Yuan Jing,Lei Hong,Zha Yan,Yang Xia,Shen Yan,Hu Ying,Xie Ying,Zeng Wen.Expression alteration of HIF-1α and HSP47 in rats with chronic renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis after irbesartan treatment combined with statin[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(01):42-45.
Yuan Jing,Lei Hong,Zha Yan,Yang Xia,Shen Yan,Hu Ying,Xie Ying,Zeng Wen.Expression alteration of HIF-1α and HSP47 in rats with chronic renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis after irbesartan treatment combined with statin[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(01):42-45.DOI:
Expression alteration of HIF-1α and HSP47 in rats with chronic renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis after irbesartan treatment combined with statin
Objective To determine the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) and heat shock protein 47 (HSP47) in rats with chronic kidney fibrosis
and changes of the expression after the treatment of statins and Angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blocker
irbesartan. Methods
A total of 40 healthy adult male rats were divided into 4 groups
that is
unilateral ureteral obstruction group (UUO
n
=10)
sham operation group (
n
=10)
lovastatin (20 mg/L) and irbesartan (60 mg/L) intervention group (
n
=10)
and irbesartan intervention group (
n
=10). Normal saline and corresponding drugs were given to corresponding rats in 2 d before operation. In 2 weeks after operation
the renal tissues were observed for histopathological changes. In situ hybridization was applied to measure collagen in the kidney
and Western blotting was used to detect the expression of HIF-1α and HSP47 in the renal tubulointerstitium. Results In 2 weeks after UUO operation
HIF-1α mRNA and protein were highly expressed in the cytoplasm of renal interstitial cells in UUO group than in sham operation group. The expression of HIF-1α mRNA was positively correlated with that of HSP47 mRNA (r=0.715
P0.01). Meanwhile
the level of HIF-1α mRNA and protein
and HSP47 mRNA was also down-regulated (
P
0.05)
especially after union treatment of lovastatin and irbesartan. Conclusion Combined treatment of lovastatin and irbesartan may decrease the expression of HIF-1α and HSP47 in tubulointerstiltium to protect kidney in rat models of developing nephritis.