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. 2022 Aug 2;34(6):745-754.
doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2022-0128. eCollection 2023 Nov 1.

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase controls purinergic receptor-mediated ischemia-reperfusion injury in renal tubular epithelial cells

Theodoros Eleftheriadis  1 , Georgios Pissas  1 , Spyridon Golfinopoulos  1 , Vassilios Liakopoulos  1 , Ioannis Stefanidis  1
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase controls purinergic receptor-mediated ischemia-reperfusion injury in renal tubular epithelial cells

Theodoros Eleftheriadis et al. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. .

Abstract

Objectives: Ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury is the most common cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Experimental studies have shown that indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO) and the purinergic receptor P2X7 contribute to kidney I-R injury. We evaluated whether there is an interplay between IDO and P2X7 in the pathogenesis of I-R injury.

Methods: Primary renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (RPTECs) were subjected to anoxia or reoxygenation with or without specific inhibitors. Cell imaging, colorimetric assays, and Western blotting were used.

Results: Cell imaging revealed that inhibition of IDO, or all the purinergic receptors with an ATPase, or specific inhibition of P2X7 rescued the cells from anoxia or reoxygenation-induced cell death. This was confirmed with LDH release assay, which also detected the ferroptotic nature of cell death due to reoxygenation. On the contrary, activated cleaved caspase 3 increased during anoxia, showing that apoptosis prevails. All the aforementioned treatments prevented caspase increase. Both anoxia and reoxygenation increased extracellular ATP, IDO, and P2X7 expression. IDO remained unaffected by the above-mentioned treatments. On the contrary, treatment with apyrase or inhibition of P2X7decreased extracellular ATP and P2X7 expression, which are also decreased by inhibition of IDO. The first indicates a positive feedback loop regarding P2X7 activation, expression and function, while the latter implies that IDO controls P2X7 expression.

Conclusions: In RPRECs subjected to anoxia or reoxygenation, IDO is upregulated, increasing P2X7 and contributing to anoxia or reoxygenation-induced cell death. Clarifying the molecular mechanisms implicated in kidney I-R injury is of particular interest since it may lead to new therapeutic strategies against AKI.

Keywords: P2X7; acute kidney injury; indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase; ischemia-reperfusion injury.

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