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Ranjit S, Lanzanò L, Libby AE, Gratton E, Levi M. Advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques to study kidney function. Nat Rev Nephrol 2020; 17:128-144. [PMID: 32948857 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-020-00337-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fluorescence microscopy, in particular immunofluorescence microscopy, has been used extensively for the assessment of kidney function and pathology for both research and diagnostic purposes. The development of confocal microscopy in the 1950s enabled imaging of live cells and intravital imaging of the kidney; however, confocal microscopy is limited by its maximal spatial resolution and depth. More recent advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques have enabled increasingly detailed assessment of kidney structure and provided extraordinary insights into kidney function. For example, nanoscale precise imaging by rapid beam oscillation (nSPIRO) is a super-resolution microscopy technique that was originally developed for functional imaging of kidney microvilli and enables detection of dynamic physiological events in the kidney. A variety of techniques such as fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) enable assessment of interaction between proteins. The emergence of other super-resolution techniques, including super-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED), photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) and structured illumination microscopy (SIM), has enabled functional imaging of cellular and subcellular organelles at ≤50 nm resolution. The deep imaging via emission recovery (DIVER) detector allows deep, label-free and high-sensitivity imaging of second harmonics, enabling assessment of processes such as fibrosis, whereas fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) enables assessment of metabolic processes.
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- Suman Ranjit
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. .,Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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Gyarmati G, Kadoya H, Moon JY, Burford JL, Ahmadi N, Gill IS, Hong YK, Dér B, Peti-Peterdi J. Advances in Renal Cell Imaging. Semin Nephrol 2019; 38:52-62. [PMID: 29291762 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A great variety of cell imaging technologies are used routinely every day for the investigation of kidney cell types in applications ranging from basic science research to drug development and pharmacology, clinical nephrology, and pathology. Quantitative visualization of the identity, density, and fate of both resident and nonresident cells in the kidney, and imaging-based analysis of their altered function, (patho)biology, metabolism, and signaling in disease conditions, can help to better define pathomechanism-based disease subgroups, identify critical cells and structures that play a role in the pathogenesis, critically needed biomarkers of disease progression, and cell and molecular pathways as targets for novel therapies. Overall, renal cell imaging has great potential for improving the precision of diagnostic and treatment paradigms for individual acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease patients or patient populations. This review highlights and provides examples for some of the recently developed renal cell optical imaging approaches, mainly intravital multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, and the new knowledge they provide for our better understanding of renal pathologies.
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- Georgina Gyarmati
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Institute of Urology, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Institute of Urology, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Schiessl IM, Fremter K, Burford JL, Castrop H, Peti-Peterdi J. Long-Term Cell Fate Tracking of Individual Renal Cells Using Serial Intravital Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2150:25-44. [PMID: 31087287 DOI: 10.1007/7651_2019_232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Intravital multiphoton microscopy of the kidney is a powerful technique to study alterations in tissue morphology and function simultaneously in the living animal and represents a dynamic and developing research tool in the field. Recent technological advances include serial intravital multiphoton microscopy of the same kidney regions over several weeks and combined with ex vivo histology for cellular biomarker expression of the same cells, which had been subject to serial imaging before. Thus, serial intravital multiphoton microscopy followed by ex vivo histology provides unique tools to perform long-term cell fate tracing of the same renal cells during physiological and pathophysiological conditions, thereby allowing the detection of structural changes of the same renal cells over time. Examples include renal cell migration and proliferation while linking these events to local functional alterations and eventually to the expression of distinct cellular biomarkers. Here, we provide a detailed step-by-step protocol to facilitate serial intravital multiphoton microscopy for long-term in vivo tracking of renal cells and subsequent ex vivo histology for immunohistological staining of the same cells in the fixed tissue.
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- Ina Maria Schiessl
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Kidney cell death plays a key role in the progression of life-threatening renal diseases, such as acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Injured and dying epithelial and endothelial cells take part in complex communication with the innate immune system, which drives the progression of cell death and the decrease in renal function. To improve our understanding of kidney cell death dynamics and its impact on renal disease, a study approach is needed that facilitates the visualization of renal function and morphology in real time. Intravital multiphoton microscopy of the kidney has been used for more than a decade and made substantial contributions to our understanding of kidney physiology and pathophysiology. It is a unique tool that relates renal structure and function in a time- and spatial-dependent manner. Basic renal function, such as microvascular blood flow regulation and glomerular filtration, can be determined in real time and homeostatic alterations, which are linked inevitably to cell death and can be depicted down to the subcellular level. This review provides an overview of the available techniques to study kidney dysfunction and inflammation in terms of cell death in vivo, and addresses how this novel approach can be used to improve our understanding of cell death dynamics in renal disease.
