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ArticleCell death & disease2023

Tubular aryl hydratocarbon receptor upregulates EZH2 to promote cellular senescence in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury.

Li Wen, Qian Ren, Fan Guo, Xiaoyan Du, Hongliu Yang, Ping Fu, Liang Ma

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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Li Wen *Kidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Qian Ren *Kidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Fan GuoKidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7329-5124
Xiaoyan DuDepartment of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Hongliu YangKidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Ping FuKidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. fupinghx@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3061-5925
Liang MaKidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. liang_m@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8327-7969
Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the serious clinical syndromes with high morbidity and mortality. Despite substantial progress in understanding the mechanism of AKI, no effective drug is available for treatment or prevention. In this study, we identified that a ligand-activated transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was abnormally increased in the kidneys of cisplatin-induced AKI mice or tubular epithelial TCMK-1 cells. The AhR inhibition by BAY2416964 and tubular conditional deletion both alleviated cisplatin-induced kidney dysfunction and tubular injury. Notably, inhibition of AhR could improve cellular senescence of injured kidneys, which was indicated by senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity, biomarker p53, p21, p16 expression, and secretory-associated secretory phenotype IL-1β, IL-6 and TNFα level. Mechanistically, the abnormal AhR expression was positively correlated with the increase of a methyltransferase EZH2, and AhR inhibition suppressed the EZH2 expression in cisplatin-injured kidneys. Furthermore, the result of ChIP assay displayed that EZH2 might indirectly interact with AhR promoter region by affecting H3K27me3. The direct recruitment between H3K27me3 and AhR promoter is higher in the kidneys of control than that of cisplatin-treated mice, suggesting EZH2 reversely influenced AhR expression through weakening H3K27me3 transcriptional inhibition on AhR promoter. The present study implicated that AhR and EZH2 have mutual regulation, which further accelerated tubular senescence in cisplatin-induced AKI. Notably, the crucial role of AhR is potential to become a promising target for AKI.

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Acute Kidney InjuryCisplatinEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCellular SenescenceHistonesMiceAhr protein, mouseBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCisplatinEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEzh2 protein, mouseHistonesReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAcute kidney injuryAryl hydrocarbon receptorCellular senescence.Enhancer of zeste homolog 2

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