PMID- 33298866 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201213 IS - 2058-7716 (Print) IS - 2058-7716 (Electronic) IS - 2058-7716 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Nov 19 TI - Role of IRE1alpha in podocyte proteostasis and mitochondrial health. PG - 128 LID - 10.1038/s41420-020-00361-4 [doi] LID - 128 AB - Glomerular epithelial cell (GEC)/podocyte proteostasis is dysregulated in glomerular diseases. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is an adaptive pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that upregulates proteostasis resources. This study characterizes mechanisms by which inositol requiring enzyme-1alpha (IRE1alpha), a UPR transducer, regulates proteostasis in GECs. Mice with podocyte-specific deletion of IRE1alpha (IRE1alpha KO) were produced and nephrosis was induced with adriamycin. Compared with control, IRE1alpha KO mice had greater albuminuria. Adriamycin increased glomerular ER chaperones in control mice, but this upregulation was impaired in IRE1alpha KO mice. Likewise, autophagy was blunted in adriamycin-treated IRE1alpha KO animals, evidenced by reduced LC3-II and increased p62. Mitochondrial ultrastructure was markedly disrupted in podocytes of adriamycin-treated IRE1alpha KO mice. To pursue mechanistic studies, GECs were cultured from glomeruli of IRE1alpha flox/flox mice and IRE1alpha was deleted by Cre-lox recombination. In GECs incubated with tunicamycin, deletion of IRE1alpha attenuated upregulation of ER chaperones, LC3 lipidation, and LC3 transcription, compared with control GECs. Deletion of IRE1alpha decreased maximal and ATP-linked oxygen consumption, as well as mitochondrial membrane potential. In summary, stress-induced chaperone production, autophagy, and mitochondrial health are compromised by deletion of IRE1alpha. The IRE1alpha pathway is cytoprotective in glomerular disease associated with podocyte injury and ER stress. FAU - Navarro-Betancourt, Jose R AU - Navarro-Betancourt JR AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Papillon, Joan AU - Papillon J AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Guillemette, Julie AU - Guillemette J AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Iwawaki, Takao AU - Iwawaki T AD - Department of Life Science, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan. FAU - Chung, Chen-Fang AU - Chung CF AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Cybulsky, Andrey V AU - Cybulsky AV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4348-2348 AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. andrey.cybulsky@mcgill.ca. LA - eng GR - MOP-133492/Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Sante du Canada)/ GR - PJ9-166216/Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Sante du Canada)/ GR - PJ9-169678/Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Sante du Canada)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201119 PL - United States TA - Cell Death Discov JT - Cell death discovery JID - 101665035 PMC - PMC7677398 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/11 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/11 06:01 PMCR- 2020/11/19 CRDT- 2020/12/10 05:44 PHST- 2020/08/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/12/10 05:44 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41420-020-00361-4 [pii] AID - 361 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41420-020-00361-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Death Discov. 2020 Nov 19;6(1):128. doi: 10.1038/s41420-020-00361-4.