, ASH2L-mediates H3K4me3 of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) promoter region, which is a contributor to fibrosis in the kidneys and promotes its transcriptional expression. Similar to loss of ASH2L, silencing HIPK2 also inhibited fibrosis and inflammation. In addition, ASH2L and HIPK2 are upregulated in the kidneys of both streptozocin-induced and db/db mouse. In conclusion, we uncovered the crucial role of ASH2L in high glucose-induced fibrosis and inflammation, suggesting that ASH2L regulation may be an attractive approach to attenuate the progression of DN.
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