PMID- 23678040 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131017 LR - 20220129 IS - 1522-1466 (Electronic) IS - 1931-857X (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 305 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Aug 1 TI - mTOR plays a critical role in p53-induced oxidative kidney cell injury in HIVAN. PG - F343-54 LID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00135.2013 [doi] AB - Oxidative stress has been implicated to contribute to HIV-induced kidney cell injury; however, the role of p53, a modulator of oxidative stress, has not been evaluated in the development of HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN). We hypothesized that mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) may be critical for the induction of p53-mediated oxidative kidney cell injury in HIVAN. To test our hypothesis, we evaluated the effect of an mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin, on kidney cell p53 expression, downstream signaling, and kidney cell injury in both in vivo and in vitro studies. Inhibition of the mTOR pathway resulted in downregulation of renal tissue p53 expression, associated downstream signaling, and decreased number of sclerosed glomeruli, tubular microcysts, and apoptosed and 8-hydroxy deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG)-positive (+ve) cells in Tg26 mice. mTOR inhibition not only attenuated kidney cell expression of p66ShcA and phospho-p66ShcA but also reactivated the redox-sensitive stress response program in the form of enhanced expression of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and catalase. In in vitro studies, the mTOR inhibitor also provided protection against HIV-induced podocyte apoptosis. Moreover, mTOR inhibition downregulated HIV-induced podocyte (HP/HIV) p53 expression. Since HP/HIV silenced for mTOR displayed a lack of expression of p53 as well as attenuated podocyte apoptosis, this suggests that mTOR is critical for kidney cell p53 activation and associated oxidative kidney cell injury in the HIV milieu. FAU - Rai, Partab AU - Rai P AD - Department of Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, NY, USA. FAU - Plagov, Andrei AU - Plagov A FAU - Lan, Xiqian AU - Lan X FAU - Chandel, Nirupama AU - Chandel N FAU - Singh, Tejinder AU - Singh T FAU - Lederman, Rivka AU - Lederman R FAU - Ayasolla, Kamesh R AU - Ayasolla KR FAU - Mathieson, Peter W AU - Mathieson PW FAU - Saleem, Moin A AU - Saleem MA FAU - Husain, Mohammad AU - Husain M FAU - Malhotra, Ashwani AU - Malhotra A FAU - Chander, Praveen N AU - Chander PN FAU - Singhal, Pravin C AU - Singhal PC LA - eng GR - G0800200/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - R01 DK-084910/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK-083931/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130515 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 88847-89-6 (8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine) RN - EC 1.11.1.6 (Catalase) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - G9481N71RO (Deoxyguanosine) SB - IM MH - 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine MH - AIDS-Associated Nephropathy/*pathology MH - Acute Kidney Injury/*etiology/*pathology MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Catalase/metabolism MH - Deoxyguanosine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism MH - Gene Silencing MH - HIV Infections/*complications/*pathology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Oxidative Stress/*physiology MH - Podocytes/pathology MH - Rats MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*physiology MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*physiology PMC - PMC3742868 OTO - NOTNLM OT - apoptosis OT - mTOR OT - oxidative stress OT - rapamycin OT - renal tubular cells EDAT- 2013/05/17 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/18 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/01 CRDT- 2013/05/17 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ajprenal.00135.2013 [pii] AID - F-00135-2013 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00135.2013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2013 Aug 1;305(3):F343-54. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00135.2013. Epub 2013 May 15.