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Sandoval RM, Molitoris BA. Intravital multiphoton microscopy as a tool for studying renal physiology and pathophysiology. Methods 2017; 128:20-32. [PMID: 28733090 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The kidney is a complex and dynamic organ with over 40 cell types, and tremendous structural and functional diversity. Intravital multi-photon microscopy, development of fluorescent probes and innovative software, have rapidly advanced the study of intracellular and intercellular processes within the kidney. Researchers can quantify the distribution, behavior, and dynamic interactions of up to four labeled chemical probes and proteins simultaneously and repeatedly in four dimensions (time), with subcellular resolution in near real time. Thus, multi-photon microscopy has greatly extended our ability to investigate cell biology intravitally, at cellular and subcellular resolutions. Therefore, the purpose of the chapter is to demonstrate how the use in intravital multi-photon microscopy has advanced the understanding of both the physiology and pathophysiology of the kidney.
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- Ruben M Sandoval
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Roudebush VAMC, Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Roudebush VAMC, Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Combined use of electron microscopy and intravital imaging captures morphological and functional features of podocyte detachment. Pflugers Arch 2017; 469:965-974. [PMID: 28664407 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-017-2020-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The development of podocyte injury and albuminuria in various glomerular pathologies is still incompletely understood due to technical limitations in studying the glomerular filtration barrier (GFB) in real-time. We aimed to directly visualize the early morphological and functional changes of the GFB during the development of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) using a combination of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and in vivo multiphoton microscopy (MPM) in the rat puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) model. We hypothesized that this combined TEM + MPM experimental approach would provide a major technical improvement that would benefit our mechanistic understanding of podocyte detachment. Male Sprague-Dawley (for TEM) or Munich-Wistar-Frömter (for MPM) rats were given a single dose of 100-150 mg/kg body weight PAN i.p. and were either sacrificed and the kidneys processed for TEM or surgically instrumented for in vivo MPM imaging at various times 2-14 days after PAN administration. Both techniques demonstrated hypertrophy and cystic dilatations of the subpodocyte space that developed as early as 2-3 days after PAN. Adhesions of the visceral epithelium to the parietal Bowman's capsule (synechiae) appeared at days 8-10. TEM provided unmatched resolution of podocyte foot process remodeling, while MPM revealed the rapid dynamics of pseudocyst filling, emptying, and rupture, as well as endothelial and podocyte injury, misdirected filtration, and podocyte shedding. Due to the complementary advantages of TEM and MPM, this combined approach can provide an unusally comprehensive and dynamic portrayal of the alterations in podocyte morphology and function during FSGS development. The results advance our understanding of the role and importance of the various cell types, hemodynamics, and mechanical forces in the development of glomerular pathology.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The review aims to provide a brief summary and evaluation of the current state of research that uses multiphoton fluorescence microscopy for intravital kidney imaging. RECENT FINDINGS Direct visualization of the glomerular filter, proximal and distal tubule segments, and the renal vasculature in the living, intact kidney in zebrafish, mouse, and rat models with high temporal and spatial resolution provided new insights into the function of the normal and diseased kidney. New technical developments in fluorescence excitation and detection, in combination with transgenic animal models for cell function and fate mapping, and serial imaging of the same glomerulus in the same animal over several days further advanced the field of nephrology research, and the understanding of disease mechanisms. SUMMARY Intravital multiphoton imaging has solved many critical technical barriers in kidney research and allowed the dynamic portrayal of the structure and function of various renal cell types in vivo. It has become a widely used research technique, with significant past achievements, and tremendous potential for future development and applications for the study and better understanding of kidney diseases.
