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  1. Article ; Online: A novel therapeutic target for kidney diseases: Lessons learned from starvation response.

    Yamahara, Kosuke / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Kume, Shinji

    Pharmacology & therapeutics

    2024  Volume 254, Page(s) 108590

    Abstract: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide, making the disease an urgent clinical challenge. Caloric restriction has various anti-aging and organ-protective effects, and unraveling its molecular mechanisms may provide insight ... ...

    Abstract The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide, making the disease an urgent clinical challenge. Caloric restriction has various anti-aging and organ-protective effects, and unraveling its molecular mechanisms may provide insight into the pathophysiology of CKD. In response to changes in nutritional status, intracellular nutrient signaling pathways show adaptive changes. When nutrients are abundant, signals such as mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) are activated, driving cell proliferation and other processes. Conversely, others, such as sirtuins and AMP-activated protein kinase, are activated during energy scarcity, in an attempt to compensate. Autophagy, a cellular self-maintenance mechanism that is regulated by such signals, has also been reported to contribute to the progression of various kidney diseases. Furthermore, in recent years, ketone bodies, which have long been considered to be detrimental, have been reported to play a role as starvation signals, and thereby to have renoprotective effects, via the inhibition of mTORC1. Therefore, in this review, we discuss the role of mTORC1, which is one of the most extensively studied nutrient-related signals associated with kidney diseases, autophagy, and ketone body metabolism; and kidney energy metabolism as a novel therapeutic target for CKD.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1/metabolism ; Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1/pharmacology ; Signal Transduction/physiology ; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Kidney/metabolism ; Autophagy ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (EC 2.7.11.1) ; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.11.31)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-28
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 194735-7
    ISSN 1879-016X ; 0163-7258
    ISSN (online) 1879-016X
    ISSN 0163-7258
    DOI 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2024.108590
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  2. Article ; Online: Emerging Pathophysiological Roles of Ketone Bodies.

    Tsuruta, Hiroaki / Yamahara, Kosuke / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Kume, Shinji

    Physiology (Bethesda, Md.)

    2024  Volume 39, Issue 3

    Abstract: The discovery of insulin approximately a century ago greatly improved the management of diabetes, including many of its life-threatening acute complications like ketoacidosis. This breakthrough saved many lives and extended the healthy lifespan of many ... ...

    Abstract The discovery of insulin approximately a century ago greatly improved the management of diabetes, including many of its life-threatening acute complications like ketoacidosis. This breakthrough saved many lives and extended the healthy lifespan of many patients with diabetes. However, there is still a negative perception of ketone bodies stemming from ketoacidosis. Originally, ketone bodies were thought of as a vital source of energy during fasting and exercise. Furthermore, in recent years, research on calorie restriction and its potential impact on extending healthy lifespans, as well as studies on ketone bodies, have gradually led to a reevaluation of the significance of ketone bodies in promoting longevity. Thus, in this review, we discuss the emerging and hidden roles of ketone bodies in various organs, including the heart, kidneys, skeletal muscles, and brain, as well as their potential impact on malignancies and lifespan.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Ketone Bodies ; Ketosis ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Longevity ; Heart
    Chemical Substances Ketone Bodies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2158667-6
    ISSN 1548-9221 ; 1548-9213
    ISSN (online) 1548-9221
    ISSN 1548-9213
    DOI 10.1152/physiol.00031.2023
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  3. Article ; Online: Ketone Body Metabolism in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

    Yamahara, Kosuke / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Kuwagata, Shogo / Chin-Kanasaki, Masami / Kume, Shinji

    Kidney360

    2024  Volume 5, Issue 2, Page(s) 320–326

    Abstract: Ketone bodies have a negative image because of ketoacidosis, one of the acute and serious complications in diabetes. The negative image persists despite the fact that ketone bodies are physiologically produced in the liver and serve as an indispensable ... ...

