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Kidney Tissue Targeted Metabolic Profiling of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction Rats by NMR

ABSTRACT: Renal interstitial fibrosis is a common pathological process in the progression of kidney disease. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) based metabolomics approach was used to analyze the kidney tissues of renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) rats, induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). The combination of a variety of statistical methods was used to screen out 14 significantly changed potential metabolites related with multiple biochemical processes including amino acid metabolism, adenine metabolism, energy metabolism, osmolyte change and induced oxidative stress. The exploration of the contralateral kidneys enhanced the understanding of the disease, which was also supported by serum biochemistry and kidney histopathology results. In addition, the pathological parameters (clinical chemistry, histological and immunohistochemistry results) were correlated with the significantly changed differential metabolites related with RIF. This study shows that target tissue metabolomics analysis can be used as a useful tool to understand the mechanism of the disease and provide a novel insight in the pathogenesis of RIF.

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PROVIDER: MTBLS361 | MetaboLights | 2017-10-09

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Kidney Tissue Targeted Metabolic Profiling of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction Rats by NMR.

Li Zhenyu Z Li Aiping A Gao Jining J Li Hong H Qin Xuemei X

Frontiers in pharmacology 20160915

Renal interstitial fibrosis is a common pathological process in the progression of kidney disease. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) based metabolomic approach was used to analyze the kidney tissues of rats with renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF), induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). The combination of a variety of statistical methods were used to screen out 14 significantly changed potential metabolites, which are related with multiple biochemical processes including amino acid met ...[more]

PMID: 27695416

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Project description:Renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) is a common pathological feature and final manifestation of chronic progressive kidney disease. Although exosome-mediated intercellular communication is known to play a crucial role in RIF, the mechanism by which injured tubular epithelial cells (TECs) contribute to fibrogenesis remains incompletely understood. In this study, we investigated the role of exosomal miR-122-5p derived from TECs in modulating fibroblast activation and renal fibrosis. Exosomes were isolated from kidneys of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) mice and from TGF-β1-stimulated HK-2 cells. These exosomes were either co-cultured with fibroblasts (NRK-49F cells) or injected into UUO mice via the tail vein. High-throughput miRNA profiling was used to identify differentially expressed miRNAs in exosomes derived from HK-2 cells, and miR-122-5p was selected for further investigation based on expression level and bioinformatic prediction. Functional analyses were performed using miRNA mimics, inhibitors, and target validation assays. The results showed that exosomal miR-122-5p was significantly downregulated in both fibrotic kidneys and TGF-β1-induced HK-2 cells. In vivo and in vitro, restoration of miR-122-5p levels markedly attenuated renal fibrosis, as evidenced by the reduction of fibrotic markers including α-smooth muscle actin, fibronectin, and collagen I. Mechanistically, miR-122-5p was found to directly target hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α), thereby inhibiting activation of the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway. These findings suggest that decreased expression of miR-122-5p in TEC-derived exosomes promotes renal fibrosis through the HIF-1α/TGF-β1/Smad axis, while reintroduction of miR-122-5p can effectively reverse these effects. Taken together, our study provides new insights into the intercellular communication between TECs and fibroblasts via exosomal miRNAs, and identifies miR-122-5p as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of renal interstitial fibrosis.

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