Transglutaminase 2 gene ablation protects against renal ischemic injury by blocking constant NF-{kappa}B activation
- Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, Research Institute, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (Korea, Republic of)
- Animal Sciences Branch, Research Institute, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Chung-Ang University, 72-1, Nae-ri, Daeduck-myun, Ansung, Gyeonggi-do 456-756 (Korea, Republic of)
- Cancer Experimental Resources Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, Research Institute, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (Korea, Republic of)
Research highlights: {yields} No acute renal tubular necrotic lesions were found in TGase2{sup -/-} mice with ischemic kidney injury. {yields} NF-{kappa}B activation is reduced in TGase2{sup -/-} mice with ischemic kidney injury. {yields} Hypoxic stress did not increase NF-{kappa}B activity in MEFs from TGase2{sup -/-} mice. {yields} COX-2 induction is suppressed in TGase2{sup -/-} mice with ischemic kidney injury. -- Abstract: Transglutaminase 2 knockout (TGase2{sup -/-}) mice show significantly reduced inflammation with decreased myofibroblasts in a unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) model, but the mechanism remains to be clarified. Nuclear factor-{kappa}B (NF-{kappa}B) activation plays a major role in the progression of inflammation in an obstructive nephropathy model. However, the key factors extending the duration of NF-{kappa}B activation in UUO are not known. In several inflammatory diseases, we and others recently found that TGase 2 plays a key role in extending NF-{kappa}B activation, which contributes to the pathogenesis of disease. In the current study, we found that NF-{kappa}B activity in mouse embryogenic fibroblasts (MEFs) from TGase2{sup -/-} mice remained at the control level while the NF-{kappa}B activity of wild-type (WT) MEFs was highly increased under hypoxic stress. Using the obstructive nephropathy model, we found that NF-{kappa}B activity remained at the control level in TGase2{sup -/-} mouse kidney tissues, as measured by COX-2 expression, but was highly increased in WT tissues. We conclude that TGase 2 gene ablation reduces the duration of NF-{kappa}B activation in ischemic injury.
- OSTI ID:
- 22204721
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 403, Issue 3-4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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