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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2016

Involvement of Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Dependent Protein Kinase I in Renal Antifibrotic Effects of Serelaxin.

Veronika Wetzl, Elisabeth Schinner, Frieder Kees, Franz Hofmann, Lothar Faerber, Jens Schlossmann

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Veronika WetzlDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany; Novartis Pharma GmbHNuremberg, Germany.
Elisabeth SchinnerDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany.
Frieder KeesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany.
Franz HofmannInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University of Munich Munich, Germany.
Lothar FaerberDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany; Novartis Pharma GmbHNuremberg, Germany.
Jens SchlossmannDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DENovartis (Germany) · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionKidney fibrosis has shown to be ameliorated through the involvement of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and its dependent protein kinase I (cGKI). Serelaxin, the recombinant form of human relaxin-II, increases cGMP levels and has shown beneficial effects on kidney function in acute heart failure patients. Antifibrotic properties of serelaxin are supposed to be mediated via relaxin family peptide receptor 1 and subsequently enhanced nitric oxide/cGMP to inhibit transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling. This study examines the involvement of cGKI in the antifibrotic signaling of serelaxin. METHODS AND

resultsKidney fibrosis was induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction in wildtype (WT) and cGKI knock-out (KO) mice. After 7 days, renal antifibrotic effects of serelaxin were assessed. Serelaxin treatment for 7 days significantly increased cGMP in the kidney of WT and cGKI-KO. In WT, renal fibrosis was reduced through decreased accumulation of collagen1A1, total collagen, and fibronectin. The profibrotic connective tissue growth factor as well as myofibroblast differentiation were reduced and matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 were positively modulated after treatment. Moreover, Smad2 as well as extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) phosphorylation were decreased, whereas phosphodiesterase (PDE) 5a phosphorylation was increased. However, these effects were not observed in cGKI-KO.

conclusionAntifibrotic renal effects of serelaxin are mediated via cGMP/cGKI to inhibit Smad2- and ERK1-dependent TGF-β signaling and increased PDE5a phosphorylation.

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cGMP-dependent protein kinaseinterstitial fibrosiskidneynitric oxideRelaxinserelaxinsignaling

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