1. Inhibition of Nrf2 alters cell stress induced by chronic iron exposure in human proximal tubular epithelial cells
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van Raaij, S E G, Masereeuw, R, Swinkels, Dorine W., van Swelm, Rachel P L, Afd Pharmacology, Pharmacology, Afd Pharmacology, and Pharmacology
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Antioxidant ,Time Factors ,NF-E2-Related Factor 2 ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Toxicology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Ferric Compounds ,Renal proximal tubular epithelial cell ,Nrf2 ,Cell Line ,Kidney Tubules, Proximal ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Alkaloids ,All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center ,Trigonelline ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) ,Humans ,Iron overload ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Reactive oxygen species ,biology ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,General Medicine ,Ferritin ,Heme oxygenase ,Cytosol ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11] ,chemistry ,Oxidative stress ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Ferritins ,biology.protein ,Unfolded protein response ,Kidney Diseases ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,ER stress ,Heme Oxygenase-1 ,Transcription Factor CHOP ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Iron can catalyze reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, causing cellular injury. In systemic iron overload, renal tubular epithelial cells are luminally exposed to high iron levels due to glomerular filtration of increased circulating iron. Reports of tubular dysfunction and iron deposition in β-thalassemia major support an association between increased chronic iron exposure and renal tubular injury. In acute iron exposure, Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) may protect from iron-induced injury, whereas chronic renal stress may lead to Nrf2 exhaustion. We studied the cytotoxic mechanisms of chronic iron exposure using human conditionally immortalized proximal tubular epithelial cells (ciPTECs). Long-term iron exposure resulted in iron accumulation, cytosolic ROS formation and increased heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX-1) mRNA expression (all p
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- 2018