Publication
Title
Remote sensing and signaling in kidney proximal tubules stimulates gut microbiome-derived organic anion secretion
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Abstract
Membrane transporters and receptors are responsible for balancing nutrient and metabolite levels to aid body homeostasis. Here, we report that proximal tubule cells in kidneys sense elevated endogenous, gut microbiome-derived, metabolite levels through EGF receptors and downstream signaling to induce their secretion by up-regulating the organic anion transporter-1 (OAT1). Remote metabolite sensing and signaling was observed in kidneys from healthy volunteers and rats in vivo, leading to induced OAT1 expression and increased removal of indoxyl sulfate, a prototypical microbiome-derived metabolite and uremic toxin. Using 2D and 3D human proximal tubule cell models, we show that indoxyl sulfate induces OAT1 via AhR and EGFR signaling, controlled by miR-223. Concomitantly produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) control OAT1 activity and are balanced by the glutathione pathway, as confirmed by cellular metabolomic profiling. Collectively, we demonstrate remote metabolite sensing and signaling as an effective OAT1 regulation mechanism to maintain plasma metabolite levels by controlling their secretion.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - Washington, D.C.
AMERICA
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2019
ISSN
0027-8424 [Print]
1091-6490 [Online]
DOI
10.1073/PNAS.1821809116
Volume/pages
116 :32 (2019) , p. 16105-16110
ISI
000478971900056
Pubmed ID
31341083
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
EVICARE: Extracellular Vesicle-Inspired CArdiac Repair
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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