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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2024

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate accumulation leads to podocyte pyroptosis in diabetic kidney disease.

Zongwei Zhang, Hongtu Hu, Qiang Luo, Keju Yang, Zhengping Zou, Ming Shi, Wei Liang

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zongwei ZhangDivision of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Hongtu HuDivision of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Qiang LuoDepartment of Nephrology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China.
Keju YangDivision of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhengping ZouQianjiang Hospital Affiliated to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Qianjiang, China.
Ming ShiDivision of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wei LiangDivision of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1098-5662
Wuhan University · CNCentral Hospital of Wuhan · CNYangtze University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81970631Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2022BCE048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) can lead to accumulation of glucose upstream metabolites due to dysfunctional glycolysis. But the effects of accumulated glycolysis metabolites on podocytes in DKD remain unknown. The present study examined the effect of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) on high glucose induced podocyte pyroptosis. By metabolomics, levels of DHAP, GAP, glucose-6-phosphate and fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate were significantly increased in glomeruli of db/db mice. Furthermore, the expression of LDHA and PKM2 were decreased. mRNA sequencing showed upregulation of pyroptosis-related genes (Nlrp3, Casp1, etc.). Targeted metabolomics demonstrated higher level of DHAP in HG-treated podocytes. In vitro, ALDOB expression in HG-treated podocytes was significantly increased. siALDOB-transfected podocytes showed less DHAP level, mTORC1 activation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and pyroptosis, while overexpression of ALDOB had opposite effects. Furthermore, GAP had no effect on mTORC1 activation, and mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin alleviated ROS production and pyroptosis in HG-stimulated podocytes. Our findings demonstrate that DHAP represents a critical metabolic product for pyroptosis in HG-stimulated podocytes through regulation of mTORC1 pathway. In addition, the results provide evidence that podocyte injury in DKD may be treated by reducing DHAP.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic NephropathiesPodocytesAnimalsDihydroxyacetone PhosphateGlucoseMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MicePyroptosisReactive Oxygen SpeciesDihydroxyacetone PhosphateGlucoseMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Reactive Oxygen SpeciesALDOBDHAPdiabetic kidney diseaseglycolysismTORC1podocytepyroptosis

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PMID38063077
PMCPMC10844688
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