Author:
Kimura Kuniko,Iwano Masayuki,Higgins Debra F.,Yamaguchi Yukinari,Nakatani Kimihiko,Harada Koji,Kubo Atsushi,Akai Yasuhiro,Rankin Erinn B.,Neilson Eric G.,Haase Volker H.,Saito Yoshihiko
Abstract
Chronic hypoxia accelerates renal fibrosis. The chief mediator of the hypoxic response is hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and its oxygen-sensitive component HIF-1α. HIF-1 regulates a wide variety of genes, some of which are closely associated with tissue fibrosis. To determine the specific role of HIF-1 in renal fibrosis, we generated a knockout mouse in which tubular epithelial expression of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL), which acts as a ubiquitin ligase to promote proteolysis of HIF-1α, was targeted. We investigated the effect of VHL deletion (i.e., stable expression of HIF-1α) histologically and used the anti-HIF-1α agent [3-(5′-hydroxymethyl-2′-furyl)-1-benzyl indazole] (YC-1) to test whether inhibition of HIF-1α could represent a novel approach to treating renal fibrosis. The area of renal fibrosis was significantly increased in a 5/6 renal ablation model of VHL−/−mice and in all VHL−/−mice at least 60 wk of age. Injection of YC-1 inhibited the progression of renal fibrosis in unilateral ureteral obstruction model mice. In conclusion, HIF-1α appears to be a critical contributor to the progression of renal fibrosis and could be a useful target for its treatment.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
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