Delayed Contralateral Nephrectomy Halted Post-Ischemic Renal Fibrosis Progression and Inhibited the Ischemia-Induced Fibromir Upregulation in Mice
Open Access
- 14 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Biomedicines
- Vol. 9 (7), 815
- https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9070815
Abstract
(1) Background: Ischemia reperfusion (IR) is the leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) and results in predisposition to chronic kidney disease. We demonstrated that delayed contralateral nephrectomy (Nx) greatly improved the function of the IR-injured kidney and decelerated fibrosis progression. Our aim was to identify microRNAs (miRNA/miR) involved in this process. (2) Methods: NMRI mice were subjected to 30 min of renal IR and one week later to Nx/sham surgery. The experiments were conducted for 7–28 days after IR. On day 8, multiplex renal miRNA profiling was performed. Expression of nine miRNAs was determined with qPCR at all time points. Based on the target prediction, plexin-A2 and Cd2AP were measured by Western blot. (3) Results: On day 8 after IR, the expression of 20/1195 miRNAs doubled, and 9/13 selected miRNAs were upregulated at all time points. Nx reduced the expression of several ischemia-induced pro-fibrotic miRNAs (fibromirs), such as miR-142a-duplex, miR-146a-5p, miR-199a-duplex, miR-214-3p and miR-223-3p, in the injured kidneys at various time points. Plexin-A2 was upregulated by IR on day 10, while Cd2AP was unchanged. (4) Conclusion: Nx delayed fibrosis progression and decreased the expression of ischemia-induced fibromirs. The protein expression of plexin-A2 and Cd2AP is mainly regulated by factors other than miRNAs.Funding Information
- Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA SNN-114619, ANN-110810, NVKP_16-1-2016-0042, EFOP-3.6.3-VEKOP-16-2017-00009, NVKP-16-1-2016-0017 National Heart Program, TKP/ITM/NKFIH Research Excellence Programme, 739593, OTKA FK-134751)
- University of Pecs (Kispál Gyula startup grant (300021))
- Semmelweis University (Therapeutic Development thematic programme)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (János Bolyai Research Scholarship)
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