ArticlePhysiological reports2021
Klotho retards renal fibrosis through targeting mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence in renal tubular cells.
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- Klotho-Derived Peptide 1 Protects against Acute Kidney Injury by Directly Targeting Mitochondrial ATAD3A.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Extracellular Vesicles as Mediators of Endothelial and Tubular Injury in Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Integrative Approaches to Treating Cellular Senescence in Kidney Disease.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Cellular Senescence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Modulation of PKCα/ETS1 by klotho restores CYB5R4-dependent mitochondrial function in proximal tubular epithelial cells to attenuate the progression of diabetic kidney disease.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2026Article
- Antiaging Properties of the Klotho Protein.Cells · 2026Review
- Bridging gut microbiota and renal health: Klotho as a promising therapeutic agent in DKD.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Emerging therapeutic pipelines on kidney fibrosis: challenges in translational research.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- From a Shared Stress to Cell-Type-Specific Responses: The Heterogeneous Mechanisms of High Glucose-Induced Cellular Senescence in Diabetic Kidney Disease.Journal of diabetes research · 2026Review
- Single-section multiplex spatial proteomics of immune microenvironments in kidney transplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Mitochondrial dysfunction in cellular senescence: a bridge to neurodegenerative disease.npj aging · 2025Review
- Transfer of Aging: Implications for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation.Pediatric transplantation · 2025Review
- Regulation of Klotho Production by Mineralocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Renal Cell Lines.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Research dynamics and drug treatment of renal fibrosis from a mitochondrial perspective: a historical text data analysis based on bibliometrics.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Understanding and targeting senescence in kidney disease.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Review
- The context-dependent effect of cellular senescence: From embryogenesis and wound healing to aging.Ageing research reviews · 2025Review
- Klotho Suppresses Indoxyl Sulfate-Mediated Apoptosis in Human Kidney Proximal Tubular (HK-2) Cells through Modulating the AKT/Nrf2 Mechanism.ACS omega · 2025Article
- The Role of Klotho in Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases: Mechanisms and Research Progress.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Update of cellular senescence in kidney fibrosis: from mechanism to potential interventions.Frontiers of medicine · 2025Review
- Klotho alleviates oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction through the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway, thereby reducing renal senescence induced by calcium oxalate crystals.Urolithiasis · 2025Article
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Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a high prevalence worldwide and is an intricate issue to whole medical society. Renal fibrosis is the common pathological feature for various kinds of CKD. As an anti-aging protein, Klotho is predominantly expressed in renal tubular epithelial cells. Reports show Klotho could retard age-related renal fibrosis. Mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in cellular senescence. However, the role of Klotho in mitochondrial dysfunction in CKD has not yet been determined. In this study, we treated unilateral ischemia-reperfusion (UIRI) mice and cultured human renal tubular epithelial cells (HKC-8) with Klotho. We assessed renal fibrosis, cellular senescence, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling. We also focused on mitochondrial function assessment. In UIRI mice, ectopic expression of Klotho greatly retarded fibrotic lesions and the activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Interestingly, Klotho significantly preserved mitochondrial mass, inhibited mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and restored the expression of mitochondrial respiration chain complex subunits. Consequently, Klotho restrained cellular senescence. In HKC-8 cells, Klotho significantly inhibited Wnt1- and Wnt9a-induced mitochondrial injury, cellular senescence, and fibrotic lesions. These results suggest Klotho has a protective role in renal function through targeted protection on mitochondria. This further broads the understanding of the beneficial efficacies of Klotho in CKD.
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