Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 18 pp 18052—18072
Caloric restriction alleviates aging-related fibrosis of kidney through downregulation of miR-21 in extracellular vesicles
- 1 Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- 2 Renal Transplant Division, Department of Nephrology, Zhengzhou No. 7 People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450017, Henan, China
Received: October 29, 2019 Accepted: April 27, 2020 Published: August 27, 2020
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103591How to Cite
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Abstract
Glomerulosclerosis and renal interstitial fibrosis occur with the aging kidney. In this study, we examined the expression of miR-21, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor(PPARα), hypoxia-inducible factor(HIF-1α) in the kidney of 3-month-old rats fed ad libitum (YAL), 24-month-old rats fed ad libitum (OAL) and 24-month-old rats subjected to a 70% calorie-restricted diet for 8 months (OCR). We found long-term caloric restriction (CR) ameliorated aging and aging-related fibrosis. CR ameliorated the increment of miR-21 and HIF-1α, as well as the decrement of PPARα in old ad libitum group. Human proximal tubular cells (HPTCs) presented phenotypes of senescence and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) under high-glucose conditions, in which senescence occurred earlier than EMT. Senescent cells secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) which contained miR-21 into the recipient cells. Inhibiting miR-21 of donor cells prevented the occurrence of EMT in recipient cells. In addition, miR-21 induced EMT through targeting PPARα protein and consequently enhancing HIF-1α expression, although other pathways cannot be ruled out. These findings demonstrated that miR-21-containing EVs derived from the senescent cells could facilitate EMT of HPTCs via PPARα-HIF-1α signaling pathway. Long-term caloric restriction and caloric restriction mimetics alleviated aging-related-fibrosis of kidney through downregulation of miR-21.
Abbreviations
PPARα: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; HIF-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor; EMT: epithelial to mesenchymal transition; EVs: extracellular microvesicles; SASP: senescence-associated secretory phenotype; HG: high glucose.