The Journal of Practical Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 278-282.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2024.02.026

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Research progress on the relationship between m6A methylation modification and acute kidney injury

Lili TANG,Xinyu WANG,Jie ZHANG,Yue ZHAO,Xiaoyue LI()   

  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine and emergency department,the Fifth Affiliated (Zhuhai) ospital of Zunyi Medical University,Zhuhai 519000,China
  • Received:2023-08-10 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-03-06
  • Contact: Xiaoyue LI E-mail:euyeuy1983@126.com

Abstract:

Acute kidney injury(AKI) is a global public health problem with high morbidity, high mortality and costly treatment cost. The pathogenesis of AKI is very complex, and the treatment strategies for AKI are limited, then it is very matter to explore the pathophysiological mechanism and potential therapeutic targets of acute kidney injury. N6-methyladenosine(m6A) is the most abundant and extremely conservative epigenetic modification in eukaryotic, which is a dynamic and reversible process involving in splicing, nuclear export, translation, stability, and higher structure of RNA, and regulated by three regulatory factors: methyltransferase, demethylase and methylated reading protein. Current studies have found that m6A plays an important regulatory role in AKI and can be a potential therapeutic target for AKI. In this review, we provide a brief description of m6A and summarize the impact of m6A on AKI and possible future study directions for this research.

Key words: m6A methylation modification, acute kidney injury, septic acute kidney injury, ischemia/reperfusion injury

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