    Abstract Ketone bodies have a negative image because of ketoacidosis, one of the acute and serious complications in diabetes. The negative image persists despite the fact that ketone bodies are physiologically produced in the liver and serve as an indispensable energy source in extrahepatic organs, particularly during long-term fasting. However, accumulating experimental evidence suggests that ketone bodies exert various health benefits. Particularly in the field of aging research, there is growing interest in the potential organoprotective effects of ketone bodies. In addition, ketone bodies have a potential role in preventing kidney diseases, including diabetic kidney disease (DKD), a diabetic complication caused by prolonged hyperglycemia that leads to a decline in kidney function. Ketone bodies may help alleviate the renal burden from hyperglycemia by being used as an alternative energy source in patients with diabetes. Furthermore, ketone body production may reduce inflammation and delay the progression of several kidney diseases in addition to DKD. Although there is still insufficient research on the use of ketone bodies as a treatment and their effects, their renoprotective effects are being gradually proven. This review outlines the ketone body-mediated renoprotective effects in DKD and other kidney diseases.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Diabetic Nephropathies ; Ketone Bodies/metabolism ; Ketosis/metabolism ; Diabetes Complications ; Hyperglycemia ; Diabetes Mellitus
    Chemical Substances Ketone Bodies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ISSN 2641-7650
    ISSN (online) 2641-7650
    DOI 10.34067/KID.0000000000000359
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  4. Article: Roles of mTOR in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

    Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Kume, Shinji / Maegawa, Hiroshi

    Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

    2021  Volume 10, Issue 2

    Abstract: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease and the number of patients affected is increasing worldwide. Thus, there is a need to establish a new treatment for DKD to improve the renal prognosis of diabetic patients. ... ...

    Abstract Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease and the number of patients affected is increasing worldwide. Thus, there is a need to establish a new treatment for DKD to improve the renal prognosis of diabetic patients. Recently, it has shown that intracellular metabolic abnormalities are involved in the pathogenesis of DKD. In particular, the activity of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a nutrient-sensing signaling molecule, is hyperactivated in various organs of diabetic patients, which suggests the involvement of excessive mTORC1 activation in the pathogenesis of diabetes. In DKD, hyperactivated mTORC1 may be involved in the pathogenesis of podocyte damage, which causes proteinuria, and tubular cell injury that decreases renal function. Therefore, elucidating the role of mTORC1 in DKD and developing new therapeutic agents that suppress mTORC1 hyperactivity may shed new light on DKD treatments in the future.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2704216-9
    ISSN 2076-3921
    ISSN 2076-3921
    DOI 10.3390/antiox10020321
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  5. Article: Roles of mTOR in Diabetic Kidney Disease

    Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Kume, Shinji / Maegawa, Hiroshi

    Antioxidants. 2021 Feb. 22, v. 10, no. 2

    2021  

    Abstract: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease and the number of patients affected is increasing worldwide. Thus, there is a need to establish a new treatment for DKD to improve the renal prognosis of diabetic patients. ... ...

    Abstract Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease and the number of patients affected is increasing worldwide. Thus, there is a need to establish a new treatment for DKD to improve the renal prognosis of diabetic patients. Recently, it has shown that intracellular metabolic abnormalities are involved in the pathogenesis of DKD. In particular, the activity of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a nutrient-sensing signaling molecule, is hyperactivated in various organs of diabetic patients, which suggests the involvement of excessive mTORC1 activation in the pathogenesis of diabetes. In DKD, hyperactivated mTORC1 may be involved in the pathogenesis of podocyte damage, which causes proteinuria, and tubular cell injury that decreases renal function. Therefore, elucidating the role of mTORC1 in DKD and developing new therapeutic agents that suppress mTORC1 hyperactivity may shed new light on DKD treatments in the future.
    Keywords diabetes ; kidney diseases ; pathogenesis ; prognosis ; proteinuria ; rapamycin ; renal function ; therapeutics
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-0222
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2704216-9
    ISSN 2076-3921
    ISSN 2076-3921
    DOI 10.3390/antiox10020321
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  6. Article ; Online: Fructose overconsumption accelerates renal dysfunction with aberrant glomerular endothelial-mesangial cell interactions in db/db mice.

    Tsuruta, Hiroaki / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Yoshibayashi, Mamoru / Kuwagata, Shogo / Yamahara, Kosuke / Tanaka-Sasaki, Yuki / Chin-Kanasaki, Masami / Matsumoto, Shoma / Ema, Masatsugu / Kume, Shinji

    Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease

    2024  Volume 1870, Issue 4, Page(s) 167074

    Abstract: For the advancement of DKD treatment, identifying unrecognized residual risk factors is essential. We explored the impact of obesity diversity derived from different carbohydrate qualities, with an emphasis on the increasing trend of excessive fructose ... ...

