YY1-induced upregulation of LncRNA-ARAP1-AS2 and ARAP1 promotes diabetic kidney fibrosis via aberrant glycolysis associated with EGFR/PKM2/HIF-1α pathway

Objectives: Dimeric pyruvate kinase (PK) M2 (PKM2) plays an important role in promoting the accumulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α, mediating aberrant glycolysis and inducing fibrosis in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). The aim of this work was to dissect a novel regulatory mechanism of Yin and Yang 1 (YY1) on lncRNA-ARAP1-AS2/ARAP1 to regulate EGFR/PKM2/HIF-1α pathway and glycolysis in DKD.Materials and methods: We used adeno-associated virus (AAV)-ARAP1 shRNA to knocked down ARAP1 in diabetic mice and overexpressed or knocked down YY1, ARAP1-AS2 and ARAP1 expression in human glomerular mesangial cells. Gene levels were assessed by Western blotting, RT-qPCR, immunofluorescence staining and immunohistochemistry. Molecular interactions were determined by RNA pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assay and dual-luciferase reporter analysis.Results: YY1, ARAP1-AS2, ARAP1, HIF-1α, glycolysis and fibrosis genes expressions were upregulated and ARAP1 knockdown could inhibit dimeric PKM2 expression and partly restore tetrameric PKM2 formation, while downregulate HIF-1α accumulation and aberrant glycolysis and fibrosis in in-vivo and in-vitro DKD models. ARAP1 knockdown attenuates renal injury and renal dysfunction in diabetic mice. ARAP1 maintains EGFR overactivation in-vivo and in-vitro DKD models. Mechanistically, YY1 transcriptionally upregulates ARAP1-AS2 and indirectly regulates ARAP1 and subsequently promotes EGFR activation, HIF-1α accumulation and aberrant glycolysis and fibrosis.Conclusion: Our results first highlight the role of the novel regulatory mechanism of YY1 on ARAP1-AS2 and ARAP1 in promoting aberrant glycolysis and fibrosis by EGFR/PKM2/HIF-1α pathway in DKD and provide potential therapeutic strategies for DKD treatments..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in Pharmacology - 14(2023)

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xin Li [VerfasserIn]
Xin Li [VerfasserIn]
Tian-Kui Ma [VerfasserIn]
Min Wang [VerfasserIn]
Xiao-Dan Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Tian-Yan Liu [VerfasserIn]
Yue Liu [VerfasserIn]
Zhao-Hui Huang [VerfasserIn]
Yong-Hong Zhu [VerfasserIn]
Shuang Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Li Yin [VerfasserIn]
Yan-Yan Xu [VerfasserIn]
Hong Ding [VerfasserIn]
Cong Liu [VerfasserIn]
Hang Shi [VerfasserIn]
Qiu-Ling Fan [VerfasserIn]
Qiu-Ling Fan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARAP1
Diabetic kidney disease
Fibrosis
Glycolysis
HIF-1α
LncRNA-ARAP1-AS2
Therapeutics. Pharmacology

doi:

10.3389/fphar.2023.1069348

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ080418139