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CCR2 contributes to the recruitment of monocytes and leads to kidney inflammation and fibrosis development. Inflammopharmacology 2017; 26:403-411. [PMID: 28168553 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-017-0317-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Chemokines are a large family of proteins that, once associated to its receptor on leukocytes, stimulate their movement and migration from blood to tissues. Once in the tissue, immune cells trigger inflammation that, when uncontrolled, leads to fibrosis development. Among the immune cells, macrophages take a special role in fibrosis formation, since macrophage depletion reflects less collagen deposition. The majority of tissue macrophages is derived from monocytes, especially monocytes expressing the chemokine receptor CCR2. Here, we investigated the role of infiltrating CCR2+ cells in the development of fibrosis, and specifically, the dynamic of infiltration of these cells into kidneys under chronic obstructive lesion. Using liposome-encapsulated clodronate, we observed that macrophage depletion culminated in less collagen deposition and reduced chemokines milieu that were released in the damaged kidney after obstructive nephropathy. We also obstructed the kidneys of CCL3-/-, CCR2-/-, CCR4-/-, CCR5-/-, and C57BL/6 mice and we found that among all animals, CCR2-/- mice demonstrated the more robust protection, reflected by less inflammatory and Th17-related cytokines and less collagen formation. Next we evaluated the dynamic of CCR2+/rfp cell infiltration and we observed that they adhere onto the vessels at early stages of disease, culminating in increased recruitment of CCR2+/rfp cells at later stages. On the other hand, CCR2rfp/rfp animals exhibited less fibrosis formation and reduced numbers of recruited cells at later stages. We have experimentally demonstrated that inflammatory CCR2+ cells that reach the injured kidney at initial stages after tissue damage are responsible for the fibrotic pattern observed at later time points in the context of UUO.
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Nakamoto H. Visualisation studies and glomerular filtration in early diabetic rats. J Biomech 2017; 50:138-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schießl IM, Castrop H. Deep insights: intravital imaging with two-photon microscopy. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:1505-16. [PMID: 27352273 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1832-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Intravital multiphoton microscopy is widely used to assess the structure and function of organs in live animals. Although different tissues vary in their accessibility for intravital multiphoton imaging, considerable progress has been made in the imaging quality of all tissues due to substantial technical improvements in the relevant imaging components, such as optics, excitation laser, detectors, and signal analysis software. In this review, we provide an overview of the technical background of intravital multiphoton microscopy. Then, we note a few seminal findings that were made through the use of multiphoton microscopy. Finally, we address the technical limitations of the method and provide an outlook for how these limitations may be overcome through future technical developments.
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- Ina Maria Schießl
- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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This article summarizes the past, present, and future promise of multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscopy for intravital kidney imaging. During the past 15years, several high-power visual research approaches have been developed using multiphoton imaging to study the normal functions of the healthy, intact, living kidney, and the various molecular and cellular mechanisms of the development of kidney diseases. In this review, the main focus will be on intravital multiphoton imaging of the glomerulus, the structure and function of the glomerular filtration barrier, especially the podocyte. Examples will be given for the combination of two powerful research tools, in vivo multiphoton imaging and mouse genetics using commercially available whole animal models for the detailed characterization of glomerular cell types, their function and fate, and for the better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of glomerular pathologies. One of the new modalities of multiphoton imaging, serial imaging of the same glomerulus in the same animal over several days will be emphasized for its potential for further advancing the field of nephrology research.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, and Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, ZNI355, University of Southern California, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Jain M, Robinson BD, Aggarwal A, Shevchuk MM, Scherr DS, Mukherjee S. Multiphoton microscopy for rapid histopathological evaluation of kidney tumours. BJU Int 2015; 118:118-26. [DOI: 10.1111/bju.13377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Manu Jain
- Department of Dermatology; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York NY USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
- Department of Urology; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
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- Department of Biochemistry; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
- Department of Natural Sciences; LaGuardia Community College; Long Island City NY USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
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- Department of Urology; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
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- Department of Biochemistry; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York NY USA
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Torres R, Velazquez H, Chang JJ, Levene MJ, Moeckel G, Desir GV, Safirstein R. Three-Dimensional Morphology by Multiphoton Microscopy with Clearing in a Model of Cisplatin-Induced CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 27:1102-12. [PMID: 26303068 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2015010079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Traditional histologic methods are limited in their ability to detect pathologic changes of CKD, of which cisplatin therapy is an important cause. In addition, poor reproducibility of available methods has limited analysis of the role of fibrosis in CKD. Highly labor-intensive serial sectioning studies have demonstrated that three-dimensional perspective can reveal useful morphologic information on cisplatin-induced CKD. By applying the new technique of multiphoton microscopy (MPM) with clearing to a new mouse model of cisplatin-induced CKD, we obtained detailed morphologic and collagen reconstructions of millimeter-thick renal sections that provided new insights into pathophysiology. Quantitative analysis revealed that a major long-term cisplatin effect is reduction in the number of cuboidal cells of the glomerular capsule, a change we term the "uncapped glomerulus lesion." Glomerulotubular disconnection was confirmed, but connection remnants between damaged tubules and atubular glomeruli were observed. Reductions in normal glomerular capsules corresponded to reductions in GFR. Mild increases in collagen were noted, but the fibrosis was not spatially correlated with atubular glomeruli. Glomerular volume and number remained unaltered with cisplatin exposure, but cortical tubulointerstitial mass decreased. In conclusion, new observations were made possible by using clearing MPM, demonstrating the utility of this technique for studies of renal disease. This technique should prove valuable for further characterizing the evolution of CKD with cisplatin therapy and of other conditions.
