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ArticleClinical and experimental nephrology2025

HDAC9-mediated deacetylation of CALML6 promotes excessive proliferation of glomerular mesangial cells in IgA nephropathy.

Xingxing Zhuang, Fei Xiao, Feihu Chen, Shoudong Ni

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Xingxing Zhuang *Department of Pharmacy, Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No. 64 North Chaohu Road, Chaohu, 238000, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Fei Xiao *School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230000, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Feihu ChenSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230000, Anhui, People's Republic of China. cfhchina@qq.com.
Shoudong NiDepartment of Pharmacy, Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No. 64 North Chaohu Road, Chaohu, 238000, Anhui, People's Republic of China. nishoudong@ahmu.edu.cn.

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Anhui Provincial Health Research Project AHWJ2023A30247Key scientific research projects of natural science in colleges and universities in Anhui Province 2022AH050747Youth Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82405141
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purposeThis study seeks to investigate the fundamental molecular processes through which histone deacetylase 9 (HDAC9) governs the proliferation of glomerular mesangial cells in the context of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and to identify novel targets for clinical research on IgAN.

methodsData from high-throughput RNA sequencing for IgAN were procured from the Gene Expression Omnibus database to assess the expression profiles and clinical diagnostic significance of histone deacetylase family proteins (HDACs). Blood samples from 20 IgAN patients were employed in RT-qPCR analysis, and the spearman linear regression method was utilized to analyze the clinical correlation. The proliferation of glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs) under the influence of HDAC9 was examined using the 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) assay. Proteins interacting with HDAC9 were predicted utilizing the STRING database. Immunoprecipitation and protein immunoblotting employing anti-acetylated lysine antibodies were conducted to determine the acetylation status of calmodulin-like protein 6 (CALML6).

resultsAnalysis of the GSE141295 dataset revealed a significant upregulation of HDAC9 expression in IgAN and the results of RT-qPCR demonstrated a substantial increase in HDAC9 expression in IgAN patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis indicated that the area under the curve (AUC) value for HDAC9 were 0.845 and Spearman correlation analysis showed that HDAC9 expression was positively correlated with blood levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine (Crea). The EdU cell proliferation assay indicated that HDAC9 facilitated the excessive proliferation of GMCs. The STRING database and recovery experiments identified CALML6 as a downstream effector of HDAC9 in controlling abnormal GMC multiplication. Co-immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that HDAC9 modulates CALML6 expression through acetylation modification.

conclusionHDAC9 is markedly upregulated in IgAN, and it mediates the excessive proliferation of GMCs by regulating the deacetylation of CALML6.

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Cell ProliferationGlomerulonephritis, IGAHistone DeacetylasesMesangial CellsRepressor ProteinsAcetylationAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedHDAC9 protein, humanHistone DeacetylasesRepressor ProteinsCALML6Deacetylation modificationGlomerular mesangial cellsHDAC9IgA nephropathy

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