Project description:Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a major global healthcare problem and there is a need to develop human-based models to study AKI in vitro. Towards this goal, we have characterized induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human kidney organoids and their response to cisplatin, a chemotherapeutic drug that induces AKI and preferentially damages the proximal tubule. We found that a single treatment with 50 µM cisplatin induces HAVCR1 and CXCL8 expression, DNA damage (γH2AX) and cell death in the organoids in a dose-dependent manner but greatly impairs organoid viability. DNA damage was not specific to the proximal tubule but also affected the distal tubule and interstitial cell populations. This lack of specificity correlated with low expression of the proximal tubule-specific SLC22A2/OCT2 transporter for cisplatin. To improve viability, we developed a repeated low-dose regimen of 4x 5 µM cisplatin over 7 days and found this causing less toxicity while still inducing a robust AKI response that included secretion of known AKI biomarkers and inflammatory cytokines. This work validates the use of human kidney organoids to model aspects of AKI, with the potential to identify new AKI biomarkers and develop better therapies.
Project description:Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common and severe side effects and can prevent the use of this important agent. Unfortunately, preventive or therapeutic tools to address cisplatin-induced AKI are lacking. Interestingly, in the last decades a row of preconditioning strategies that employ the activation of cellular stress resistance pathways have been shown to be promising approaches to protect from organ injury in rodent models. Here, we characterized both the protective potential and the underlying molecular patterns of two strategies – caloric restriction and hypoxic preconditioning – in mice treated with cisplatin.
Project description:Though there has been extensive investigation of the kidney's acute cellular and molecular responses following cisplatin treatment, the mechanisms of progression from acute to chronic disease have not been explored. In this study, we use functional and morphological metrics to establish a time point when the transition from acute repairable kidney injury to chronic irreparable disease is clearly established. We then used microarray and western blot analysis to investigate the molecular changes (i.e., gene expression, pathway activity, signaling) associated with the transition from acute to chronic cisplatin-induced kidney disease.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mouse kidney tissue comparing control untreated mice with mice treated with cisplatin. The latter makes kidney failure. Goal was to identify the alterations of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA profiles in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) in mice.
Project description:Profiling of proteolytic events mouse kidneys during cisplatin-induced kidney damage. Kidneys from vehicle-treated mice are compared to cisplatin-treated mice and cisplatin treatment in animals preconditioned by hypoxia or calory restriction regimes.
Project description:Acute kidney injury and nephrotoxicity are important clinical side effects of cisplatin. Thus, the mechanisms of this disease, and potential treatment options are important to understand in their entity. Here, we analyzed the proteome of cisplatin induced acute kidney injury in a mouse model. Functionally we found that calorie restriction was able to completely blunt Cisplatin induced AKI, and hypoxia ameliorated cCisplatin induced AKI. To investigate the mechanism for this in high throughput, we performed label-free single-shot proteomic analyses of these kidneys.Acute kidney injury and nephrotoxicity are important clinical side effects of cisplatin. Thus, the mechanisms of this disease, and potential treatment options are important to understand in their entity. Here, we analyzed the proteome of cisplatin induced acute kidney injury in a mouse model. Functionally we found that calorie restriction was able to completely blunt Cisplatin induced AKI, and hypoxia ameliorated cCisplatin induced AKI. To investigate the mechanism for this in high throughput, we performed label-free single-shot proteomic analyses of these kidneys.
Project description:Evaluation and comparison of biological responses of rats and gene expression responses of the kidney in rats exposed to different doses of Cisplatin [CAS:15663-27-1;CHEBI:27899]