Alport syndrome: Proteomic analysis identifies early molecular pathway alterations in Col4a3 knock out mice. Nicolaou, O., Kousios, A., Sokratous, K., Potamiti, L., Koniali, L., Neophytou, G., Papacharalampous, R., Zanti, M., Ioannou, K., Hadjisavvas, A., Stingl, C., Luider, T. M., & Kyriacou, K. Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 25(12):937–949, December, 2020.
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AIM: Alport syndrome (AS) is the second most common hereditary kidney disease caused by mutations in collagen IV genes. Patients present with microhaematuria that progressively leads to proteinuria and end stage renal disease. Currently, no specific treatment exists for AS. Using mass spectrometry based proteomics, we aimed to detect early alterations in molecular pathways implicated in AS before the stage of overt proteinuria, which could be amenable to therapeutic intervention. METHODS: Kidneys were harvested from male Col4a3-/- knock out and sex and age-matched Col4a3+/+ wild-type mice at 4 weeks of age. Purified peptides were separated by liquid chromatography and analysed by high resolution mass spectrometry. The Cytoscape bioinformatics tool was used for function enrichment and pathway analysis. PPARα expression levels were evaluated by immunofluorescence and immunoblotting. RESULTS: Proteomic analysis identified 415 significantly differentially expressed proteins, which were mainly involved in metabolic and cellular processes, the extracellular matrix, binding and catalytic activity. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed among others, downregulation of the proteasome and PPAR pathways. PPARα protein expression levels were observed to be downregulated in Alport mice, supporting further the results of the discovery proteomics. CONCLUSION: This study provides additional evidence that alterations in proteins which participate in cellular metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis in kidney cells are early events in the development of chronic kidney disease in AS. Of note is the dysregulation of the PPAR pathway, which is amenable to therapeutic intervention and provides a new potential target for therapy in AS.
@article{nicolaou_alport_2020,
	title = {Alport syndrome: {Proteomic} analysis identifies early molecular pathway alterations in {Col4a3} knock out mice},
	volume = {25},
	issn = {1440-1797},
	shorttitle = {Alport syndrome},
	doi = {10.1111/nep.13764},
	abstract = {AIM: Alport syndrome (AS) is the second most common hereditary kidney disease caused by mutations in collagen IV genes. Patients present with microhaematuria that progressively leads to proteinuria and end stage renal disease. Currently, no specific treatment exists for AS. Using mass spectrometry based proteomics, we aimed to detect early alterations in molecular pathways implicated in AS before the stage of overt proteinuria, which could be amenable to therapeutic intervention.
METHODS: Kidneys were harvested from male Col4a3-/- knock out and sex and age-matched Col4a3+/+ wild-type mice at 4 weeks of age. Purified peptides were separated by liquid chromatography and analysed by high resolution mass spectrometry. The Cytoscape bioinformatics tool was used for function enrichment and pathway analysis. PPARα expression levels were evaluated by immunofluorescence and immunoblotting.
RESULTS: Proteomic analysis identified 415 significantly differentially expressed proteins, which were mainly involved in metabolic and cellular processes, the extracellular matrix, binding and catalytic activity. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed among others, downregulation of the proteasome and PPAR pathways. PPARα protein expression levels were observed to be downregulated in Alport mice, supporting further the results of the discovery proteomics.
CONCLUSION: This study provides additional evidence that alterations in proteins which participate in cellular metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis in kidney cells are early events in the development of chronic kidney disease in AS. Of note is the dysregulation of the PPAR pathway, which is amenable to therapeutic intervention and provides a new potential target for therapy in AS.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {12},
	journal = {Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.)},
	author = {Nicolaou, Orthodoxia and Kousios, Andreas and Sokratous, Kleitos and Potamiti, Louiza and Koniali, Lola and Neophytou, George and Papacharalampous, Revekka and Zanti, Maria and Ioannou, Kyriakos and Hadjisavvas, Andreas and Stingl, Christoph and Luider, Theo M. and Kyriacou, Kyriacos},
	month = dec,
	year = {2020},
	pmid = {32743880},
	pmcid = {PMC7754404},
	keywords = {Alport syndrome, Animals, Autoantigens, Col4a3 knockout mice, Collagen Type IV, Disease Models, Animal, Male, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Nephritis, Hereditary, PPAR alpha, PPARα, Proteomics, mass spectrometry, proteomics},
	pages = {937--949},
}

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