    Abstract For the advancement of DKD treatment, identifying unrecognized residual risk factors is essential. We explored the impact of obesity diversity derived from different carbohydrate qualities, with an emphasis on the increasing trend of excessive fructose consumption and its effect on DKD progression. In this study, we utilized db/db mice to establish a novel diabetic model characterized by fructose overconsumption, aiming to uncover the underlying mechanisms of renal damage. Compared to the control diet group, the fructose-fed db/db mice exhibited more pronounced obesity yet demonstrated milder glucose intolerance. Plasma cystatin C levels were elevated in the fructose model compared to the control, and this elevation was accompanied by enhanced glomerular sclerosis, even though albuminuria levels and tubular lesions were comparable. Single-cell RNA sequencing of the whole kidney highlighted an increase in Lrg1 in glomerular endothelial cells (GECs) in the fructose model, which appeared to drive mesangial fibrosis through enhanced TGF-β1 signaling. Our findings suggest that excessive fructose intake exacerbates diabetic kidney disease progression, mediated by aberrant Lrg1-driven crosstalk between GECs and mesangial cells.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Mesangial Cells ; Endothelial Cells/pathology ; Fructose/adverse effects ; Diabetic Nephropathies/pathology ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Obesity/complications ; Cell Communication
    Chemical Substances Fructose (30237-26-4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-13
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 60-7
    ISSN 1879-260X ; 1879-2596 ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650 ; 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
    ISSN (online) 1879-260X ; 1879-2596 ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650
    ISSN 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167074
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  7. Article ; Online: Establishment of a novel mouse model of renal artery coiling-based chronic hypoperfusion-related kidney injury

    Yoshimi Imamura-Uehara / Mako Yasuda-Yamahara / Shogo Kuwagata / Kosuke Yamahara / Mamoru Yoshibayashi / Yuki Tanaka-Sasaki / Akio Shimizu / Hisakazu Ogita / Masami Chin-Kanasaki / Shinji Kume

    Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Vol 37, Iss , Pp 101607- (2024)

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    Abstract: Renal artery stenosis-induced chronic renal ischemia is an important cause of renal dysfunction, especially in older adults, and its incidence is currently increasing. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying chronic renal hypoperfusion-induced kidney ... ...

    Abstract Renal artery stenosis-induced chronic renal ischemia is an important cause of renal dysfunction, especially in older adults, and its incidence is currently increasing. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying chronic renal hypoperfusion-induced kidney damage, we developed a novel mouse model of renal artery coiling-based chronic hypoperfusion-related kidney injury. This model exhibits decreased renal blood flow and function, atrophy, and parenchymal injury in the coiled kidney, along with compensatory hypertrophy in the non-coiled kidney, without chronic hypertension. The availability of this mouse model, which can develop renal ischemia without genetic modification, will enhance kidney disease research by serving as a new tool to investigate the effects of acquired factors (e.g., obesity and aging) and genetic factors on renal artery stenosis-related renal parenchymal damage.
    Keywords Renal hypoperfusion ; Chronic ischemia ; Artery coiling ; Animal model ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Biochemistry ; QD415-436
    Subject code 616
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Establishment of a novel mouse model of renal artery coiling-based chronic hypoperfusion-related kidney injury.

    Imamura-Uehara, Yoshimi / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Kuwagata, Shogo / Yamahara, Kosuke / Yoshibayashi, Mamoru / Tanaka-Sasaki, Yuki / Shimizu, Akio / Ogita, Hisakazu / Chin-Kanasaki, Masami / Kume, Shinji

    Biochemistry and biophysics reports

    2023  Volume 37, Page(s) 101607

    Abstract: Renal artery stenosis-induced chronic renal ischemia is an important cause of renal dysfunction, especially in older adults, and its incidence is currently increasing. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying chronic renal hypoperfusion-induced kidney ... ...

    Abstract Renal artery stenosis-induced chronic renal ischemia is an important cause of renal dysfunction, especially in older adults, and its incidence is currently increasing. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying chronic renal hypoperfusion-induced kidney damage, we developed a novel mouse model of renal artery coiling-based chronic hypoperfusion-related kidney injury. This model exhibits decreased renal blood flow and function, atrophy, and parenchymal injury in the coiled kidney, along with compensatory hypertrophy in the non-coiled kidney, without chronic hypertension. The availability of this mouse model, which can develop renal ischemia without genetic modification, will enhance kidney disease research by serving as a new tool to investigate the effects of acquired factors (e.g., obesity and aging) and genetic factors on renal artery stenosis-related renal parenchymal damage.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-15
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2831046-9
    ISSN 2405-5808 ; 2405-5808
    ISSN (online) 2405-5808
    ISSN 2405-5808
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101607
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  9. Article ; Online: Ketone bodies: A double-edged sword for mammalian life span.

