TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracellular signal–regulated kinase 1/2 regulates mouse kidney injury molecule-1 expression physiologically and following ischemic and septic renal injury
AU - Collier, Justin B.
AU - Schnellmann, Rick G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences [Grant R01GM084147] award to R.G.S.; the Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [Grant BX000851] awarded to R.G.S.; and the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship through the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [Grant F31DK105782] awarded to J.B.C. 1Current affiliation: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.117.244152.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - The upregulation of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) has been extensively studied in various renal diseases and following acute injury; however, the initial mechanisms controlling KIM-1 expression remain limited. In this study, KIM-1 expression was examined in mouse renal cell cultures and in two different models of acute kidney injury (AKI), ischemia reperfusion (IR)–induced and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced sepsis. KIM-1 mRNA increased in both AKI models, and pharmacological inhibition of extracellular signal–regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) signaling attenuated injury-induced KIM-1 expression in the renal cortex. Toll-like receptor 4 knockout (TLR4KO) mice exhibited reduced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and attenuated KIM-1 mRNA after LPS exposure. TLR4KO mice were not protected from IR-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and upregulation of KIM-1 mRNA. Following renal IR injury, phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) at serine 727 and tyrosine 705 increased downstream from ERK1/2 activation. Because phosphorylated STAT3 is a transcriptional upregulator of KIM-1 and inhibition of ERK1/2 attenuated increases in STAT3 phosphorylation, we suggest an ERK1/2-STAT3-KIM-1 pathway following renal injury. Finally, ERK1/2 inhibition in naive mice decreased KIM-1 mRNA and nuclear STAT3 phosphorylation in the cortex, indicating homeostatic regulation of KIM-1. These findings reveal renal ERK1/2 as an important initial regulator of KIM-1 expression in IR and septic AKI and at a physiologic level. Visual Abstract.Proposed mechanism of IR, LPS, and ROS-induced renal damage that initiates ERK1/2 and STAT3 phosphorylation. STAT3 then binds to the KIM-1 promoter and increases KIM-1 mRNA. By preventing ERK1/2 phosphorylation following renal injury, STAT3 phosphorylation is decreased, leading to less phosphorylated STAT3 within the nucleus, and subsequently less KIM-1 mRNA increases post injury.
AB - The upregulation of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) has been extensively studied in various renal diseases and following acute injury; however, the initial mechanisms controlling KIM-1 expression remain limited. In this study, KIM-1 expression was examined in mouse renal cell cultures and in two different models of acute kidney injury (AKI), ischemia reperfusion (IR)–induced and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced sepsis. KIM-1 mRNA increased in both AKI models, and pharmacological inhibition of extracellular signal–regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) signaling attenuated injury-induced KIM-1 expression in the renal cortex. Toll-like receptor 4 knockout (TLR4KO) mice exhibited reduced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and attenuated KIM-1 mRNA after LPS exposure. TLR4KO mice were not protected from IR-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and upregulation of KIM-1 mRNA. Following renal IR injury, phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) at serine 727 and tyrosine 705 increased downstream from ERK1/2 activation. Because phosphorylated STAT3 is a transcriptional upregulator of KIM-1 and inhibition of ERK1/2 attenuated increases in STAT3 phosphorylation, we suggest an ERK1/2-STAT3-KIM-1 pathway following renal injury. Finally, ERK1/2 inhibition in naive mice decreased KIM-1 mRNA and nuclear STAT3 phosphorylation in the cortex, indicating homeostatic regulation of KIM-1. These findings reveal renal ERK1/2 as an important initial regulator of KIM-1 expression in IR and septic AKI and at a physiologic level. Visual Abstract.Proposed mechanism of IR, LPS, and ROS-induced renal damage that initiates ERK1/2 and STAT3 phosphorylation. STAT3 then binds to the KIM-1 promoter and increases KIM-1 mRNA. By preventing ERK1/2 phosphorylation following renal injury, STAT3 phosphorylation is decreased, leading to less phosphorylated STAT3 within the nucleus, and subsequently less KIM-1 mRNA increases post injury.
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U2 - 10.1124/jpet.117.244152
DO - 10.1124/jpet.117.244152
M3 - Article
C2 - 29074644
AN - SCOPUS:85034792210
SN - 0022-3565
VL - 363
SP - 419
EP - 427
JO - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
JF - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
IS - 3
ER -