First Author | Li L | Year | 2023 |
Journal | BMC Mol Cell Biol | Volume | 24 |
Issue | 1 | Pages | 22 |
PubMed ID | 37474923 | Mgi Jnum | J:341864 |
Mgi Id | MGI:7512691 | Doi | 10.1186/s12860-023-00485-2 |
Citation | Li L, et al. (2023) Knockdown of ELF4 aggravates renal injury in ischemia/reperfusion mice through promotion of pyroptosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. BMC Mol Cell Biol 24(1):22 |
abstractText | BACKGROUND: Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Dysfunction of E74-like ETS transcription factor 4 (ELF4) leads to inflammation. This research intended to look into the function and mechanisms of ELF4 in I/R and oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) model. RESULTS: In I/R and OGD/R model, ELF4 expression was downregulated. ELF4 knockout aggravated I/R-induced kidney injury, oxidative stress (OS), endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS), apoptosis, inflammation, and pyroptosis in mice. In HK-2 cells treated with OGD/R, suppression of ELF4 expression inhibited cell proliferation and promoted cell apoptosis, OS, ERS, inflammation, and pyroptosis. Moreover, ELF4 overexpression led to the opposite results. CONCLUSION: ELF4 deficiency aggravated I/R induced AKI, which was involved in apoptosis, OS, ERS, inflammation, and pyroptosis. Targeting ELF4 may be a promising new therapeutic strategy for preventing inflammation after IR-AKI. |