Abstract
The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) target pathway plays pivotal renoprotective roles after acute kidney injury. Syndecan-1 (SDC-1) serves as the coreceptor for HGF. Shedding of SDC-1 is involved in various pathological processes. Thus, we hypothesized that ischemia/reperfusion injury induced SDC-1 shedding, and inhibiting SDC-1 shedding would protect against kidney injury by potentiating activation of the HGF receptor mesenchymal epithelial transition factor (c-Met). Expression of SDC-1 and its sheddases were observed in kidneys of sham and ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) mice. To inhibit SDC-1 shedding, mice were injected with the sheddase inhibitor GM6001 before I/R surgery, and then, renal inflammation, tubular apoptosis, and activation of the c-Met/AKT/glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) pathway were analyzed. In vitro, human proximal tubular cell lines were pretreated with GM6001 under hypoxia/reperfusion conditions. The apoptosis and viability of cells and expression of c-Met/AKT/GSK-3β pathway components were evaluated. The relationship was further confirmed by treatment with SU11274, a specific inhibitor of phospho-c-Met. Shedding of SDC-1 was induced after ischemia/reperfusion injury both in vivo and in vitro. GM6001 pretreatment suppressed SDC-1 shedding, alleviated renal inflammation and tubular apoptosis, and upregulated phosphorylation of the c-Met/AKT/GSK-3β pathway. In vitro, pretreatment with GM6001 also decreased hypoxia/reperfusion-induced cell apoptosis and promoted activation of the c-Met pathway. In addition, the cytoprotective role of GM6001 was attenuated by suppressing c-Met phosphorylation with SU11274. Our findings suggest that inhibiting I/R-induced SDC-1 shedding protected against ischemic acute kidney injury by potentiating the c-Met/AKT/GSK-3β pathway.
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