Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Cytokines such as IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β trigger inflammatory cascades which may play a role in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated cachexia. CKD was induced by 5/6 nephrectomy in mice. We studied energy homeostasis in Il1β −/− /CKD, Il6 −/− /CKD and Tnfα −/−/ CKD mice and compared with wild type (WT)/CKD controls. Parameters of cachexia phenotype were completely normalized in Il1β −/− /CKD mice but were only partially rescued in Il6 −/− /CKD and Tnfα −/− /CKD mice. We tested the effects of anakinra, an IL-1 receptor antagonist, on CKD-associated cachexia. WT/CKD mice were treated with anakinra (2.5 mg.kg.day, IP) or saline for 6 weeks and compared with WT/sham controls. Anakinra normalized food intake and weight gain, fat and lean mass content, metabolic rate and muscle function, and also attenuated molecular perturbations of energy homeostasis in adipose tissue and muscle in WT/CKD mice. Anakinra attenuated browning of white adipose tissue in WT/CKD mice. Moreover, anakinra normalized gastrocnemius weight and fiber size as well as attenuated muscle fat infiltration in WT/CKD mice. This was accompanied by correcting the increased muscle wasting signaling pathways while promoting the decreased myogenesis process in gastrocnemius of WT/CKD mice. We performed qPCR analysis for the top 20 differentially expressed muscle genes previously identified via RNAseq analysis in WT/CKD mice versus controls. Importantly, 17 differentially expressed muscle genes were attenuated in anakinra treated WT/CKD mice. In conclusion, IL-1 receptor antagonism may represent a novel targeted treatment for adipose tissue browning and muscle wasting in CKD.
Source: Scientific Reports
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,990
Funders: Cystinosis Research Foundation, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Harbin Medical University, University of Alabama, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, National Institutes of Health, University of California, San Diego, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G1370290045, G1405128339, G196843582, G262358850, G2667374599, G296631155, G3266566072, G413200791, UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center for Acute Kidney Injury Research, G7455997077, Specialized Cancer Center Support Grant, G7865845165, G9000026304, G9000042172, G9000165494, G9000168382, Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD V)
OpenAlex ID: W3126352978