Affiliation:
1. Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2. Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital Division, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX
Abstract
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 mediates hypoxia- and chronic kidney disease–induced fibrotic events. Here, we assessed whether HIF-1 blockade attenuates the manifestations of diabetic nephropathy in a type 1 diabetic animal model, OVE26. YC-1 [3-(5′-hydroxymethyl-2′-furyl)-1-benzyl indazole], an HIF-1 inhibitor, reduced whole kidney glomerular hypertrophy, mesangial matrix expansion, extracellular matrix accumulation, and urinary albumin excretion as well as NOX4 protein expression and NADPH-dependent reactive oxygen species production, while blood glucose levels remained unchanged. The role of NOX oxidases in HIF-1–mediated extracellular matrix accumulation was explored in vitro using glomerular mesangial cells. Through a series of genetic silencing and adenoviral overexpression studies, we have defined GLUT1 as a critical downstream target of HIF-1α mediating high glucose–induced matrix expression through the NADPH oxidase isoform, NOX4. Together, our data suggest that pharmacological inhibition of HIF-1 may improve clinical manifestations of diabetic nephropathy.
Funder
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Subject
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine
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