ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2018
SGK1 induces vascular smooth muscle cell calcification through NF-κB signaling.
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- High-Salt Diet Exacerbates Murine Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-like Dermatitis via Activation of Serum- and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 1.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 regulates vascular inflammation in atherosclerosis.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Article
- Inverse Association between T50 Calciprotein Crystallization (Serum Calcification Propensity) and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Health Examinees with a Reduced Kidney Function.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2026Article
- HSP90AA1 Facilitates Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease Involving Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Apolipoprotein C3 exacerbates vascular calcification by promoting ferroptosis via the TLR2/AMPK pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells.Redox biology · 2026Article
- Considerations in the Use of Mouse Models of Vascular and Valvular Calcification.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026Review
- Role and mechanism of G9A-BMP2 in calcification-induced formation of unstable plaque.Atherosclerosis plus · 2026Article
- Role of Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinases in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Calcification.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Mechanism of ultrasound-guided renal parenchymal injection of MSCs for the treatment of chronic kidney disease: down-regulated SGK1 promotes M2 macrophage polarization.European journal of medical research · 2026Article
- TGFβ signaling regulates the response of the skeleton to phosphate.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Inhibition of long interspersed nuclear element-1 by nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors attenuates vascular calcification.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Article
- Phosphate in Physiological and Pathological Mineralization: Important yet Often Unheeded.MedComm · 2025Review
- Sphingosine kinase 1 inhibition aggravates vascular smooth muscle cell calcification.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2025Article
- Decoding the role of glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 in Alzheimer's disease: a promising path toward novel therapeutic strategies.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Review
- Fisetin ameliorates vascular smooth muscle cell calcification via DUSP1-dependent p38 MAPK inhibition.Aging · 2025Article
- TRIB3 mediates vascular calcification by facilitating self-ubiquitination and dissociation of Smurf1 in chronic kidney disease.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Article
- Histone deacetylase 9 promotes osteogenic trans-differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells via ferroptosis in chronic kidney disease vascular calcification.Renal failure · 2024Article
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Abstract
Medial vascular calcification, associated with enhanced mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD), is fostered by osteo-/chondrogenic transdifferentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Here, we describe that serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 (SGK1) was upregulated in VSMCs under calcifying conditions. In primary human aortic VSMCs, overexpression of constitutively active SGK1S422D, but not inactive SGK1K127N, upregulated osteo-/chondrogenic marker expression and activity, effects pointing to increased osteo-/chondrogenic transdifferentiation. SGK1S422D induced nuclear translocation and increased transcriptional activity of NF-κB. Silencing or pharmacological inhibition of IKK abrogated the osteoinductive effects of SGK1S422D. Genetic deficiency, silencing, and pharmacological inhibition of SGK1 dissipated phosphate-induced calcification and osteo-/chondrogenic transdifferentiation of VSMCs. Aortic calcification, stiffness, and osteo-/chondrogenic transdifferentiation in mice following cholecalciferol overload were strongly reduced by genetic knockout or pharmacological inhibition of Sgk1 by EMD638683. Similarly, Sgk1 deficiency blunted vascular calcification in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice after subtotal nephrectomy. Treatment of human aortic smooth muscle cells with serum from uremic patients induced osteo-/chondrogenic transdifferentiation, effects ameliorated by EMD638683. These observations identified SGK1 as a key regulator of vascular calcification. SGK1 promoted vascular calcification, at least partly, via NF-κB activation. Inhibition of SGK1 may, thus, reduce the burden of vascular calcification in CKD.
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