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ATP-binding cassette A1 deficiency causes cardiolipin-driven mitochondrial dysfunction in podocytes.

ABSTRACT: Fibroblasts from patients with Tangier disease carrying ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) loss-of-function mutations are characterized by cardiolipin accumulation, a mitochondrial-specific phospholipid. Suppression of ABCA1 expression occurs in glomeruli from patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and in human podocytes exposed to DKD sera collected prior to the development of DKD. We demonstrated that siRNA ABCA1 knockdown in podocytes led to reduced oxygen consumption capabilities associated with alterations in the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes and with cardiolipin accumulation. Podocyte-specific deletion of Abca1 (Abca1fl/fl) rendered mice susceptible to DKD, and pharmacological induction of ABCA1 improved established DKD. This was not mediated by free cholesterol, as genetic deletion of sterol-o-acyltransferase-1 (SOAT1) in Abca1fl/fl mice was sufficient to cause free cholesterol accumulation but did not cause glomerular injury. Instead, cardiolipin mediates ABCA1-dependent susceptibility to podocyte injury, as inhibition of cardiolipin peroxidation with elamipretide improved DKD in vivo and prevented ABCA1-dependent podocyte injury in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, we describe a pathway definitively linking ABCA1 deficiency to cardiolipin-driven mitochondrial dysfunction. We demonstrated that this pathway is relevant to DKD and that ABCA1 inducers or inhibitors of cardiolipin peroxidation may each represent therapeutic strategies for the treatment of established DKD.

SUBMITTER: Ducasa GM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6668702 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ATP-binding cassette A1 deficiency causes cardiolipin-driven mitochondrial dysfunction in podocytes.

Ducasa G Michelle GM Mitrofanova Alla A Mallela Shamroop K SK Liu Xiaochen X Molina Judith J Sloan Alexis A Pedigo Christopher E CE Ge Mengyuan M Santos Javier Varona JV Hernandez Yanio Y Kim Jin-Ju JJ Maugeais Cyrille C Mendez Armando J AJ Nair Viji V Kretzler Matthias M Burke George W GW Nelson Robert G RG Ishimoto Yu Y Inagi Reiko R Banerjee Santanu S Liu Shaoyi S Szeto Hazel H HH Merscher Sandra S Fontanesi Flavia F Fornoni Alessia A

The Journal of clinical investigation 20190722 8

Fibroblasts from patients with Tangier disease carrying ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) loss-of-function mutations are characterized by cardiolipin accumulation, a mitochondrial-specific phospholipid. Suppression of ABCA1 expression occurs in glomeruli from patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and in human podocytes exposed to DKD sera collected prior to the development of DKD. We demonstrated that siRNA ABCA1 knockdown in podocytes led to reduced oxygen consumption capabilities associate ...[more]

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ATP-binding cassette A1 deficiency causes cardiolipin-driven mitochondrial dysfunction in podocytes.

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ATP-binding cassette A1 deficiency causes cardiolipin-driven mitochondrial dysfunction in podocytes.

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