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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology2025

Inhibition of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase protects from experimental acute kidney injury.

Afaf Saliba, Yidong Chen, Jonathan W Nelson, Abhinav Vetcha, Wei Wei Wang, Li Kang, Nagarjunachary Ragi, Soumya Maity, Hamid Rabb, W Brian Reeves and 1 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Afaf SalibaCenter for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2576-4069
Yidong ChenDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Jonathan W NelsonDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1456-9399
Abhinav VetchaCenter for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Wei Wei WangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Li KangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Nagarjunachary RagiCenter for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2009-525X
Soumya MaityCenter for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Hamid RabbDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4761-1103
W Brian ReevesDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5191-5866
Kumar SharmaCenter for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7550-8525

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Lei Zheng · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
PATHOBIOLOGY OF OCCLUSIVE VASCULAR DISEASET32HL007446 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Jean Chrisostome Bopassa · 1985 to 2026
$8.9M
Spatial Multi-Omics to Profile Metabolic Pathways for Kidney DiseaseU01DK114920 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Christopher R Anderton, Kumar Sharma · 2022 to 2026
$3.9M
NRSA Training Core (TL1)TL1TR002647 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CHUN, YONG-HEE PATRICIA, FREI, CHRISTOPHER R. · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Sequencing SystemS10OD030311 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI LAI, ZHAO · 2021 to 2021
$600k
BLRD VA I01 BX001340DOD | MHS | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) PR181598HHS | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) TL1-TR002647HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) T32-HL007446HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) UO1DK114920NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR002647NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007446NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK114920NIH HHS S10 OD030311U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) I01BX001340
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) is a key enzyme in purine metabolism that may influence cellular responses to injury. We evaluated the effects of prophylactic MTAP inhibition in mouse models of ischemia-reperfusion and cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). MTAP inhibition was confirmed by the accumulation of methylthioadenosine. Treated mice showed reduced renal injury and decreased tubular damage. Transcriptomic analysis revealed protection from inflammatory and stress pathways while maintaining oxidative phosphorylation, fatty acid metabolism, and epithelial integrity-related genes. Analysis of human single-cell RNA sequencing data from the Kidney Precision Medicine Project indicated that MTAP is highly expressed in kidney injury marker-positive adaptive proximal tubule cells, which display both reparative and maladaptive features during AKI. These findings highlight MTAP as a potential therapeutic target for modulating injury responses in AKI.

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Acute Kidney InjuryEnzyme InhibitorsKidney Tubules, ProximalPurine-Nucleoside PhosphorylaseReperfusion InjuryAnimalsCisplatinDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BL5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylaseCisplatinEnzyme InhibitorsPurine-Nucleoside Phosphorylaseacute kidney injuryexperimental acute kidney injurymethylthioadenosine phosphorylaseprophylactic treatmentproximal tubules

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PMID40602784
PMCPMC12501988

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