Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

CXCL12 and MYC control energy metabolism to support adaptive responses after kidney injury

  • Toma A. Yakulov,
  • Abhijeet P. Todkar,
  • Krasimir Slanchev,
  • Johannes Wiegel,
  • Alexandra Bona,
  • Martin Groß,
  • Alexander Scholz,
  • Isabell Hess,
  • Anne Wurditsch,
  • Florian Grahammer,
  • Tobias B. Huber,
  • Virginie Lecaudey,
  • Tillmann Bork,
  • Jochen Hochrein,
  • Melanie Boerries,
  • Justine Leenders,
  • Pascal de Tullio,
  • François Jouret,
  • Albrecht Kramer-Zucker,
  • Gerd Walz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06094-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Injuries in the embryonal kidney can be repaired by a cell migratory response but how this is regulated at a molecular level is unclear. Here, the authors show in mice that deletion of Cxcl12 and Myc delays pronephros injury repair by changing mitochondrial metabolism and glycolysis.