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- Department of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; and Department of Internal Medicine, and
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- Department of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; and Department of Internal Medicine, and
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; and Department of Internal Medicine, and
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- Department of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; and Department of Internal Medicine, and
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Szebényi K, Füredi A, Kolacsek O, Csohány R, Prókai Á, Kis-Petik K, Szabó A, Bősze Z, Bender B, Tóvári J, Enyedi Á, Orbán TI, Apáti Á, Sarkadi B. Visualization of Calcium Dynamics in Kidney Proximal Tubules. J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 26:2731-40. [PMID: 25788535 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2014070705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Intrarenal changes in cytoplasmic calcium levels have a key role in determining pathologic and pharmacologic responses in major kidney diseases. However, cell-specific delivery of calcium-sensitive probes in vivo remains problematic. We generated a transgenic rat stably expressing the green fluorescent protein-calmodulin-based genetically encoded calcium indicator (GCaMP2) predominantly in the kidney proximal tubules. The transposon-based method used allowed the generation of homozygous transgenic rats containing one copy of the transgene per allele with a defined insertion pattern, without genetic or phenotypic alterations. We applied in vitro confocal and in vivo two-photon microscopy to examine basal calcium levels and ligand- and drug-induced alterations in these levels in proximal tubular epithelial cells. Notably, renal ischemia induced a transient increase in cellular calcium, and reperfusion resulted in a secondary calcium load, which was significantly decreased by systemic administration of specific blockers of the angiotensin receptor and the Na-Ca exchanger. The parallel examination of in vivo cellular calcium dynamics and renal circulation by fluorescent probes opens new possibilities for physiologic and pharmacologic investigations.
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- Kornélia Szebényi
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, MTA-SE Molecular Biophysics Research Group, and
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- MTA-SE, Pediatrics and Nephrology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Second Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary;
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, MTA-SE Molecular Biophysics Research Group, and
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Novel in vivo techniques to visualize kidney anatomy and function. Kidney Int 2015; 88:44-51. [PMID: 25738253 PMCID: PMC4490063 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2015.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Revised: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Intravital imaging using multiphoton microscopy (MPM) has become an increasingly popular and widely used experimental technique in kidney research over the past few years. MPM allows deep optical sectioning of the intact, living kidney tissue with submicron resolution which is unparalleled among intravital imaging approaches. MPM has solved a long-standing critical technical barrier in renal research to study several complex and inaccessible cell types and anatomical structures in vivo in their native environment. Comprehensive and quantitative kidney structure and function MPM studies helped our better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the healthy and diseased kidney. This review summarizes recent in vivo MPM studies with a focus on the glomerulus and the filtration barrier, although select, glomerulus-related renal vascular and tubular functions are also mentioned. The latest applications of serial MPM of the same glomerulus in vivo, in the intact kidney over several days, during the progression of glomerular disease are discussed. This visual approach, in combination with genetically encoded fluorescent markers of cell lineage, has helped to track the fate and function (e.g. cell calcium changes) of single podocytes during the development of glomerular pathologies, and provided visual proof for the highly dynamic rather than static nature of the glomerular environment. Future intravital imaging applications have the promise to further push the limits of optical microscopy, and to advance our understanding of the mechanisms of kidney injury. Also, MPM will help to study new mechanisms of tissue repair and regeneration, a cutting edge area of kidney research.
