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Mulay, S.R.* ; Eberhard, J.N.* ; Desai, J.* ; Marschner, J.A.* ; Kumar, S.V.* ; Weidenbusch, M.* ; Grigorescu, M.* ; Lech, M.* ; Eltrich, N.* ; Müller, L.* ; Hans, W. ; Hrabě de Angelis, M. ; Vielhauer, V.* ; Hoppe, B.* ; Asplin, J.* ; Burzlaff, N.* ; Hermann, M.* ; Evan, A.* ; Anders, H.J.*

Hyperoxaluria requires TNF receptors to initiate crystal adhesion and kidney stone disease.

J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 28, 761-768 (2016)
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Intrarenal crystals trigger inflammation and renal cell necroptosis, processes that involve TNF receptor (TNFR) signaling. Here, we tested the hypothesis that TNFRs also have a direct role in tubular crystal deposition and progression of hyperoxaluria-related CKD. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed upregulated tubular expression of TNFR1 and TNFR2 in human and murine kidneys with calcium oxalate (CaOx) nephrocalcinosis-related CKD compared with controls. Western blot and mRNA expression analyses in mice yielded consistent data. When fed an oxalate-rich diet, wild-type mice developed progressive CKD, whereas Tnfr1-, Tnfr2-, and Tnfr1/2-deficient mice did not. Despite identical levels of hyperoxaluria, Tnfr1-, Tnfr2-, and Tnfr1/2-deficient mice also lacked the intrarenal CaOx deposition and tubular damage observed in wild-type mice. Inhibition of TNFR signaling prevented the induced expression of the crystal adhesion molecules, CD44 and annexin II, in tubular epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo, and treatment with the small molecule TNFR inhibitor R-7050 partially protected hyperoxaluric mice from nephrocalcinosis and CKD. We conclude that TNFR signaling is essential for CaOx crystal adhesion to the luminal membrane of renal tubules as a fundamental initiating mechanism of oxalate nephropathy. Furthermore, therapeutic blockade of TNFR might delay progressive forms of nephrocalcinosis in oxalate nephropathy, such as primary hyperoxaluria.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Chronic Inflammation ; Hyperoxaluria ; Kidney Stone ; Pathology; Oxalate Monohydrate Crystals; Renal Epithelial-cells; Necrosis-factor-alpha; Surface Adhesion; Inflammation; Osteopontin; Secretion; Binds; Acid; Mice
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1046-6673
e-ISSN 1533-3450
Journal Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Quellenangaben Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 761-768 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Society of Nephrology
Publishing Place Washington
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG)