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TRAF3 Modulation: Novel Mechanism for the Anti-inflammatory Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor Agonist Paricalcitol in Renal Disease.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2020 September
BACKGROUND: CKD leads to vitamin D deficiency. Treatment with vitamin D receptor agonists (VDRAs) may have nephroprotective and anti-inflammatory actions, but their mechanisms of action are poorly understood.
METHODS: Modulation of the noncanonical NF- κ B2 pathway and its component TNF receptor-associated factor 3 (TRAF3) by the VDRA paricalcitol was studied in PBMCs from patients with ESKD, cytokine-stimulated cells, and preclinical kidney injury models.
RESULTS: In PBMCs isolated from patients with ESKD, TRAF3 protein levels were lower than in healthy controls. This finding was associated with evidence of noncanonical NF- κ B2 activation and a proinflammatory state. However, PBMCs from patients with ESKD treated with paricalcitol did not exhibit these features. Experiments in cultured cells confirmed the link between TRAF3 and NF- κ B2/inflammation. Decreased TRAF3 ubiquitination in K48-linked chains and cIAP1-TRAF3 interaction mediated the mechanisms of paricalcitol action.TRAF3 overexpression by CRISPR/Cas9 technology mimicked VDRA's effects. In a preclinical model of kidney injury, paricalcitol inhibited renal NF- κ B2 activation and decreased renal inflammation. In VDR knockout mice with renal injury, paricalcitol prevented TRAF3 downregulation and NF- κ B2-dependent gene upregulation, suggesting a VDR-independent anti-inflammatory effect of paricalcitol.
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest the anti-inflammatory actions of paricalcitol depend on TRAF3 modulation and subsequent inhibition of the noncanonical NF- κ B2 pathway, identifying a novel mechanism for VDRA's effects. Circulating TRAF3 levels could be a biomarker of renal damage associated with the inflammatory state.
METHODS: Modulation of the noncanonical NF- κ B2 pathway and its component TNF receptor-associated factor 3 (TRAF3) by the VDRA paricalcitol was studied in PBMCs from patients with ESKD, cytokine-stimulated cells, and preclinical kidney injury models.
RESULTS: In PBMCs isolated from patients with ESKD, TRAF3 protein levels were lower than in healthy controls. This finding was associated with evidence of noncanonical NF- κ B2 activation and a proinflammatory state. However, PBMCs from patients with ESKD treated with paricalcitol did not exhibit these features. Experiments in cultured cells confirmed the link between TRAF3 and NF- κ B2/inflammation. Decreased TRAF3 ubiquitination in K48-linked chains and cIAP1-TRAF3 interaction mediated the mechanisms of paricalcitol action.TRAF3 overexpression by CRISPR/Cas9 technology mimicked VDRA's effects. In a preclinical model of kidney injury, paricalcitol inhibited renal NF- κ B2 activation and decreased renal inflammation. In VDR knockout mice with renal injury, paricalcitol prevented TRAF3 downregulation and NF- κ B2-dependent gene upregulation, suggesting a VDR-independent anti-inflammatory effect of paricalcitol.
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest the anti-inflammatory actions of paricalcitol depend on TRAF3 modulation and subsequent inhibition of the noncanonical NF- κ B2 pathway, identifying a novel mechanism for VDRA's effects. Circulating TRAF3 levels could be a biomarker of renal damage associated with the inflammatory state.
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