Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of GRPR protects against acute kidney injury via attenuating renal inflammation and necroptosis

Copyright © 2023 The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) binds to its receptor (GRP receptor [GRPR]) to regulate multiple biological processes, but the function of GRP/GRPR axis in acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unknown. In the present study, GRPR is highly expressed by tubular epithelial cells (TECs) in patients or mice with AKI, while histone deacetylase 8 may lead to the transcriptional activation of GRPR. Functionally, we uncovered that GRPR was pathogenic in AKI, as genetic deletion of GRPR was able to protect mice from cisplatin- and ischemia-induced AKI. This was further confirmed by specifically deleting the GRPR gene from TECs in GRPRFlox/Flox//KspCre mice. Mechanistically, we uncovered that GRPR was able to interact with Toll-like receptor 4 to activate STAT1 that bound the promoter of MLKL and CCL2 to induce TEC necroptosis, necroinflammation, and macrophages recruitment. This was further confirmed by overexpressing STAT1 to restore renal injury in GRPRFlox/Flox/KspCre mice. Concurrently, STAT1 induced GRP synthesis to enforce the GRP/GRPR/STAT1 positive feedback loop. Importantly, targeting GRPR by lentivirus-packaged small hairpin RNA or by treatment with a novel GRPR antagonist RH-1402 was able to inhibit cisplatin-induced AKI. In conclusion, GRPR is pathogenic in AKI and mediates AKI via the STAT1-dependent mechanism. Thus, targeting GRPR may be a novel therapeutic strategy for AKI.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 31(2023), 9 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 2734-2754

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Qiu-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xue-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hai-di [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ming-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Shuai-Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Wen-Xian [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jia-Nan [VerfasserIn]
He, Ruo-Bing [VerfasserIn]
Bian, He-Ge [VerfasserIn]
He, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Li [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Sheng-Song [VerfasserIn]
Zang, Hong-Mei [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Jia-Gen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ming-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hai-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Lan, Hui-Yao [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Ri-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Xiao-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute kidney injury
Cisplatin
GRP
GRPR
Inflammation
Journal Article
Necroptosis
Q20Q21Q62J
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
STAT1

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Date Completed 11.09.2023

Date Revised 17.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.06.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359164404