    Tomita, Issei / Tsuruta, Hiroaki / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Yamahara, Kosuke / Kuwagata, Shogo / Tanaka-Sasaki, Yuki / Chin-Kanasaki, Masami / Fujita, Yukihiro / Nishi, Eiichiro / Katagiri, Hideki / Maegawa, Hiroshi / Kume, Shinji

    Aging cell

    2023  Volume 22, Issue 6, Page(s) e13833

    Abstract: Accumulating evidence suggests health benefits of ketone bodies, and especially for longevity. However, the precise role of endogenous ketogenesis in mammalian life span, and the safety and efficacy of the long-term exogenous supplementation of ketone ... ...

    Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests health benefits of ketone bodies, and especially for longevity. However, the precise role of endogenous ketogenesis in mammalian life span, and the safety and efficacy of the long-term exogenous supplementation of ketone bodies remain unclear. In the present study, we show that a deficiency in endogenous ketogenesis, induced by whole-body Hmgcs2 deletion, shortens life span in mice, and that this is prevented by daily ketone body supplementation using a diet containing 1,3-butanediol, a precursor of β-hydroxybutyrate. Furthermore, feeding the 1,3-butanediol-containing diet from early in life increases midlife mortality in normal mice, but in aged mice it extends life span and prevents the high mortality associated with atherosclerosis in ApoE-deficient mice. By contrast, an ad libitum low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet markedly increases mortality. In conclusion, endogenous ketogenesis affects mammalian survival, and ketone body supplementation may represent a double-edged sword with respect to survival, depending on the method of administration and health status.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Ketone Bodies ; Longevity ; Butylene Glycols ; 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid ; Mammals
    Chemical Substances Ketone Bodies ; 1,3-butylene glycol (3XUS85K0RA) ; Butylene Glycols ; 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid (TZP1275679)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2113083-8
    ISSN 1474-9726 ; 1474-9718
    ISSN (online) 1474-9726
    ISSN 1474-9718
    DOI 10.1111/acel.13833
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  10. Article ; Online: Limited effects of systemic or renal lipoprotein lipase deficiency on renal physiology and diseases.

    Fujino, Yoshihiko / Yasuda-Yamahara, Mako / Tanaka-Sasaki, Yuki / Kuwagata, Shogo / Yamahara, Kosuke / Tagawa, Atsuko / Chin-Kanasaki, Masami / Yanagita, Motoko / Maegawa, Hiroshi / Kume, Shinji

    Biochemical and biophysical research communications

    2022  Volume 620, Page(s) 15–20

    Abstract: Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of circulating triglyceride and the transport of fatty acids into cells. Its activity is positively regulated by insulin, and insulin resistance is associated with low LPL activity and ... ...

    Abstract Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of circulating triglyceride and the transport of fatty acids into cells. Its activity is positively regulated by insulin, and insulin resistance is associated with low LPL activity and subsequent hypertriglyceridemia. The involvement of hypertriglyceridemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still under the debate in a clinical setting. Therefore, we aimed to study the role of hypertriglyceridemia in the disease using mice with systemic or renal-specific LPL deficiency. Systemic LPL deficiency was characterized by hypertriglyceridemia, but not renal injury or dyslipidemia-related conditions, such as fatty liver. Furthermore, the LPL deficiency-induced hypertriglyceridemia was not associated with a worsening of the CKD phenotype or atherosclerosis, even when CKD was induced by 5/6 nephrectomy. Next, because LPL-mediated fatty acid uptake may be important for energy metabolism in proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs), the role of renal LPL in renal physiology was studied by generating mice lacking LPL specifically in PTECs. These mice showed no abnormalities in their histology or renal reabsorption of micro molecules. These findings suggest that systemic and renal lipid abnormalities caused by LPL deficiency do not cause or worsen the development of renal injury, and provide novel insight regarding the potential role of lipotoxicity in the pathogenesis of obesity-related kidney injury.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type I ; Hypertriglyceridemia ; Kidney/metabolism ; Lipoprotein Lipase/metabolism ; Mice ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/etiology ; Triglycerides/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Triglycerides ; Lipoprotein Lipase (EC 3.1.1.34)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 205723-2
    ISSN 1090-2104 ; 0006-291X ; 0006-291X
    ISSN (online) 1090-2104 ; 0006-291X
    ISSN 0006-291X
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.06.067
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