PMID- 21742784 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120914 LR - 20161125 IS - 1460-2385 (Electronic) IS - 0931-0509 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Mar TI - The protective effect of prolyl-hydroxylase inhibition against renal ischaemia requires application prior to ischaemia but is superior to EPO treatment. PG - 929-36 LID - 10.1093/ndt/gfr379 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Inhibition of the HIF regulating prolyl hydroxylation domain (PHDs) proteins prior to renal injury (preconditioning) has been shown to protect the kidney via activation of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIF). Application of erythropoietin (EPO), one of the HIF target genes, has also been shown to be nephroprotective, and it remains unclear to what extent the effect of HIF induction is mediated by EPO. It is also unknown whether HIF activation after the onset of ischaemia (postconditioning) is still able to protect the kidney. METHODS: Using a rat model of renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury, animals were treated with the PHD inhibitor (PHD-I) 2-(1-chloro-4-hydroxyisoquinoline-3-carboxamido) acetate (ICA), vehicle (Veh) or recombinant human EPO (300 IU/kg) 6 h (ICA or Veh) or 30 min (EPO) prior to ischaemia (preconditioning) or with ICA prior to reperfusion (postconditioning). Renal function was assessed at baseline, 24 h and 72 h. After 72 h, kidneys were processed for histology and morphometric analysis. HIF immunohistochemistry and real-time polymerase chain reaction for HIF target genes, including EPO, were performed to evaluate ICA effects. RESULTS: ICA treatment resulted in stabilization of HIF-1alpha and -2alpha and up-regulation of HIF target genes in a dose-dependent manner. Preconditional activation of HIF by ICA significantly improved serum creatinine levels and renal morphology in comparison to Veh (P < 0.05), while postconditional ICA treatment was ineffective. EPO therapy improved tissue morphology but had no impact on the course of serum creatinine. CONCLUSION: These findings are in line with the concept that PHD-Is exert their protective effects through accumulation of HIF target gene products, with time requirements for increased transcription and translation of HIF-dependent genes, and suggest that their renoprotective effect is not predominately mediated by EPO. FAU - Wang, Zhendi AU - Wang Z AD - Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. FAU - Schley, Gunnar AU - Schley G FAU - Turkoglu, Gazi AU - Turkoglu G FAU - Burzlaff, Nicolai AU - Burzlaff N FAU - Amann, Kerstin U AU - Amann KU FAU - Willam, Carsten AU - Willam C FAU - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe AU - Eckardt KU FAU - Bernhardt, Wanja M AU - Bernhardt WM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110708 PL - England TA - Nephrol Dial Transplant JT - Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association JID - 8706402 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 11096-26-7 (Erythropoietin) RN - 64FS3BFH5W (Epoetin Alfa) RN - EC 1.14.11.2 (Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase) SB - IM MH - Acute Kidney Injury/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control MH - Animals MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Epoetin Alfa MH - Erythropoietin/*therapeutic use MH - Hypoxia/drug therapy MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/*metabolism MH - Immunoenzyme Techniques MH - Male MH - Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Recombinant Proteins/therapeutic use MH - Reperfusion Injury/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control EDAT- 2011/07/12 06:00 MHDA- 2012/09/15 06:00 CRDT- 2011/07/12 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/09/15 06:00 [medline] AID - gfr379 [pii] AID - 10.1093/ndt/gfr379 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Mar;27(3):929-36. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr379. Epub 2011 Jul 8.