PMID- 28978536 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190903 LR - 20231129 IS - 1522-1466 (Electronic) IS - 1931-857X (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 314 IP - 5 DP - 2018 May 1 TI - Role of TLR4 signaling in the nephrotoxicity of heme and heme proteins. PG - F906-F914 LID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00432.2017 [doi] AB - Destabilized heme proteins release heme, and free heme is toxic. Heme is now recognized as an agonist for the Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) receptor. This study examined whether the TLR4 receptor mediates the nephrotoxicity of heme, specifically, the effects of heme on renal blood flow and inflammatory responses. We blocked TLR4 signaling by the specific antagonist TAK-242. Intravenous administration of heme to mice promptly reduced renal blood flow, an effect attenuated by TAK-242. In vitro, TAK-242 reduced heme-elicited activation of NF-kappaB and its downstream gene monocyte chemoattractant protein-1(MCP-1); in contrast, TAK-242 failed to reduce heme-induced activation of the anti-inflammatory transcription factor Nrf2 and its downstream gene heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). TAK-242 did not reduce heme-induced renal MCP-1 upregulation in vivo. TAK-242 did not reduce dysfunction and histological injury in the glycerol model of heme protein-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), findings corroborated by studies in TLR4(+/+) and TLR4(-/-) mice. We conclude that 1) acute heme-mediated renal vasoconstriction occurs through TLR4 signaling; 2) proinflammatory effects of heme in renal epithelial cells involve TLR4 signaling, whereas the anti-inflammatory effects of heme do not; 3) TLR4 signaling does not mediate the proinflammatory effects of heme in the kidney; and 4) major mechanisms underlying glycerol-induced, heme protein-mediated AKI do not involve TLR4 signaling. These findings in the glycerol model are in stark contrast with findings in virtually all other AKI models studied to date and emphasize the importance of TLR4-independent pathways of heme protein-mediated injury in this model. Finally, these studies urge caution when using observations derived in vitro to predict what occurs in vivo. FAU - Nath, Karl A AU - Nath KA AD - Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Belcher, John D AU - Belcher JD AD - Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota. FAU - Nath, Meryl C AU - Nath MC AD - Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Grande, Joseph P AU - Grande JP AD - Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Croatt, Anthony J AU - Croatt AJ AD - Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Ackerman, Allan W AU - Ackerman AW AD - Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Katusic, Zvonimir S AU - Katusic ZS AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Vercellotti, Gregory M AU - Vercellotti GM AD - Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota. LA - eng GR - R01 DK047060/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL114567/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 DK047060/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - Z01 AI000911/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20171004 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (ethyl 6-(N-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)sulfamoyl)cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxylate) RN - 743LRP9S7N (Hemin) RN - PDC6A3C0OX (Glycerol) SB - IM MH - Acute Kidney Injury/chemically induced/*metabolism/pathology/prevention & control MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Glycerol MH - *Hemin MH - Kidney/*blood supply/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Rats MH - *Renal Circulation/drug effects MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sulfonamides/pharmacology MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/*antagonists & inhibitors/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Vasoconstriction/drug effects PMC - PMC6031913 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MCP-1 OT - TLR4 receptor OT - heme OT - heme oxygenase-1 OT - sickle cell disease EDAT- 2017/10/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/04 06:00 PMCR- 2019/05/01 CRDT- 2017/10/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ajprenal.00432.2017 [pii] AID - F-00432-2017 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00432.2017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 May 1;314(5):F906-F914. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00432.2017. Epub 2017 Oct 4.