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EGFR drives the progression of AKI to CKD through HIPK2 overexpression

Luyang Xu1,2,3*, Xiaozhou Li1,2*, Fei Zhang1,2,3, Lidong Wu3, Zheng Dong4,5, Dongshan Zhang1,2✉

1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
2. Emergency Medicine and Difficult Diseases Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
3. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, People's Republic of China.
4. Department of Nephrology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
5. Department of cellular Biology and anatomy, Medical college of Georgia at Georgia Regents University and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA
* Co-first authors in this study

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Xu L, Li X, Zhang F, Wu L, Dong Z, Zhang D. EGFR drives the progression of AKI to CKD through HIPK2 overexpression. Theranostics 2019; 9(9):2712-2726. doi:10.7150/thno.31424. https://www.thno.org/v09p2712.htm
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The molecular mechanism underlying the transition of acute kidney injury (AKI) to chronic kidney disease (CKD) induced by vancomycin (VAN) remains largely unknown.

Methods: The mice model of VAN drives AKI to CKD was developed to investigate the role and molecular mechanism of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The EGF receptor mutant (Wa-2) mice and gefitinib were used to inactivation of EGFR. The homeodomain interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) siRNA was applied to silence of HIPK2. Human proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2) were used to explore the molecular regulation methanism of EGFR. ChIp analysis was used to investigate if STAT3 interaction with the promoter of HIPK2.

Results: A novel VAN-induced AKI mouse model was established for the first time. Moreover, the expression levels collagen I&IV, α-SMA, p-EGFR and the expression of HIPK2 proteins were upregulated in this model. Interestingly, AKI caused by VAN was markedly attenuated in waved-2 mice at the early stage, as evidenced by the suppression of renal dysfunction, renal cell apoptosis and caspase3 activation. In the latter stage, renal fibrosis and inflammation were significantly ameliorated in Wa-2 mice, accompanied by the downregulation of profibrotic molecules and F4/80. Besides, the expression levels of HIPK2 and p-STAT3 were suppressed in Wa-2 mice during VAN-induced transition of AKI to CKD. In addition, renal fibrosis and inflammation, profibrotic molecules, and EGFR/STAT3/HIPK2 signaling were ameliorated by gefitinib treatment after VAN-induced AKI. These results were consistent with the findings of Wa-2 mice. EGFR/STAT3 signaling mediated VAN-induced HIPK2 expression in HK-2 cells. ChIp analysis revealed that STAT3 directly bound to the promoter region of HIPK2. Finally, inhibition of HIPK2 attenuated the VAN drove the progression of AKI to CKD.

Conclusion: These data suggest that EGFR plays an important role in VAN-driven progression of AKI to CKD.

Keywords: VAN, EGFR, fibrosis, STAT3, ERK, HIPK2


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Xu, L., Li, X., Zhang, F., Wu, L., Dong, Z., Zhang, D. (2019). EGFR drives the progression of AKI to CKD through HIPK2 overexpression. Theranostics, 9(9), 2712-2726. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.31424.

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Xu, L.; Li, X.; Zhang, F.; Wu, L.; Dong, Z.; Zhang, D. EGFR drives the progression of AKI to CKD through HIPK2 overexpression. Theranostics 2019, 9 (9), 2712-2726. DOI: 10.7150/thno.31424.

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Xu L, Li X, Zhang F, Wu L, Dong Z, Zhang D. EGFR drives the progression of AKI to CKD through HIPK2 overexpression. Theranostics 2019; 9(9):2712-2726. doi:10.7150/thno.31424. https://www.thno.org/v09p2712.htm

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Xu L, Li X, Zhang F, Wu L, Dong Z, Zhang D. 2019. EGFR drives the progression of AKI to CKD through HIPK2 overexpression. Theranostics. 9(9):2712-2726.

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