Targeted inhibition of TGF-β type I receptor by AZ12601011 protects against kidney fibrosis.

Eur J Pharmacol

Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory of Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230032, China. Electronic address:

Published: August 2022

Renal fibrosis, a common feature of chronic kidney disease, causes the progressive loss of renal function, in which TGF-β plays a critical role. In this study, we found that expression levels of TGF-β and its receptor 1 (TGF-βR1) were both significantly increased in obstructive fibrosis kidneys. AZ12601011 is a small molecular inhibitor of TGF-βR1; however, its therapeutic potential for renal fibrosis remains unclear. During the experiments, AZ12601011 was applied to various models of renal fibrosis followed by unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) and ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in vivo, in addition to renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) challenged by hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) and TGF-βin vitro. Our results revealed that AZ12601011 ameliorated renal injuries and fibrosis shown by PAS, HE, and Masson staining, which was consistent with the decrease in Col-1 and α-SMA expression in the kidneys from UUO and I/R mice. Similarly, in vitro data showed that AZ12601011 inhibited the induction of Col-1 and α-SMA in both TECs treated with TGF-β and H/R. In addition, the results of cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA), molecular docking, and western bolt indicated that AZ12601011 could directly bind to TGF-βR1 and block activation of the downstream Smad3. Taken together, our findings suggest that AZ12601011 can attenuate renal fibrosis by blocking the TGF-β/Smad3 signaling pathway and it might serve as a promising clinical candidate in the fight against fibrotic kidney diseases.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.175116DOI Listing

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