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BackgroundInositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1) plays a critical role in attenuating endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress associated with renal injury which may also be a factor in diabetic nephropathy (DN). Alcohol dehydrogenase type I (ADH1) activity is prominent in the kidney, ADH1 activity is also reported to exert protective effects against ER stress that are not caused by alcohol consumption. However, the role of IRE1 in DN and the correlation between IRE1 and ADH1 activity remain unclear.MethodsIRE1α floxed mice (Ire1f/f ) of C57BL/6J background were established and crossbred with Ire1αf/f mice to produce podocyte-specific IRE1α knockout mice. Male db/db mice (C57BLKS/J-leprdb/leprdb mice) were used as a DN model. Male mice were made diabetic by injection of streptozotocin. pLKO.1-based vectors encoding short hairpin RNA (shRNA) specific to the IRE1α gene were transfected into HEK293T cells to knockdown IRE1α in mouse podocytes. ELISA, Masson's staining, and electron microscopy were performed to analyze the development of DN. The ADH1 expression was assayed by qPCR and western blot.ResultsWe found that IRE activity was increased in the glomeruli of DN mouse models. In contrast, ADH1 expression was decreased in these models and mice with podocyte-specific disruption of IRE1 (PKO mice). PKO mice that were made diabetic using strepto-zotocin exhibited accelerated proteinuria, enhanced glomerular fibrosis, and podocyte cell death. In addition, in cultured podocytes, the knockdown of IRE1 downregulated the ADH1 mRNA expression and induced ER stress, consistent with the result of PKO mice, while its detrimental effects were reversed by ADH1 overexpression.ConclusionsActivation of IRE1 in podocytes serves to limit the progress of DN. The dependence of kidney ADH1 expression on podocyte IRE1 further suggests that ADH1 activity may play an important role downstream of IRE1 in protecting against DN.

Diabetic nephropathy in mice is aggravated by the absence of podocyte IRE1 and is correlated with reduced kidney ADH1 expression