DENISE MARIA AVANCINI COSTA MALHEIROS
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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/16 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Renal, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/16 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Renal, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Pathogenic role of innate immunity in a model of chronic NO inhibition associated with salt overload(2019) ZAMBOM, Fernanda Florencia Fregnan; OLIVEIRA, Karin Carneiro; FORESTO-NETO, Orestes; FAUSTINO, Viviane Dias; AVILA, Victor Ferreira; ALBINO, Amanda Helen; ARIAS, Simone Costa Alarcon; VOLPINI, Rildo Aparecido; MALHEIROS, Denise Maria Avancini Costa; CAMARA, Niels Olsen Saraiva; ZATZ, Roberto; FUJIHARA, Clarke KazueNitric oxide inhibition with N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), along with salt overload, leads to hypertension, albuminuria, glomerulosclerosis, glomerular ischemia, and interstitial fibrosis, characterizing a chronic kidney disease (CKD) model. Previous findings of this laboratory and elsewhere have suggested that activation of at least two pathways of innate immunity, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/NF-kappa B and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat, and pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome/IL-1 beta, occurs in several experimental models of CKD and that progression of renal injury can be slowed with inhibition of these pathways. In the present study, we investigated whether activation of innate immunity, through either the TLR4/NF-kappa B or NLRP3/IL-1 beta pathway, is involved in the pathogenesis of renal injury in chronic nitric oxide inhibition with the salt-overload model. Adult male Munich-Wistar rats that received L-NAME in drinking water with salt overload (HS + N group) were treated with allopurinol (ALLO) as an NLRP3 inhibitor (HS + N + ALLO group) or pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) as an NF-kappa B inhibitor (HS + N + PDTC group). After 4 wk, HS + N rats developed hypertension, albuminuria, and renal injury along with renal inflammation, oxidative stress, and activation of both the NLRP3/IL-1 beta and TLR4/NF-kappa B pathways. ALLO lowered renal uric acid and inhibited the NLRP3 pathway. These effects were associated with amelioration of hypertension, albuminuria, and interstitial inflammation/fibrosis but not glomerular injury. PDTC inhibited the renal NF-kappa B system and lowered the number of interstitial cells staining positively for NLRP3. PDTC also reduced renal xanthine oxidase activity and uric acid. Overall, PDTC promoted a more efficient anti-inflammatory and nephroprotective effect than ALLO. The NLRP3/IL-1 beta and TLR4/NF-kappa B pathways act in parallel to promote renal injury/inflammation and must be simultaneously inhibited for best nephroprotection.
- Pathogenic role of angiotensin II and the NF-kappa B system in a model of malignant hypertensive nephrosclerosis(2019) AVILA, Victor F.; FORESTO-NETO, Orestes; ARIAS, Simone C. A.; FAUSTINO, Viviane D.; MALHEIROS, Denise M. A. C.; CAMARA, Niels O. S.; ZATZ, Roberto; FUJIHARA, Clarice K.We previously reported that rats treated with an NF-kappa B inhibitor, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), during lactation developed hypertension in adult life, without apparent functional or structural damage to kidneys, providing a new model of essential hypertension. Here, we investigated whether uninephrectomy associated with salt overload would unveil a latent renal dysfunction in this model, aggravating arterial hypertension and promoting renal injury. Male Munich-Wistar rat pups received PDTC from maternal milk (PDTCLact) from 0 to 20 days after birth. Another group received no treatment during lactation. All offspring underwent uninephrectomy (UNx) at 10 weeks of age and then were subdivided into NS, receiving a normal salt (0.5% Na+) diet, PDTCLact + NS, HS, receiving a high-salt diet (2% Na+ chow + 0.5% saline to drink), and PDTCLact + HS. Twelve weeks later, HS rats were moderately hypertensive with mild albuminuria and renal injury. In contrast, severe hypertension, glomerulosclerosis, and cortical collagen deposition were prominent in PDTCLact + HS animals, along with ""onion-skin"" arteriolar lesions, evidence of oxidative stress and intense renal infiltration by macrophages, and lymphocytes and angiotensin II-positive cells, contrasting with low circulating renin. The NF-kappa B pathway was also activated. In a separate set of PDTC Lact -PHS rats, Losartan treatment prevented NF-kappa B activation and strongly attenuated glomerular injury, cortical fibrosis, and renal inflammation. NF-kappa B activity during late nephrogenesis is essential for the kidneys to properly maintain sodium homeostasis in adult life. Paradoxically, this same system contributed to renal injury resembling that caused by malignant hypertension when renal dysfunction caused by its inhibition during lactation was unmasked by uninephrectomy associated with HS.
