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Pannexin-1 mediates fluid shear stress-sensitive purinergic signaling and cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

Authors
Verschuren, E.H.J., Rigalli, J.P., Castenmiller, C., Rohrbach, M.U., Bindels, R.J.M., Peters, D.J.M., Arjona, F.J., Hoenderop, J.G.J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-200403-32
Date
2020
Source
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology   34(5): 6382-6398 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Arjona, F.J.
Keywords
ATP, fluid shear stress, pannexin-1, polycystin-1, purinergic signaling
MeSH Terms
  • Adenosine Triphosphate/urine*
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Calcium/metabolism
  • Connexins/genetics
  • Connexins/metabolism*
  • Cysts/genetics
  • Cysts/metabolism
  • Cysts/pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism*
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases/genetics
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases/metabolism
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases/pathology*
  • Stress, Mechanical*
  • TRPP Cation Channels/physiology*
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
32159259 Full text @ FASEB J.
Abstract
Tubular ATP release is regulated by mechanosensation of fluid shear stress (FSS). Polycystin-1/polycystin-2 (PC1/PC2) functions as a mechanosensory complex in the kidney. Extracellular ATP is implicated in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), where PC1/PC2 is dysfunctional. This study aims to provide new insights into the ATP signaling under physiological conditions and PKD. Microfluidics, pharmacologic inhibition, and loss-of-function approaches were combined to assess the ATP release in mouse distal convoluted tubule 15 (mDCT15) cells. Kidney-specific Pkd1 knockout mice (iKsp-Pkd1-/- ) and zebrafish pkd2 morphants (pkd2-MO) were as models for PKD. FSS-exposed mDCT15 cells displayed increased ATP release. Pannexin-1 inhibition and knockout decreased FSS-modulated ATP release. In iKsp-Pkd1-/- mice, elevated renal pannexin-1 mRNA expression and urinary ATP were observed. In Pkd1-/- mDCT15 cells, elevated ATP release was observed upon the FSS mechanosensation. In these cells, increased pannexin-1 mRNA expression was observed. Importantly, pannexin-1 inhibition in pkd2-MO decreased the renal cyst growth. Our results demonstrate that pannexin-1 channels mediate ATP release into the tubular lumen due to pro-urinary flow. We present pannexin-1 as novel therapeutic target to prevent the renal cyst growth in PKD.
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