Project description:This study was aimed to investigate the role and underlying mechanism of TRPM2 in cisplatin nephrotoxicity. Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) model was established in WT and TRPM2-KO mice. The transcriptome profiling of the kidneys of WT and TRPM2-KO mice treated with cisplatin was compared to find differentially expressed gene which may be related to TRPM2 on cisplatin nephrotoxicity.
Project description:The availability of mesenchymal stem cells in kidney injury repair has been demonstrated. However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains not well understood. Herein, we profiled the altered microRNAs in renal tissiues from cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) rats administrated with or without rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, normal kidneys as control. Sprague Dawley rats were administrated with PBS by caudal vein after 24h peritoneal injection of 6mg/mg cisplatin, short for g2. 1×106 MSCs were injected to rats after 24h peritoneal injection of cisplatin, short for g3. Kidneys from healthey rats were used as control, short for g1. Renal tissues were collected at day 5 after treatment. There were 44 micorRNAs changed with significance between g2 and g3, among which 36 microRNAs upregulated and 8 microRNAs downregulated.
Project description:Farnesoid X receptor (FXR, also known as NR1H4) is crucial to nephroprotective in several kinds of kidney diseases, including obesity, diabetes, aging, acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. FXR plays a key role in maintaining cholesterol and bile acid levels and is highly expressed in the liver, intestine and kidneys. In kidney diseases, it is reported that FXR has anti-lipogenic, anti‐inflammatory, antifibrotic, and antioxidant functions. Here, using genomics analysis, we investigated whether FXR attenuates cisplatin-induced AKI through the regulation of ferroptosis. The increased blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and ferroptotic responses in cisplatin-induced AKI mice were attenuated by treatment with FXR agonist, GW4064, while those were exacerbated in FXR knockout mice. Using RNA-sequencing analysis, we found novel target genes for FXR associated with ferroptosis. FXR agonist treatment increases lipid and glutathione metabolic gene expression and decreases cell death genes expression. This study identifies transcriptional regulation of ferroptosis by FXR as a potential therapeutic target for cisplatin-induced AKI.
Project description:To clarify the effects of cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II, CDDP) on the gene expression profiles in renal proximal tubules, microarray analyses were carried out using total RNA samples isolated from microdissected proximal tubules and whole kidneys. The molecular events underlying acute kidney injury (AKI) in the proximal tubules of rats with cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity were successfully clarified with 17,000 transcripts. Renal proximal tubules were isolated under microscopy, and transcriptome data were collected with Rat Genome Survey Microarray® (Applied Biosystems)
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:To clarify the effects of cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II, CDDP) on the gene expression profiles in renal proximal tubules, microarray analyses were carried out using total RNA samples isolated from microdissected proximal tubules and whole kidneys. The molecular events underlying acute kidney injury (AKI) in the proximal tubules of rats with cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity were successfully clarified with 17,000 transcripts.
Project description:Cisplatin remains the most effective and widely used treatment option for solid tumors, however, it is also responsible for 30 - 46% incidence of AKI in cancer patients. Thus, despite its broad anti-cancer potential, clinical use of this chemotherapeutic agent remains constrained. In the last decade, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been proposed as a potentially useful therapeutic strategy in various diseases, including AKI, given their ability to reduce apoptosis and accelerate tubular cell regeneration. In the present study, we looked at the dose dependent response to cisplatin in two different mouse strains, CD1 and C57BL/6 mice, and performed a transcriptome based time-series analysis of the molecular signature in both male and female mice during progression of cisplatin-induced AKI, in order to generate a robust and reproducible pre-clinical model with the proposed aim to investigate the ability of MSCs from three different sources (adult and neonatal) as a rescue therapy to reverse kidney injury.
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.