Abstract：
:Renal proximal tubular epithelial cells are significantly damaged during acute kidney injury. Renal proximal tubular cell-specific autophagy-deficient mice show increased sensitivity against renal injury, while showing few pathological defects under normal fed conditions. Considering that autophagy protects the proximal tubular cells from acute renal injury, it is reasonable to assume that autophagy contributes to the maintenance of renal tubular cells under normal fed conditions. To clarify this possibility, we generated a knock out mouse model which lacks Atg7, a key autophagosome forming enzyme, in renal proximal tubular cells (Atg7flox/flox;KAP-Cre+). Analysis of renal tissue from two months old Atg7flox/flox;KAP-Cre+ mouse revealed an accumulation of LC3, binding protein p62/sequestosome 1 (a selective substrate for autophagy), and more interestingly, Kim-1, a biomarker for early kidney injury, in the renal proximal tubular cells under normal fed conditions. TUNEL (TdT-mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling)-positive cells were also detected in the autophagy-deficient renal tubular cells. Analysis of renal tissue from Atg7flox/flox;KAP-Cre+ mice at different age points showed that tubular cells positive for p62 and Kim-1 continually increase in number in an age-dependent manner. Ultrastructural analysis of tubular cells from Atg7flox/flox;KAP-Cre+ revealed the presence of intracellular inclusions and abnormal structures. These results indicated that autophagy-deficiency in the renal proximal epithelial tubular cells leads to an increase in injured cells in the kidney even under normal fed conditions.
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Int J Mol Scijournal_title
International journal of molecular sciencesauthors
Suzuki C,Tanida I,Oliva Trejo JA,Kakuta S,Uchiyama Ydoi
10.3390/ijms21010155subject
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2019-12-25 00:00:00issue
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1422-0067pii
ijms21010155journal_volume
21pub_type
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