PMID- 31443530 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200609 LR - 20211204 IS - 2218-273X (Electronic) IS - 2218-273X (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 9 DP - 2019 Aug 22 TI - Mechanisms of Fasting-Mediated Protection against Renal Injury and Fibrosis Development after Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury. LID - 10.3390/biom9090404 [doi] LID - 404 AB - Ischemia-reperfusion injury of the kidney may lead to renal fibrosis through a combination of several mechanisms. We recently demonstrated that fasting protects the rat kidney against oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in early acute kidney injury, and also against fibrosis development. Here we show that preoperative fasting preserves redox status and mitochondrial homeostasis at the chronic phase of damage after severe ischemia. Also, the protective effect of fasting coincides with the suppression of inflammation and endoplasmic reticulum stress, as well as the down-regulation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) signaling pathways in the fibrotic kidney. Our results demonstrate that fasting targets multiple pathophysiological mechanisms to prevent renal fibrosis and damage that results after renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. FAU - Rojas-Morales, Pedro AU - Rojas-Morales P AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico 04510, Mexico. FAU - Tapia, Edilia AU - Tapia E AD - Departamento de Fisiopatologia Cardio-Renal, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico. FAU - Leon-Contreras, Juan Carlos AU - Leon-Contreras JC AD - Departamento de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico. FAU - Gonzalez-Reyes, Susana AU - Gonzalez-Reyes S AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica, Facultad de Medicina y Psicologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Baja California, Tijuana 22390, Mexico. FAU - Jimenez-Osorio, Angelica Sarai AU - Jimenez-Osorio AS AD - Laboratorio de Medicina Genomica, Hospital Regional Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, ISSSTE, Ciudad de Mexico 01030, Mexico. FAU - Trujillo, Joyce AU - Trujillo J AD - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia-Consorcio de Investigacion, Innovacion y Desarrollo para las Zonas Aridas- Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica, San Luis Potosi 78216, Mexico. FAU - Pavon, Natalia AU - Pavon N AD - Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico. FAU - Granados-Pineda, Jessica AU - Granados-Pineda J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1921-1663 AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico 04510, Mexico. FAU - Hernandez-Pando, Rogelio AU - Hernandez-Pando R AD - Departamento de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico. FAU - Sanchez-Lozada, Laura Gabriela AU - Sanchez-Lozada LG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0348-9617 AD - Departamento de Fisiopatologia Cardio-Renal, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico. FAU - Osorio-Alonso, Horacio AU - Osorio-Alonso H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9238-4202 AD - Departamento de Fisiopatologia Cardio-Renal, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico. FAU - Pedraza-Chaverri, Jose AU - Pedraza-Chaverri J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6628-4411 AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico 04510, Mexico. pedraza@unam.mx. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190822 PL - Switzerland TA - Biomolecules JT - Biomolecules JID - 101596414 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Acute Kidney Injury/metabolism/*pathology/*prevention & control MH - Animals MH - *Fasting MH - Fibrosis MH - Kidney/metabolism/*pathology MH - Male MH - Mitochondria/pathology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reperfusion Injury/metabolism/*pathology/*prevention & control MH - Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC6770803 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER stress OT - fasting OT - fibrosis OT - inflammation OT - ischemia-reperfusion injury OT - mitochondrial dysfunction OT - oxidative stress COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/08/25 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/10 06:00 PMCR- 2019/09/01 CRDT- 2019/08/25 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/08/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biom9090404 [pii] AID - biomolecules-09-00404 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biom9090404 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biomolecules. 2019 Aug 22;9(9):404. doi: 10.3390/biom9090404.