The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicines, and relates to application of Kir4.2 in treatment of
renal fibrosis. The invention discovers that the expression level of the Kir4.2
protein (formed by KCNJ15
gene coding) in renal tissues of a fibrotic mouse is obviously lower than that of a
wild type mouse for the first time, and the difference has
statistical significance; moreover, after the Kir4.2 is specifically knocked out of the renal
proximal tubule,
renal fibrosis under a UUO and FA induction model can be aggravated, and the
fibrosis process of human
renal tubule epithelial cells induced by TGF-beta1
in vitro can be remarkably reversed by overexpression of the Kir4.2. Therefore, Kir4.2 can be used as a
drug, a
drug target or a
target gene in
gene therapy, is applied to prevention, alleviation and treatment of
renal fibrosis, and can provide a new strategy for prevention and treatment of renal
fibrosis. The invention further provides a construction method of the
kidney proximal tubule specificity Kir4.2
knockout animal model, and the constructed
animal model can be used for researching renal
fibrosis pathogenesis and screening drugs for preventing, relieving or / and treating renal fibrosis and has a wide application prospect.