- The immunohistological profile of membranous nephropathy associated with chronic Schistosoma mansoni infection reveals a glomerulopathy with primary features(2019) ARAUJO, Stanley de Almeida; NEVES, Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes; WANDERLEY, David Campos; REIS, Marlene Antonia dos; DIAS, Cristiane Bitencourt; MALHEIROS, Denise Maria Avancini Costa; ONUCHIC, Luiz Fernando
- Klotho deficiency aggravates sepsis-related multiple organ dysfunction(2019) JORGE, Lecticia B.; COELHO, Fernanda O.; SANCHES, Talita R.; MALHEIROS, Denise M. A. C.; SOUZA, Leandro Ezaquiel de; SANTOS, Fernando dos; LIMA, Larissa de Sa; SCAVONE, Cristoforo; IRIGOYEN, Maria; KURO-O, Makoto; ANDRADE, LuciaSepsis-induced organ failure is characterized by a massive inflammatory response and oxidative stress. Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in approximately half of patients in septic shock, and the mortality associated with sepsis-induced AKI is unacceptably high. Klotho is a protein expressed by renal cells and has anti-senescence properties. Klotho has also been shown to protect the kidneys in ischemia-reperfusion injury and to have antioxidant properties. To analyze the role of Klotho in sepsis-related organ dysfunction and AKI, we used a cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model of sepsis in heterozygous Klotho-haploinsufficient mice and their wild-type littermates (CLP-Kl/+ and CLP-WT mice, respectively). In comparison with the CLP-WT mice, CLP-Kl/+ mice showed lower survival, impaired renal function, impaired hepatic function, greater oxidative stress, upregulation of inflammatory pathways (at the systemic and kidney tissue levels), and increased NF-KB activation. It is noteworthy that CLP-Kl/+ mice also showed lower heart-rate variability, less sympathetic activity, impaired baroreflex sensitivity to sodium nitroprussidc, and a blunted blood pressure response to phenylephrine. We also demonstrated that sepsis creates a state of acute Klotho deficiency. Given that low Klotho expression exacerbates sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction. Klotho might play a protective role in sepsis, especially in elderly individuals in whom Klotho expression is naturally reduced.
- Chronic exposure to hypoxia attenuates renal injury and innate immunity activation in the remnant kidney model(2019) REMPEL, Lisienny Campoli Tono; FAUSTINO, Viviane Dias; FORESTO-NETO, Orestes; FANELLI, Camilla; ARIAS, Simone Costa Alarcon; MOREIRA, Gizely Cristina da Silva; NASCIMENTO, Thalita Fabiana; AVILA, Victor Ferreira; MALHEIROS, Denise Maria Avancini Costa; CAMARA, Niels Olsen Saraiva; FUJIHARA, Clarice Kazue; ZATZ, RobertoHypoxia is thought to influence the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease, but direct evidence that prolonged exposure to tissue hypoxia initiates or aggravates chronic kidney disease is lacking. We tested this hypothesis by chronically exposing normal rats and rats with 5/6 nephrectomy (Nx) to hypoxia. In addition, we investigated whether such effect of hypoxia would involve activation of innate immunity. Adult male Munich-Wistar rats underwent Nx (n = 54) or sham surgery (sham; n = 52). Twenty-six sham rats and 26 Nx rats remained in normoxia, whereas 26 sham rats and 28 Nx rats were kept in a normobaric hypoxia chamber (12% O-2) for 8 wk. Hypoxia was confirmed by immunohistochemistry for pimonidazole. Hypoxia was confined to the medullary area in sham + normoxia rats and spread to the cortical area in sham + hypoxia rats, without changing the peritubular capillary density. Exposure to hypoxia promoted no renal injury or elevation of the content of IL-1 beta or Toll-like receptor 4 in sham rats. In Nx, hypoxia also extended to the cortical area without ameliorating the peritubular capillary rarefaction but, unexpectedly, attenuated hypertension, inflammation, innate immunity activation, renal injury, and oxidative stress. The present study, in disagreement with current concepts. shows evidence that hypoxia exerts a renoprotective effect in the Nx model instead of acting as a factor of renal injury. The mechanisms for this unexpected beneficial effect are unclear and may involve NF-kappa B inhibition, amelioration of oxidative stress, and limitation of angiotensin II production by the renal tissue.
- Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Induce Podocyte Protection in the Puromycin Injury Model(2019) ORNELLAS, Felipe Mateus; RAMALHO, Rodrigo J.; FANELLI, Camilla; GARNICA, Margoth Ramos; MALHEIROS, Denise M. A. C.; MARTINI, Sabrina Vargas; MORALES, Marcelo Marcos; NORONHA, Irene L.Podocytes are specialized cells with a limited capacity for cell division that do not regenerate in response to injury and loss. Insults that compromise the integrity of podocytes promote proteinuria and progressive renal disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential renoprotective and regenerative effects of mesenchymal stromal cells (mSC) in a severe form of the podocyte injury model induced by intraperitoneal administration of puromycin, aggravated by unilateral nephrectomy. Bone derived mSC were isolated and characterized according to flow cytometry analyses and to their capacity to differentiate into mesenchymal lineages. Wistar rats were divided into three groups: Control, PAN, and PAN+ mSC, consisting of PAN rats treated with 2 x 10(5) mSC. PAN rats developed heavy proteinuria, hypertension, glomerulosclerosis and significant effacement of the foot process. After 60 days, PAN rats treated with mSC presented a significant amelioration of all these abnormalities. In addition, mSC treatment recovered WT1 expression, improved nephrin, podocin, synaptopodin, podocalyxin, and VEGF expression, and downregulated proinflammatory Th1 cytokines in the kidney with a shift towards regulatory Th2 cytokines. In conclusion, mSC administration induced protection of podocytes in this experimental PAN model, providing new perspectives for the treatment of renal diseases associated with podocyte damage.
- AT1-RECEPTOR BLOCKADE AFTER SHORT-TERM L-NAME AND SALT OVERLOAD PREVENTS INNATE IMMUNITY ACTIVATION AND STRONGLY ATTENUATES THE LATE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE(2019) OLIVEIRA, K.; ZAMBOM, F. F.; ALBINO, A. H.; AVILA, V. F.; ARIAS, S. C.; MALHEIROS, D. M.; CAMARA, N. O.; FUJIHARA, C. K.; ZATZ, R.