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Acute tubular injury causes dysregulation of cellular cholesterol transport proteins.

Abstract
Acute renal injury causes accumulation of free and esterified cholesterol (FC, CE) in proximal tubules, mediated, at least in part, by increased cholesterol synthesis. Normally, this would trigger compensatory mechanisms such as increased efflux and decreased influx to limit or reverse the cholesterol overload state. This study sought to determine the integrity of these compensatory pathways following acute renal damage. Rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure was induced in mice by glycerol injection. Normal mice served as controls. After 18 hours, BUN levels and renal cortical FC/CE content were determined. Expression of ABCA-1 and SR-B1 (cholesterol efflux proteins) were assessed by Western blot. Renal cortical LDL receptor (LDL-R; a cholesterol importer) regulation was gauged by quantifying its mRNA. To obtain proximal tubule cell-specific data, the impact of oxidant (Fe) stress on cultured HK-2 cell LDL-R, SR-B1, and ABCA-1 proteins and their mRNAs (versus controls) was assessed. Glycerol evoked marked azotemia and striking FC/CE increments (44%, 384%, respectively). Paradoxically, renal cortical SR-B1 and ABCA-1 protein reductions and LDL-R mRNA increments resulted. Fe-induced injury suppressed HK-2 cell SR-B1, ABCA-1, and their mRNAs. LDL-R protein rose with the in vitro Fe challenge. Renal tubular cell injury causes dysregulation of SR-B1, ABCA-1, and LDL-R protein expression, changes which should contribute to a cholesterol overload state. Reductions in HK-2 cell SR-B1 and ABCA-1 mRNAs and increases in renal cortical LDL-R mRNA imply that this dysregulation reflects, at least in part, altered genomic/transcriptional events.
AuthorsRichard A Zager, Ali C M Johnson, Sherry Y Hanson, Vallabh O Shah
JournalThe American journal of pathology (Am J Pathol) Vol. 163 Issue 1 Pg. 313-20 (Jul 2003) ISSN: 0002-9440 [Print] United States
PMID12819036 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • CD36 Antigens
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Membrane Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Receptors, LDL
  • Receptors, Lipoprotein
  • Receptors, Scavenger
  • Scarb1 protein, mouse
  • Scavenger Receptors, Class B
  • Cholesterol
  • Iron
  • Glycerol
Topics
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters (genetics, metabolism)
  • Acute Kidney Injury (chemically induced, metabolism, pathology)
  • Animals
  • CD36 Antigens (genetics, metabolism)
  • Cell Line
  • Cholesterol (metabolism)
  • Glycerol (toxicity)
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (metabolism)
  • Iron (metabolism)
  • Kidney Tubules (cytology, metabolism, pathology)
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Mice
  • RNA, Messenger (metabolism)
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Receptors, LDL (genetics, metabolism)
  • Receptors, Lipoprotein
  • Receptors, Scavenger
  • Scavenger Receptors, Class B

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