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Tubular von Hippel-Lindau knockout protects against rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI.


ABSTRACT: Renal hypoxia occurs in AKI of various etiologies, but adaptation to hypoxia, mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), is incomplete in these conditions. Preconditional HIF activation protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, yet the mechanisms involved are largely unknown, and HIF-mediated renoprotection has not been examined in other causes of AKI. Here, we show that selective activation of HIF in renal tubules, through Pax8-rtTA-based inducible knockout of von Hippel-Lindau protein (VHL-KO), protects from rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI. In this model, HIF activation correlated inversely with tubular injury. Specifically, VHL deletion attenuated the increased levels of serum creatinine/urea, caspase-3 protein, and tubular necrosis induced by rhabdomyolysis in wild-type mice. Moreover, HIF activation in nephron segments at risk for injury occurred only in VHL-KO animals. At day 1 after rhabdomyolysis, when tubular injury may be reversible, the HIF-mediated renoprotection in VHL-KO mice was associated with activated glycolysis, cellular glucose uptake and utilization, autophagy, vasodilation, and proton removal, as demonstrated by quantitative PCR, pathway enrichment analysis, and immunohistochemistry. In conclusion, a HIF-mediated shift toward improved energy supply may protect against acute tubular injury in various forms of AKI.

SUBMITTER: Fahling M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3810090 | biostudies-other | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Tubular von Hippel-Lindau knockout protects against rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI.

Fähling Michael M   Mathia Susanne S   Paliege Alexander A   Koesters Robert R   Mrowka Ralf R   Peters Harm H   Persson Pontus Börje PB   Neumayer Hans-Hellmut HH   Bachmann Sebastian S   Rosenberger Christian C  

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20130822 11


Renal hypoxia occurs in AKI of various etiologies, but adaptation to hypoxia, mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), is incomplete in these conditions. Preconditional HIF activation protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, yet the mechanisms involved are largely unknown, and HIF-mediated renoprotection has not been examined in other causes of AKI. Here, we show that selective activation of HIF in renal tubules, through Pax8-rtTA-based inducible knockout of von Hippel-Lindau prote  ...[more]

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