Osteopontin expressed by renal tubular epithelium mediates interstitial monocyte infiltration in rats

2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (1) ◽  
pp. F110-F121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirokazu Okada ◽  
Kenshi Moriwaki ◽  
Raghuram Kalluri ◽  
Tsuneo Takenaka ◽  
Hiroe Imai ◽  
...  

In this study, we have shown that intravenously administered antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) was demonstrated to be taken up by tubular epithelium, after which it blocked mRNA expression of target genes in normal and nephritic rats. Therefore, we injected osteopontin (OPN) antisense ODN to Goodpasture syndrome (GPS) rats every second day between days 27 and 35, the time when renal OPN expression increased and interstitial monocyte infiltration was aggravated. In parallel to blockade of tubular OPN expression, this treatment significantly attenuated monocyte infiltration and preserved renal plasma flow in GPS rats at day 37, compared with sense ODN-treated and untreated GPS rats. No significant changes were observed in OPN mRNA level by RT-PCR and histopathology of the glomeruli after ODN treatment, which was compatible with an absence of differences in the urinary protein excretion rate. In conclusion, OPN expressed by tubular epithelium played a pivotal role in mediating peritubular monocyte infiltration consequent to glomerular disease.

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Nakagawa ◽  
Koh-ichi Yuhki ◽  
Jun-ichi Kawabe ◽  
Takayuki Fujino ◽  
Osamu Takahata ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 280 (5) ◽  
pp. 3938-3945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao-Nan Qian ◽  
Jared Knol ◽  
Peter Igarashi ◽  
Fangming Lin ◽  
Uko Zylstra ◽  
...  

1962 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 643-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Carlos Peña ◽  
Richard L. Malvin

The stop flow technique was used to investigate the permeability characteristics of the dog nephron to various C14-labeled non-electrolytes. 12 minutes after clamping the ureter, creatinine, PAH, and C14 compound were injected intravenously. 2 minutes later, urine samples were collected. Urea and glycerol were able to enter the tubular urine along the entire nephron at rates which were commensurate with their molecular weights. No significant movement of larger molecules (D-arabinose, D-glucose, and mannitol) could be detected. However, after administration of twenty units of pitressin, D-arabinose was able to diffuse across the distal and proximal tubular epithelium.


1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Heeger ◽  
Gunter Wolf ◽  
Catherine Meyers ◽  
Mae Jane Sun ◽  
Susan C. O'Farrell ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-F. Cheng ◽  
F. Nolasco ◽  
J. S. Cameron ◽  
G. Hildreth ◽  
Gillian Neild ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dessureault ◽  
P. Brown ◽  
T. Ghose ◽  
O.P. Kamra ◽  
P. Belitsky

1947 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbie I. Knowlton ◽  
Emily N. Loeb ◽  
Herbert C. Stoerk ◽  
Beatrice C. Seegal

1. Desoxycorticosterone acetate (DCA) and NaCl, in the dosage employed in normal rats, caused renal and cardiac hypertrophy, characteristic changes in the renal tubular epithelium, atrophic changes in the subcapsular zone of the adrenal cortex, and serum electrolyte changes characterized by a rise in sodium and fall in potassium. 2. In rats rendered nephritic with a rabbit anti-rat-kidney serum, the same regimen caused similar changes. In addition, DCA given concurrently with NaCl greatly intensified the nephritic process and gave rise to striking arterial hypertension. 3. A diet, virtually sodium-free, administered to normal and nephritic rats receiving daily injections of DCA abolished or reduced to a minimum the effects of this steroid; i.e., a liberal ingestion of NaCl was essential for the potentiation of the action of DCA. 4. The addition of KCl to the drinking water of rats receiving DCA and NaCl tended to correct the depression of the level of potassium in the serum, but had no effect upon the hypertension in nephritic animals nor upon the anatomical lesions. 5. The mechanism by which the sodium ion potentiates the activity of DCA has not been established.


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