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ArticleeLife2025

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein potentiates angiotensin II-induced Gq activation through the AT1-LOX1 receptor complex.

Jittoku Ihara, Yibin Huang, Yoichi Takami, Yoichi Nozato, Toshimasa Takahashi, Akemi Kakino, Cheng Wang, Ziwei Wang, Yu Guo, Weidong Liu and 14 more

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Be careful of hidden friends.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  2. Oxidized LDL enhances Gq signaling and aldosterone production by angiotensin II via the AT1-LOX-1 receptor complex in adrenal cells.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Jittoku Ihara *Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yibin Huang *Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yoichi TakamiDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9018-6707
Yoichi NozatoDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Toshimasa TakahashiDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-155X
Akemi KakinoDepartment of Molecular Pathophysiology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Cheng WangDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Ziwei WangDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yu GuoDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Weidong LiuDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Nanxiang YinDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Ryoichi OharaDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Taku FujimotoDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Shino YoshidaDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuhiro HongyoDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroshi KoriyamaDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroshi AkasakaDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Hikari TakeshitaDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Shinsuke SakaiDepartment of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kazunori InoueDepartment of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshitaka IsakaDepartment of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Hiromi RakugiDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6508-4338
Tatsuya SawamuraDepartment of Molecular Pathophysiology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Koichi YamamotoDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18H02732Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20H03576Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K07389Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 22K08181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and atherosclerotic heart disease, frequently associated with dyslipidemia and hypertension, represent significant health concerns. We investigated the interplay among these conditions, focusing on the role of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) and angiotensin II (Ang II) in renal injury via G protein αq subunit (Gq) signaling. We hypothesized that oxLDL enhances Ang II-induced Gq signaling via the AT1 (Ang II type 1 receptor)-LOX1 (lectin-like oxLDL receptor) complex. Based on CHO and renal cell model experiments, oxLDL alone did not activate Gq signaling. However, when combined with Ang II, it significantly potentiated Gq-mediated inositol phosphate 1 production and calcium influx in cells expressing both LOX-1 and AT1 but not in AT1-expressing cells. This suggests a critical synergistic interaction between oxLDL and Ang II in the AT1-LOX1 complex. Conformational studies using AT1 biosensors have indicated a unique receptor conformational change due to the oxLDL-Ang II combination. In vivo, wild-type mice fed a high-fat diet with Ang II infusion presented exacerbated renal dysfunction, whereas LOX-1 knockout mice did not, underscoring the pathophysiological relevance of the AT1-LOX1 interaction in renal damage. These findings highlight a novel mechanism of renal dysfunction in CKD driven by dyslipidemia and hypertension and suggest the therapeutic potential of AT1-LOX1 receptor complex in patients with these comorbidities.

Indexed as

Angiotensin IIGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11Lipoproteins, LDLReceptor, Angiotensin, Type 1Scavenger Receptors, Class EAnimalsCHO CellsCricetulusDiet, High-FatHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutSignal TransductionAngiotensin IIGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11Lipoproteins, LDLOlr1 protein, mouseoxidized low density lipoproteinReceptor, Angiotensin, Type 1Scavenger Receptors, Class Eangiotensin IIAT1cell biologyCKDGqLOX-1mouseoxidized LDL

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PMID40131218
PMCPMC11936421

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