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Nakamoto H, Nakayama K, Emoto N, Kajiya F. The Short-Term Effects of C-Peptide on the Early Diabetes-Related Ultrastructural Changes to the Podocyte Slit Diaphragm of Glomeruli in Rats. Microcirculation 2015; 22:122-32. [DOI: 10.1111/micc.12185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Hiroshi Nakamoto
- Department of Medical Engineering and Systems Cardiology; Kawasaki Medical School; Kurashiki Okayama Japan
- Department of Clinical Engineering; Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare; Kurashiki, Okayama Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Hyogo Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Hyogo Japan
- Clinical Pharmacy; Kobe Pharmaceutical University; Hyogo Japan
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- Department of Medical Engineering and Systems Cardiology; Kawasaki Medical School; Kurashiki Okayama Japan
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Peti-Peterdi J, Burford JL, Hackl MJ. Can kidney regeneration be visualized? Nephron Clin Pract 2014; 126:86. [PMID: 24854647 DOI: 10.1159/000360673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Various cell types, including podocytes and parietal epithelial cells, play important roles in the development and progression of glomerular kidney diseases, albuminuria, and glomerulosclerosis. Besides their role in renal pathologies, glomerular cells have emerging new functions in endogenous repair mechanisms. A better understanding of the dynamics of the glomerular environment and cellular composition in an intact living kidney is critically important for the development of new regenerative therapeutic strategies for kidney diseases. However, progress in this field has been hampered by the lack of in vivo research tools. SUMMARY This review summarizes the current state-of-the-art in the application of the unique intravital imaging technology of multiphoton fluorescence microscopy for the dynamic visualization of glomerular structure and function over time in the intact, living kidney. Recently, this imaging approach in combination with transgenic mouse models allowed tracking of the fate of individual glomerular cells in vivo over several days and depicted the highly dynamic nature of the glomerular environment, particularly in disease conditions. KEY MESSAGES The technology is ready and available for future intravital imaging studies investigating new glomerular regenerative approaches in animal models.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., USA
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Svenningsen P, Burford JL, Peti-Peterdi J. ATP releasing connexin 30 hemichannels mediate flow-induced calcium signaling in the collecting duct. Front Physiol 2013; 4:292. [PMID: 24137132 PMCID: PMC3797415 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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ATP in the renal tubular fluid is an important regulator of salt and water reabsorption via purinergic calcium signaling that involves the P2Y2 receptor, ENaC, and AQP2. Recently, we have shown that connexin (Cx) 30 hemichannels are localized to the non-junctional apical membrane of cells in the distal nephron-collecting duct (CD) and release ATP into the tubular fluid upon mechanical stimuli, leading to reduced salt and water reabsorption. Cx30−/− mice show salt-dependent elevations in BP and impaired pressure-natriuresis. Thus, we hypothesized that increased tubular flow rate leads to Cx30-dependent purinergic intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) signaling in the CD. Cortical CDs (CCDs) from wild type and Cx30−/− mice were freshly dissected and microperfused in vitro. Using confocal fluorescence imaging and the calcium-sensitive fluorophore pair Fluo-4 and Fura Red, we found that increasing tubular flow rate from 2 to 20 nl/min caused a significant 2.1-fold elevation in [Ca2+]i in wild type CCDs. This response was blunted in Cx30−/− CCDs ([Ca2+]i increased only 1.2-fold, p < 0.0001 vs. WT, n = 6 each). To further test our hypothesis we performed CD [Ca2+]i imaging in intact mouse kidneys in vivo using multiphoton microscopy and micropuncture delivery of the calcium-sensitive fluorophore Rhod-2. We found intrinsic, spontaneous [Ca2+]i oscillations in free-flowing CDs of wild type but not Cx30−/− mice. The [Ca2+]i oscillations were sensitive also to P2-receptor inhibition by suramin. Taken together, these data confirm that mechanosensitive Cx30 hemichannels mediate tubular ATP release and purinergic calcium signaling in the CD which mechanism plays an important role in the regulation of CD salt and water reabsorption.
