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ArticleScientific reports2024

Xanthine oxidoreductase inhibition ameliorates high glucose-induced glomerular endothelial injury by activating AMPK through the purine salvage pathway.

Keum-Jin Yang, Hwajin Park, Yoon-Kyung Chang, Cheol Whee Park, Suk Young Kim, Yu Ah Hong

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Keum-Jin YangClinical Research Institute, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Hwajin ParkDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yoon-Kyung ChangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Cheol Whee ParkDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Suk Young KimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yu Ah HongDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. amorfati00@gmail.com.

Funding

Catholic Medical Center Research Foundation the program year of 2018Clinical Research Institute of Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital CMCDJ-P-2022-020National Research Foundation of Korea 2018R1C1B5045006, 2021R1C1C1012208
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) contributes to reactive oxygen species production. We investigated the cytoprotective mechanisms of XOR inhibition against high glucose (HG)-induced glomerular endothelial injury, which involves activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Human glomerular endothelial cells (GECs) exposed to HG were subjected to febuxostat treatment for 48 h and the expressions of AMPK and its associated signaling pathways were evaluated. HG-treated GECs were increased xanthine oxidase/xanthine dehydrogenase levels and decreased intracellular AMP/ATP ratio, and these effects were reversed by febuxostat treatment. Febuxostat enhanced the phosphorylation of AMPK, the activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma coactivator (PGC)-1α and PPAR-α and suppressed the phosphorylation of forkhead box O (FoxO)3a in HG-treated GECs. Febuxostat also decreased nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (Nox)1, Nox2, and Nox4 expressions; enhanced superoxide dismutase activity; and decreased malondialdehyde levels in HG-treated GECs. The knockdown of AMPK inhibited PGC-1α-FoxO3a signaling and negated the antioxidant effects of febuxostat in HG-treated GECs. Despite febuxostat administration, the knockdown of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase 1 (HPRT1) also inhibited AMPK-PGC-1α-FoxO3a in HG-treated GECs. XOR inhibition alleviates oxidative stress by activating AMPK-PGC-1α-FoxO3a signaling through the HPRT1-dependent purine salvage pathway in GECs exposed to HG conditions.

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Acute Kidney InjuryAMP-Activated Protein KinasesEndothelial CellsGlucosePurinesXanthine DehydrogenaseFebuxostatHumansKidney GlomerulusOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionAMP-Activated Protein KinasesFebuxostatGlucosePurinesReactive Oxygen SpeciesXanthine DehydrogenaseAMPKHigh glucoseOxidative stressPurine salvage pathwayXanthine oxidoreductase

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PMID38750091
PMCPMC11096301

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