Targeting ferroptosis attenuates podocytes injury and delays tubulointerstitial fibrosis in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic form of cell death, involved in chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI), so far, the role of ferroptosis in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) remains largely unknown. We aimed to investigate the role of ferroptosis in FSGS, in this study, we found the reduced expression of GPX4 in podocytes, as well as tubular epithelial cells (TECs), from patients with FSGS. Treatment with ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1), a potent and selective ferroptosis inhibitor, significantly reduced proteinuria, prevented glomerulosclerosis, attenuated podocyte injury in ADR-induced FSGS murine model. As expected, ADR treatment caused downregulation of GPX4 in human podocytes, treatment with Fer-1 greatly blocked the downregulation of GPX4, restored the GSH level and attenuated cell death. Furthermore, Fer-1 treatment greatly delayed the development of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in ADR-induced FSGS murine model. Taken together, ferroptosis is involved in the pathogenesis of FSGS, targeting ferroptosis is a promising therapeutic option for patients with FSGS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:678

Enthalten in:

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 678(2023) vom: 20. Okt., Seite 11-16

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lingling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Meiqiu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ren [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Daxi [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Chunlin [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Zhengkun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

FSGS
Ferroptosis
Ferrostatin-1
GPX4
Journal Article
Podocyte injury
Proteinuria
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 18.09.2023

Date Revised 21.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.08.029

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NLM361025823