SMAD公司
基因敲除
上皮-间质转换
转化生长因子
肾
细胞生物学
癌症研究
下调和上调
转录因子
辅活化剂
纤维化
化学
肾脏疾病
内科学
医学
生物
细胞培养
内分泌学
生物化学
基因
遗传学
作者
Rui Yu,Yan Wu,Ping He,Yu Bai,Yongzhe Zhang,Xiaohui Bian,Guangping Sun,Beiru Zhang
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.labinv.2022.100016
摘要
Renal fibrosis is the major pathologic manifestation of chronic kidney disease (CKD). LIM and cysteine-rich domains 1 (LMCD1) is upregulated in the kidney tissue from patients with CKD and the transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1)-treated human renal tubular epithelial cell line human kidney 2 (HK-2) (Gene Expression Omnibus: GSE66494 and GSE23338). Previously, we have demonstrated that the knockdown of LMCD1 ameliorated renal fibrosis in mice by blocking the activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway. In this study, we sought to further investigate whether LMCD1 affects TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of kidney tubular epithelial cells and its potential role in the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway. First, we confirmed that LMCD1 expression was increased in the fibrotic kidneys of patients with CKD compared with that in normal kidneys and that LMCD1 was predominantly localized in the renal tubules. LMCD1 and mesenchymal markers were upregulated in obstructed kidney tissues of mice at 21 days after unilateral ureteral obstruction surgery compared with the tissues in sham mice. Next, we demonstrated that TGF-β1 significantly increased LMCD1 expression through Smad-mediated transcription in HK-2 cells in vitro. In turn, LMCD1 acted as a transcriptional coactivator of E2F transcription factor 1 to promote the transcription of TGF-β1. Moreover, TGF-β1 increased the interaction between LMCD1 and Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 2 (Smurf2) and accelerated Smurf2-mediated LMCD1 degradation via the ubiquitination system. The knockdown of LMCD1 inhibited TGF-β1-induced EMT in both HK-2 cells and unilateral ureteral obstruction mice. Our results indicate a positive feedback loop between TGF-β1 and LMCD1 for EMT induction in HK-2 cells and that Smurf2 acts as a negative regulator in this process by accelerating LMCD1 degradation.
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