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Article

Assessing Kidney Injury Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Guinea Pigs with In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments

by
Himanshu Goel
1,2,
Richard L. Printz
3,4,*,
Chiyo Shiota
3,
Shanea K. Estes
3,
Venkat Pannala
1,2,
Mohamed Diwan M. AbdulHameed
1,2,
Masakazu Shiota
3 and
Anders Wallqvist
1,*
1
Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
2
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
3
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
4
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(8), 7434; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24087434
Submission received: 22 February 2023 / Revised: 4 April 2023 / Accepted: 7 April 2023 / Published: 18 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Toxicology)
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Abstract

Acute kidney injury, which is associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality, affects a significant number of individuals, and can be triggered by multiple factors, such as medications, exposure to toxic chemicals or other substances, disease, and trauma. Because the kidney is a critical organ, understanding and identifying early cellular or gene-level changes can provide a foundation for designing medical interventions. In our earlier work, we identified gene modules anchored to histopathology phenotypes associated with toxicant-induced liver and kidney injuries. Here, using in vivo and in vitro experiments, we assessed and validated these kidney injury-associated modules by analyzing gene expression data from the kidneys of male Hartley guinea pigs exposed to mercuric chloride. Using plasma creatinine levels and cell-viability assays as measures of the extent of renal dysfunction under in vivo and in vitro conditions, we performed an initial range-finding study to identify the appropriate doses and exposure times associated with mild and severe kidney injuries. We then monitored changes in kidney gene expression at the selected doses and time points post-toxicant exposure to characterize the mechanisms of kidney injury. Our injury module-based analysis revealed a dose-dependent activation of several phenotypic cellular processes associated with dilatation, necrosis, and fibrogenesis that were common across the experimental platforms and indicative of processes that initiate kidney damage. Furthermore, a comparison of activated injury modules between guinea pigs and rats indicated a strong correlation between the modules, highlighting their potential for cross-species translational studies.
Keywords: predictive toxicology; RNA-seq; mercuric chloride; guinea pig; toxicity modules; KEGG pathways predictive toxicology; RNA-seq; mercuric chloride; guinea pig; toxicity modules; KEGG pathways

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Goel, H.; Printz, R.L.; Shiota, C.; Estes, S.K.; Pannala, V.; AbdulHameed, M.D.M.; Shiota, M.; Wallqvist, A. Assessing Kidney Injury Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Guinea Pigs with In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 7434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24087434

AMA Style

Goel H, Printz RL, Shiota C, Estes SK, Pannala V, AbdulHameed MDM, Shiota M, Wallqvist A. Assessing Kidney Injury Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Guinea Pigs with In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(8):7434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24087434

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Goel, Himanshu, Richard L. Printz, Chiyo Shiota, Shanea K. Estes, Venkat Pannala, Mohamed Diwan M. AbdulHameed, Masakazu Shiota, and Anders Wallqvist. 2023. "Assessing Kidney Injury Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Guinea Pigs with In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 8: 7434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24087434

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Goel, H., Printz, R. L., Shiota, C., Estes, S. K., Pannala, V., AbdulHameed, M. D. M., Shiota, M., & Wallqvist, A. (2023). Assessing Kidney Injury Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Guinea Pigs with In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(8), 7434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24087434

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