Cited by 47TGF-β signaling in diseasesChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesCardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling

Role of interleukin 17 in TGF-β signaling-mediated renal interstitial fibrosis

Sun, Bin, Wang, Hui, Zhang, Lu, Yang, Xiaofan, Zhang, Mingshun, Zhu, Xingxing, Ji, Xiaohui, Wang, Huijuan·2018·Cytokine

Abstract

Background Several studies suggest IL-17 is involved in the pathogenesis of organ fibrosis. The exact role of IL-17 in renal interstitial fibrosis has not been fully elucidated.Methods We compared the histopathology of renal fibrosis as well as profibrotic TGF-β signaling in wild-type (WT) and IL-17 knock-out (IL-17-/-) mice using UUO as the disease model. To find out the possible mechanisms involved in the exacerbated renal fibrosis happened to IL-17-/- mice, we analyzed the pattern of ECM synthesis by different fibroblasts cultured with IL-17 and associated signaling mediators.Results On day3 and day7, IL-17-/- mice developed more severe renal fibrosis compared with WT mice. IL-17 had an inhibitory factor in TGF-β-induced renal fibroblast activation and ECM synthesis, and sequentially in renal interstitial fibrosis, via down-regulation of Smad -independent pathway (p38MAPK and AKT phosphorylations).Conclusion IL-17 acts an inhibitory factor in TGF-β-induced renal fibroblast activation and ECM synthesis, and sequentially in renal interstitial fibrosis, via down-regulation of Smad-independent pathway (p38MAPK and AKT phosphorylations). Clarifying the novel regulatory mechanisms of fibrosis by the cytokine IL-17 may lead to a new therapeutic approach for progressive renal disease and fibrosis.

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Authors
Sun, B., Wang, H., Zhang, L., Yang, X., Zhang, M., Zhu, X., Ji, X., & Wang, H.
Affiliations
  • Jiangsu Province Hospital (CN)
  • Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Ji, Xiaohui
  • Wang, Huijuan
Venue
Cytokine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-06
Volume
106
Pages
80-88
ISSN
1043-4666 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2766708789
Cited by
47
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2
FWCI
2.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cytokine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Natural Science Fund Committee (81401287)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Nephrology › Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
Keywords
IL-17, tubulointerstitial fibrosis, TGF-beta signaling, extracellular matrix synthesis, p38 MAPK, Akt phosphorylation, unilateral ureteral obstruction, renal fibrosis
MeSH terms
Animals, Extracellular Matrix, Fetus, Fibroblasts, Fibrosis, Kidney, Lung, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Phosphorylation, Ureteral Obstruction, Signal Transduction, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Mice, Knockout, Inflammation Mediators, Interleukin-17, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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