Cross regulation between the molecular clock and kidney inflammatory, metabolic and fibrotic responses

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Rey-Serra Carlos,Tituaña Jessica,Lin Terry,Herrero J. Ignacio,Miguel Verónica,Barbas Coral,Meseguer Anna,Ramos Ricardo,Firsov Dmitri,Chaix Amandine,Panda Satchidananda,Lamas SantiagoORCID

Abstract

AbstractChronic kidney disease is a highly prevalent condition that remains a major clinical and biomedical challenge. Tubulo-interstitial fibrosis is the common pathological substrate for many causes that lead to chronic kidney disease. It is characterized by profound derangements in metabolic and inflammatory responses, whereby functional tissue is replaced with extracellular matrix, leading to the suppression of renal function. Perturbations in the circadian rhythm have been associated with many human pathologies, including renal disease. However, the role of the molecular clock in the instauration of fibrosis remains incompletely understood. We investigated the relationship between the molecular clock and renal damage in experimental models of injury and fibrosis (UUO, FAN and adenine toxicity), employing genetically-modified mice with selective deficiencies of the clock components Bmal1, Clock and Cry. We found that UUO induced a marked increase in the expression of Bmal1. In human tubular epithelial cells, the pro-fibrotic mediator, TGF-β, significantly altered the expression of core clock components. We further observed that the absence of Cry drastically aggravated kidney fibrosis, while both Cry and Clock played a role in the neutrophil and macrophage mediated inflammatory response, respectively. Suppression of Cry1/2 was associated with a major shift in the expression of metabolism-related genes, underscoring the importance of metabolic dysfunction in fibrosis. These results support a reciprocal interaction between the circadian clock and the response to kidney injury.Translational statementChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a highly prevalent clinical syndrome that still poses major clinical challenges. Kidney fibrosis underlies many cases of CKD and therapies against it are of very limited efficacy. Alterations in circadian rhythms (CR) are relevant in patients with CKD, but very little is known about the relationship between CKD and CR. Our study shows that disruption of the molecular clock can impact kidney inflammation and fibrosis and that, reciprocally, kidney fibrosis can alter the expression of clock components. A better understanding of this crosstalk could open new therapeutic avenues for the prevention and treatment of CR-related CKD.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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