BACKGROUND: Long-term treatment of heart transplantation recipients with cyclosporine (CsA) results in chronic nephrotoxic effects, which frequently lead to progressive renal failure. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and other fibrogenic molecules are leading candidates for these effects, because CsA is known to induce TGF-beta. In this study we compared the expression of TGF-beta, collagen, fibronectin, metalloproteinases, and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in kidneys from recipients of heterotopic heart transplants treated with CsA for 30 and 180 days. METHODS: Using a clinically relevant experimental rodent model (strain combination Wistar Furth [RT1u] into Lewis [RT1l]), heterotopic heart transplantation was performed, creating disparate cardiac allografts. The transplant study population was divided into three groups: controls and those receiving CsA immunosuppression therapy to maintain graft survival for 30-day and 180-day periods. Comparisons were made of intrarenal expression of TGF-beta, collagen, fibronectin, metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), MMP-9, and tissue inhibitor of MMP-2, using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Intrarenal expression of TGF-beta protein was also compared using immunochemical staining technique, and circulating levels of TGF-beta protein were quantified by ELISA. RESULTS: Intrarenal expression of TGF-beta, collagen, fibronectin, MMP-2, MMP-9, and tissue inhibitor of MMP-2 was significantly increased in rats treated with CsA for 180 days compared with untreated rats and those treated for 30 days. Circulating levels and intrarenal expression of TGF-beta were also significantly increased in rats treated for 180 days. CONCLUSION: Posttransplantation nephrotoxicity in cardiac transplant recipients treated with CsA for a long term is related to increased expression of TGF-beta and other fibrogenic genes. Therapies designed to inhibit expression of TGF-beta could ameliorate CsA-associated nephrotoxicity in cardiac transplant recipients.
BACKGROUND: Long-term treatment of heart transplantation recipients with cyclosporine (CsA) results in chronic nephrotoxic effects, which frequently lead to progressive renal failure. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and other fibrogenic molecules are leading candidates for these effects, because CsA is known to induce TGF-beta. In this study we compared the expression of TGF-beta, collagen, fibronectin, metalloproteinases, and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in kidneys from recipients of heterotopic heart transplants treated with CsA for 30 and 180 days. METHODS: Using a clinically relevant experimental rodent model (strain combination Wistar Furth [RT1u] into Lewis [RT1l]), heterotopic heart transplantation was performed, creating disparate cardiac allografts. The transplant study population was divided into three groups: controls and those receiving CsA immunosuppression therapy to maintain graft survival for 30-day and 180-day periods. Comparisons were made of intrarenal expression of TGF-beta, collagen, fibronectin, metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), MMP-9, and tissue inhibitor of MMP-2, using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Intrarenal expression of TGF-beta protein was also compared using immunochemical staining technique, and circulating levels of TGF-beta protein were quantified by ELISA. RESULTS: Intrarenal expression of TGF-beta, collagen, fibronectin, MMP-2, MMP-9, and tissue inhibitor of MMP-2 was significantly increased in rats treated with CsA for 180 days compared with untreated rats and those treated for 30 days. Circulating levels and intrarenal expression of TGF-beta were also significantly increased in rats treated for 180 days. CONCLUSION: Posttransplantation nephrotoxicity in cardiac transplant recipients treated with CsA for a long term is related to increased expression of TGF-beta and other fibrogenic genes. Therapies designed to inhibit expression of TGF-beta could ameliorate CsA-associated nephrotoxicity in cardiac transplant recipients.
Authors: Shannon N Saldaña; David K Hooper; Tanya E Froehlich; Kathleen M Campbell; Cynthia A Prows; Senthilkumar Sadhasivam; Todd G Nick; Michael Seid; Alexander A Vinks; Tracy A Glauser Journal: Clin Ther Date: 2011-12-02 Impact factor: 3.393
Authors: Rudolf Spunda; Jan Hruby; Pavel Mericka; Mikulas Mlcek; Ondrej Pecha; Kathrin Splith; Moritz Schmelzle; Felix Krenzien; Jaroslav Lindner; Ivan Matia; Miroslav Spacek Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-08-09 Impact factor: 3.240