PMID- 25875776 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160118 LR - 20190223 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2015 TI - Deficiency for the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 aggravates tubular damage after renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. PG - e0123203 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0123203 [doi] LID - e0123203 AB - Temporal expression of chemokines is a crucial factor in the regulation of renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and repair. Beside their role in the migration and activation of inflammatory cells to sites of injury, chemokines are also involved in other processes such as angiogenesis, development and migration of stem cells. In the present study we investigated the role of the chemokine MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 or CCL2), the main chemoattractant for monocytes, during renal I/R injury. MCP-1 expression peaks several days after inducing renal I/R injury coinciding with macrophage accumulation. However, MCP-1 deficient mice had a significant decreased survival and increased renal damage within the first two days, i.e. the acute inflammatory response, after renal I/R injury with no evidence of altered macrophage accumulation. Kidneys and primary tubular epithelial cells from MCP-1 deficient mice showed increased apoptosis after ischemia. Taken together, MCP-1 protects the kidney during the acute inflammatory response following renal I/R injury. FAU - Stroo, Ingrid AU - Stroo I AD - Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Claessen, Nike AU - Claessen N AD - Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Teske, Gwendoline J D AU - Teske GJ AD - Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Butter, Loes M AU - Butter LM AD - Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Florquin, Sandrine AU - Florquin S AD - Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Leemans, Jaklien C AU - Leemans JC AD - Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150413 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 1.11.1.7 (Peroxidase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - Chemokine CCL2/deficiency/*genetics/metabolism MH - Cytokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gene Expression MH - Genes, Lethal MH - Kidney Tubules/*metabolism/pathology MH - Leukocytes/metabolism MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Peroxidase/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Reperfusion Injury/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Time Factors MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC4395234 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have delcared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/01/19 06:00 PMCR- 2015/04/13 CRDT- 2015/04/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/07/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/01/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/04/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-31714 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0123203 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0123203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123203. eCollection 2015.