Chemico-biological interactions · 2026
Aflatoxin B1 accelerates diabetic nephropathy progression via ITGA11/LTBP1-dependent oxidative and fibrotic pathways: Evidence from multi-omics and molecular simulations.
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Liu Shiqiang, Xie Kang, Zhao Huiting, Sun Yumeng, Song Xinru, Xu Linyao, Yan Youjie, Wang Tao, Nyoja Sharon, Gao Jialin, Wang Lizhuo
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BACKGROUND: Environmental toxicants are increasingly recognized as potential modifiers of diabetic nephropathy (DN) progression. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a ubiquitous foodborne contaminant, can induce oxidative and fibrotic injury, yet its DN-relevant molecular circuitry has not been systematically mapped.
AIM: To define DN-associated, AFB1-responsive pathways and prioritize mechanistically plausible molecular mediators and intercellular communication axes linked to profibrotic remodeling.
METHODOLOGY: We integrated bulk transcriptomics with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, immune deconvolution, cell-cell communication inference, pseudotime trajectory analysis, and structure-informed modeling (molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations).
RESULTS: AFB1-associated signatures were enriched for oxidative stress, xenobiotic metabolism, and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling programs. Cross-cohort analyses prioritized ITGA11 and LTBP1 as consistently AFB1-responsive candidates with diagnostic performance (AUC >0.7), and spatial/single-cell mapping localized their expression predominantly to mesangial and fibroblast-like compartments. Pseudotime trajectories suggested distinct dynamics, with transient ITGA11 activation and sustained LTBP1 upregulation, consistent with complementary roles during ECM remodeling. Cell-cell communication analysis highlighted a glomerular PTHLH-PTH1R signaling axis between podocyte- and mesangial-associated states, and immune profiling linked ITGA11/LTBP1-associated programs to innate/adaptive immune reprogramming. In silico modeling supported direct AFB1-protein interactions, with stable binding observed over 100-ns simulations and higher predicted affinity toward ITGA11 (≈-8.4 kcal/mol).
CONCLUSION: Collectively, our results suggest that AFB1 may aggravate DN by coupling oxidative/immune stress to mesangial- and fibroblast-centered ECM remodeling. ITGA11/LTBP1 and the glomerular PTHLH-PTH1R signaling axis therefore merit focused investigation as priority nodes to delineate the mechanistic basis of AFB1-driven nephrotoxicity in DN, including intercellular injury amplification within the glomerular unit.
AIM: To define DN-associated, AFB1-responsive pathways and prioritize mechanistically plausible molecular mediators and intercellular communication axes linked to profibrotic remodeling.
METHODOLOGY: We integrated bulk transcriptomics with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, immune deconvolution, cell-cell communication inference, pseudotime trajectory analysis, and structure-informed modeling (molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations).
RESULTS: AFB1-associated signatures were enriched for oxidative stress, xenobiotic metabolism, and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling programs. Cross-cohort analyses prioritized ITGA11 and LTBP1 as consistently AFB1-responsive candidates with diagnostic performance (AUC >0.7), and spatial/single-cell mapping localized their expression predominantly to mesangial and fibroblast-like compartments. Pseudotime trajectories suggested distinct dynamics, with transient ITGA11 activation and sustained LTBP1 upregulation, consistent with complementary roles during ECM remodeling. Cell-cell communication analysis highlighted a glomerular PTHLH-PTH1R signaling axis between podocyte- and mesangial-associated states, and immune profiling linked ITGA11/LTBP1-associated programs to innate/adaptive immune reprogramming. In silico modeling supported direct AFB1-protein interactions, with stable binding observed over 100-ns simulations and higher predicted affinity toward ITGA11 (≈-8.4 kcal/mol).
CONCLUSION: Collectively, our results suggest that AFB1 may aggravate DN by coupling oxidative/immune stress to mesangial- and fibroblast-centered ECM remodeling. ITGA11/LTBP1 and the glomerular PTHLH-PTH1R signaling axis therefore merit focused investigation as priority nodes to delineate the mechanistic basis of AFB1-driven nephrotoxicity in DN, including intercellular injury amplification within the glomerular unit.