Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging.
Injury in nonaged podocytes as an accelerator of glomerular aging.
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非衰老足细胞损伤是肾小球衰老的加速器。
DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.00344.2023
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2024
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He,JohnCijiang
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Fang,Zhengying;Lee,Kyung;He,JohnCijiang
7 With the increase in the aging population worldwide, diseases associated with aging are of 8 increasing concern. It is known that aging negatively affects kidney health, as the nephron 9 number decreases and the glomerular filtration rate declines. Age-dependent glomerulosclerosis 10 is a characteristic of age-associated kidney changes, resulting from reduced number and function 11 of glomerular resident cells, including podocytes. Podocytes are terminally differentiated 12 glomerular epithelial cells, which cover the underlying glomerular basement membrane to 13 maintain proper glomerular filtration. As podocytes are non-regenerative cells, enhancing 14 podocyte health span and reducing podocyte loss is of great importance. By assessing renal 15 changes in aged rats, Floege et al., were the first to report that podocyte plays a central role in 16 age-associated glomerulosclerosis, more than 25 years ago 1. Human studies also underscore 17 podocyte as a critical cell type affected by aging, as older age independently contributes to 18 podocyte depletion in individuals without overt renal disease 2, 3. 19 20Intriguingly, the reduction in podocyte density observed in aging kidneys similarly took place in 21 the kidneys of young patients with glomerular diseases, indicating that age-related 22 glomerulosclerosis shares similar pathologic events with glomerular disease-induced 23 glomerulosclerosis 2. Moreover, accumulating studies have shown that podocyte aging and 24 glomerular disease-associated podocyte injury have some shared cellular and molecular changes, 25 including hyperactivation of mTOR/AMPK signaling pathway 4, 5 and sirtuin dysregulation 6, 7. 26 Such evidence provides partial clues as to why older patients are more susceptible to the same 27 glomerular disease and tend to have poorer prognoses than young patients. However, the 28 intersection between disease-induced and aging-induced podocyte injury has not been 29 sufficiently explored, and thus whether podocyte injury accelerates glomerular aging remains 30 unclear. 31