PMID- 24523386 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140615 LR - 20220331 IS - 1522-1466 (Electronic) IS - 1931-857X (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 306 IP - 8 DP - 2014 Apr 15 TI - Role of Toll-like receptor-4 in renal graft ischemia-reperfusion injury. PG - F801-11 LID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00469.2013 [doi] AB - Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) has been increasingly recognized as playing a critical role in the pathogenesis of ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) of renal grafts. This review provides a detailed overview of the new understanding of the involvement of TLR-4 in ischemia-reperfusion injury of renal grafts and its clinical significance in renal transplantation. TLR-4 not only responds to exogenous microbial motifs but can also recognize molecules which are released by stressed and necrotic cells, as well as degraded products of endogenous macromolecules. Upregulation of TLR-4 is found in tubular epithelial cells, vascular endothelial cells, and infiltrating leukocytes during renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, which is induced by massive release of endogenous damage-associated molecular pattern molecules such as high-mobility group box chromosomal protein 1. Activation of TLR-4 promotes the release of proinflammatory mediators, facilitates leukocyte migration and infiltration, activates the innate and adaptive immune system, and potentiates renal fibrosis. TLR-4 inhibition serves as the target of pharmacological agents, which could attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury and associated delayed graft function and allograft rejection. There is evidence in the literature showing that targeting TLR-4 could improve long-term transplantation outcomes. Given the pivotal role of TLR-4 in ischemia-reperfusion injury and associated delayed graft function and allograft rejection, inhibition of TLR-4 using pharmacological agents could be beneficial for long-term graft survival. FAU - Zhao, Hailin AU - Zhao H AD - Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine, and Intensive Care, Dept. of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. d.ma@imperial.ac.uk. FAU - Perez, Jessica Santivanez AU - Perez JS FAU - Lu, Kaizhi AU - Lu K FAU - George, Andrew J T AU - George AJ FAU - Ma, Daqing AU - Ma D LA - eng GR - Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20140212 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Biglycan) RN - 0 (HMGB1 Protein) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - 0 (TLR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biglycan/physiology MH - Graft Rejection MH - HMGB1 Protein/physiology MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/physiology MH - Humans MH - Immunity, Innate/physiology MH - Kidney Transplantation/*adverse effects MH - Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute/etiology MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/physiology MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Reperfusion Injury/*physiopathology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics/*physiology PMC - PMC3989634 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Toll-like receptor 4 OT - delayed graft function OT - ischemia-reperfusion injury OT - renal graft failure OT - renal transplantation EDAT- 2014/02/14 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/16 06:00 PMCR- 2015/04/15 CRDT- 2014/02/14 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ajprenal.00469.2013 [pii] AID - F-00469-2013 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00469.2013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2014 Apr 15;306(8):F801-11. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00469.2013. Epub 2014 Feb 12.