Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Proteostasis in Kidney Disease and Fibrosis

Chen, Jia-Huang; Wu, Chia-Hsien; Chiang, Chih‐Kang

doi:10.3390/ijms22168674

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“…To test whether pharmacological interventions discovered during KSI can be transferred to NMP, we investigated drugs proposed to work against ER stress ( Gao et al, 2013 ; Chen et al, 2021 ; Xu et al, 2021 ): Salubrinal, Isoproterenol, Roflumilast, UDCA and β-Nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide. Surprisingly, salubrinal, isoproterenol, roflumilast, and UDCA did not show significant improvements in KSI ( Figure 3A ) ( Supplementary Table S1 ).…”

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A high-throughput drug discovery pipeline to optimize kidney normothermic machine perfusion

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Kidney transplantation is the only definitive therapy for end-stage kidney disease. The shortage of organs for transplantation is the main limitation of this life-saving treatment. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is a novel preservation technique with the potential to increase the number of transplantable kidneys through reducing delayed graft function and organ evaluation under physiological conditions. To date, the cellular effects and possible pharmacological interventions during machine perfusion are incompletely understood. A major limitation is the technically complex, time-consuming, and small-scale replication of NMP in rodent models. To overcome this, we developed a 3D-printed, high throughput ex-vivo mouse kidney slice incubator (KSI) mimicking mouse kidney NMP by working under closely resembling conditions. KSI significantly reduced the time per experiment and increased the sample throughput (theoretical: 54 incubations with n = 500/day). The model recapitulated the cellular responses during NMP, namely increased endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress). Using KSI, five pharmacological interventions against ER stress taken from the literature were tested. While four were ineffective and excluded, one, β-Nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide (NADH), ameliorated ER stress significantly during KSI. The test of NADH in mouse kidney NMP replicated the positive effects against ER stress. This suggests that testing the addition of NADH during clinical kidney NMP might be warranted.

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“…OTA treatment also induced p-eIF2α-mediated translational shut-down without CHOP activation (Figure 5). One of our recent works systemically reviewed the therapeutic approaches targeting proteostasis in kidney disease and fibrosis [32]. Therefore, several points deserve discussion with the aim of finding potential interventions in ER-mediated kidney injury under OTA exposure.…”

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Selective Activation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by Reactive-Oxygen-Species-Mediated Ochratoxin A-Induced Apoptosis in Tubular Epithelial Cells

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Ochratoxin A (OTA), one of the major food-borne mycotoxins, impacts the health of humans and livestock by contaminating food and feed. However, the underlying mechanism of OTA nephrotoxicity remains unknown. This study demonstrated that OTA induced apoptosis through selective endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activation in human renal proximal tubular cells (HK-2). OTA increased ER-stress-related JNK and precursor caspase-4 cleavage apoptotic pathways. Further study revealed that OTA increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) could reduce OTA-induced JNK-related apoptosis and ROS levels in HK-2 cells. Our results demonstrate that OTA induced ER stress-related apoptosis through an ROS-mediated pathway. This study provides new evidence to clarify the mechanism of OTA-induced nephrotoxicity.

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“…Although ER stress-mediated apoptosis that occurs after inflammation has been investigated in the brain, heart, and kidney tissues [ 8 , 15 , 16 ], its role in the cornea has not been studied. PubMed and Google Scholar were searched between January and May 2019.…”

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Salubrinal Ameliorates Inflammation and Neovascularization via the Caspase 3/Enos Signaling in an Alkaline-Induced Rat Corneal Neovascularization Model

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Background and Objectives: Ocular alkaline burn is a clinical emergency that can cause permanent vision loss due to limbal stem cell deficiency and corneal neovascularization (CNV). Although the basic pathogenetic mechanisms are considered to be acute oxidative stress and corneal neovascularization triggered by inflammation, the underlying intracellular mechanisms have not been clearly elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress on inflammation and neovascularization, and the effect of the ER stress inhibitor salubrinal (SLB), as a novel treatment in a corneal alkaline burn model in rats. Methods: Chemical burns were created by cautery for 4 s using a rod coated with 75% silver nitrate and 25% potassium nitrate in the corneal center for the corneal neovascularization (CNV) model. Twenty-eight Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups: SHAM, CNV, CNV + SLB, and CNV + bevacizumab (BVC). After the CNV model was applied to the right eye, a single subconjunctival dose (0.05 mL) of 1 mg/kg salubrinal was injected into both eyes in the CNV + SLB group. A total of 1.25 mg/mL of subconjunctival BVC was administered to the CNV + BVC group. Fourteen days after experimental modeling and drug administration, half of the globes were placed in liquid nitrogen and stored at −20 °C until biochemical analysis. The remaining tissues were collected and fixed in 10% buffered formalin for histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis. Three qualitative agents from three different pathways were chosen: TNFR for inflammation, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (e-NOS) for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated vascular permeability, and caspase-3 for cellular apoptosis. Results: Significantly lower caspase-3 and eNOS levels were detected in the CNV + SLB and CNV + BVC groups than in the CNV group. Additionally, histopathological evaluation revealed a significant decrease in neovascularization, inflammatory cell infiltration, and fibroblast activity in the CNV + SLB and CNV + BVC groups. The endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitor, salubrinal, administered to the treatment group, attenuated apoptosis (caspase-3) and inflammation (e-NOS). In the control group (left eyes of the SLB group), salubrinal did not have a toxic effect on the healthy corneas. Conclusion: The ER stress pathway plays an important role in angiogenesis after alkaline corneal burns, and treatment with SLB modulates this pathway, reducing caspase-3 and eNOS levels. Further studies are needed to understand the molecular mechanisms altered by SLB-mediated therapy. The fact that more than one mechanism plays a role in the pathogenesis of CNV may require the use of more than one molecule in treatment. SLB has the potential to affect multiple steps in CNV pathogenesis, both in terms of reducing ER stress and regulating cellular homeostasis by inhibiting the core event of integrated stress response (ISR). Therefore, it can be used as a new treatment option and as a strengthening agent for existing treatments. Although blockade of intracellular organelle stress pathways has shown promising results in experimental studies, more in-depth research is needed before it can be used in routine practice. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to report the role of ER stress in corneal injury.

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Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Proteostasis in Kidney Disease and Fibrosis

Cited by 18 publications

References 144 publications

A high-throughput drug discovery pipeline to optimize kidney normothermic machine perfusion

A high-throughput drug discovery pipeline to optimize kidney normothermic machine perfusion

Selective Activation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by Reactive-Oxygen-Species-Mediated Ochratoxin A-Induced Apoptosis in Tubular Epithelial Cells

Salubrinal Ameliorates Inflammation and Neovascularization via the Caspase 3/Enos Signaling in an Alkaline-Induced Rat Corneal Neovascularization Model

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