Inter-organ interactions are critical for maintaining homeostasis in the body but can contribute to multi-organ dysfunction. Clinical evidence indicates that kidney dysfunction contributes to remote organ dysfunction, but little is known of the underlying mechanisms. Several reports published in 2022 identified critical mediators of kidney crosstalk with distant organs.
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Injured kidneys release osteopontin, which mediates lung inflammation and acute lung injury following acute kidney injury (kidney–lung crosstalk)1.
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CCR2+ myeloid cells accumulate in the post-ischaemic kidney and produce inflammatory mediators that exacerbate aortic atherosclerotic lesions (kidney–vascular crosstalk)2.
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Tryptophan-derived uraemic solutes suppress endothelial Wnt signalling and impair post-ischaemic angiogenic responses (kidney–vascular crosstalk)3.
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Intestinal barrier dysfunction and inflammation contribute to the development of diabetic kidney disease (kidney–gut crosstalk)4.
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Disruption of the peripheral circadian rhythm is intricately involved in the development of parathyroid hyperplasia in chronic kidney disease (kidney–parathyroid crosstalk)5.
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This authors’ work was supported by a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (21K16159 to S.H.), a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (21H02824 to R.I.), and Kyowa Kirin (to R.I.).
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S.H. and R.I. work at the Division of CKD Pathophysiology at The University of Tokyo, which is financially supported by Kyowa-Kirin Co. Ltd.
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Hasegawa, S., Inagi, R. Molecular mechanisms of kidney crosstalk with distant organs. Nat Rev Nephrol 19, 75–76 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-022-00655-z
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