Renal Interstitial Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor- β Cells Support Proximal Tubular Regeneration
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Renal Interstitial Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor- β Cells Support Proximal Tubular Regeneration
Abstract
Background: The kidney is considered to be a structurally stable organ with limited baseline cellular turnover. Nevertheless, single cells must be constantly replaced to conserve the functional integrity of the organ. PDGF chain B (PDGF-BB) signaling through fibroblast PDGF receptor-β (PDGFRβ) contributes to interstitial-epithelial cell communication and facilitates regenerative functions in several organs. However, the potential role of interstitial cells in renal tubular regeneration has not been examined.
Methods: In mice with fluorescent protein expression in renal tubular cells and PDGFRβ-positive interstitial cells, we ablated single tubular cells by high laser exposure. We then used serial intravital multiphoton microscopy with subsequent three-dimensional reconstruction and ex vivo histology to evaluate the cellular and molecular processes involved in tubular regeneration.
Results: Single-tubular cell ablation caused the migration and division of dedifferentiated tubular epithelial cells that preceded tubular regeneration. Moreover, tubular cell ablation caused immediate calcium responses in adjacent PDGFRβ-positive interstitial cells and the rapid migration thereof toward the injury. These PDGFRβ-positive cells enclosed the injured epithelium before the onset of tubular cell dedifferentiation, and the later withdrawal of these PDGFRβ-positive cells correlated with signs of tubular cell redifferentiation. Intraperitoneal administration of trapidil to block PDGFRβ impeded PDGFRβ-positive cell migration to the tubular injury site and compromised the recovery of tubular function.
Conclusions: Ablated tubular cells are exclusively replaced by resident tubular cell proliferation in a process dependent on PDGFRβ-mediated communication between the renal interstitium and the tubular system.
Keywords: proliferation; renal proximal tubule cell; renal stem cell; tubular-interstitial crosstalk.
Copyright © 2018 by the American Society of Nephrology.
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Comment in
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Regeneration: Interstitial-epithelial crosstalk.Nat Rev Nephrol. 2018 May;14(5):286. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2018.20. Epub 2018 Mar 5. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2018. PMID: 29503452 No abstract available.
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