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- Per Svenningsen
- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, and Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA ; Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark
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Ren Y, D'Ambrosio MA, Garvin JL, Wang H, Carretero OA. Prostaglandin E2 mediates connecting tubule glomerular feedback. Hypertension 2013; 62:1123-8. [PMID: 24060896 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.02040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Connecting tubule glomerular feedback (CTGF) is a mechanism in which Na reabsorption in the connecting tubule (CNT) causes afferent arteriole (Af-Art) dilation. CTGF is mediated by eicosanoids, including prostaglandins and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; however, their exact nature and source remain unknown. We hypothesized that during CTGF, the CNT releases prostaglandin E2, which binds its type 4 receptor (EP4) and dilates the Af-Art. Rabbit Af-Arts with the adherent CNT intact were microdissected, perfused, and preconstricted with norepinephrine. CTGF was elicited by increasing luminal NaCl in the CNT from 10 to 80 mmol/L. We induced CTGF with or without the EP4 receptor blocker ONO-AE3-208 added to the bath in the presence of the epoxyeicosatrienoic acid synthesis inhibitor MS-PPOH. ONO-AE3-208 abolished CTGF (control, 9.4 ± 0.5; MS-PPOH+ONO-AE3-208, -0.6 ± 0.2 μm; P<0.001; n=6). To confirm these results, we used a different, specific EP4 blocker, L161982 (10(-5) mol/L), that also abolished CTGF (control, 8.5 ± 0.9; MS-PPOH+L161982, 0.8 ± 0.4 μm; P<0.001; n=6). To confirm that the eicosanoids that mediate CTGF are released from the CNT rather than the Af-Art, we first disrupted the Af-Art endothelium with an antibody and complement. Endothelial disruption did not affect CTGF (7.9 ± 0.9 versus 8.6 ± 0.6 μm; P=NS; n=7). We then added arachidonic acid to the lumen of the CNT while maintaining zero NaCl in the perfusate. Arachidonic acid caused dose-dependent dilation of the attached Af-Art (from 8.6 ± 1.2 to 15.3 ± 0.7 μm; P<0.001; n=6), and this effect was blocked by ONO-AE3-208 (10(-7) mol/L). We conclude that during CTGF, the CNT releases prostaglandin E2, which acts on EP4 on the Af-Art inducing endothelium-independent dilation.
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- Yilin Ren
- Division of Hypertension and Vascular Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202.
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Imaging inflammatory leukocyte recruitment in kidney, lung and liver—challenges to the multi‐step paradigm. Immunol Cell Biol 2013; 91:281-9. [DOI: 10.1038/icb.2012.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Hall AM, Rhodes GJ, Sandoval RM, Corridon PR, Molitoris BA. In vivo multiphoton imaging of mitochondrial structure and function during acute kidney injury. Kidney Int 2013; 83:72-83. [PMID: 22992467 PMCID: PMC4136483 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury due to ischemia and toxic drugs. Methods for imaging mitochondrial function in cells using confocal microscopy are well established; more recently, it was shown that these techniques can be utilized in ex vivo kidney tissue using multiphoton microscopy. We extended this approach in vivo and found that kidney mitochondrial structure and function can be imaged in anesthetized rodents using multiphoton excitation of endogenous and exogenous fluorophores. Mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide increased markedly in rat kidneys in response to ischemia. Following intravenous injection, the mitochondrial membrane potential-dependent dye TMRM was taken up by proximal tubules; in response to ischemia, the membrane potential dissipated rapidly and mitochondria became shortened and fragmented in proximal tubules. In contrast, the mitochondrial membrane potential and structure were better maintained in distal tubules. Changes in mitochondrial structure, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, and membrane potential were found in the proximal, but not distal, tubules after gentamicin exposure. These changes were sporadic, highly variable among animals, and were preceded by changes in non-mitochondrial structures. Thus, real-time changes in mitochondrial structure and function can be imaged in rodent kidneys in vivo using multiphoton excitation of endogenous and exogenous fluorophores in response to ischemia-reperfusion injury or drug toxicity.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Kidney Injury/etiology
- Acute Kidney Injury/pathology
- Acute Kidney Injury/physiopathology
- Animals
- Gentamicins/adverse effects
- Glutathione/metabolism
- Ischemia/complications
- Kidney/blood supply
- Kidney Tubules, Distal/metabolism
- Kidney Tubules, Distal/pathology
- Kidney Tubules, Distal/physiopathology
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/metabolism
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/pathology
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/physiopathology
- Male
- Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton/methods
- Mitochondria/pathology
- Mitochondria/physiology
- NAD/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Rats, Wistar
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
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- Andrew M Hall
- University College London Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
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Multiphoton imaging reveals a new leukocyte recruitment paradigm in the glomerulus. Nat Med 2012; 19:107-12. [PMID: 23242472 DOI: 10.1038/nm.3024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In contrast with many capillary beds, the glomerulus readily supports leukocyte recruitment. However, little is known regarding the actions of leukocytes following their recruitment to glomeruli. We used multiphoton confocal microscopy to examine leukocyte behavior in the glomerular microvasculature. In normal glomeruli, neutrophils and monocytes were retained in capillaries for several minutes, remaining static or migrating intravascularly. Induction of glomerular inflammation resulted in an increase in the duration of retention of static and migratory leukocytes. In response to immune complex deposition, both static and migratory neutrophils generated oxidants in inflamed glomeruli via a Mac-1-dependent mechanism. Our results describe a new paradigm for glomerular inflammation, suggesting that the major effect of acute inflammation is to increase the duration of leukocyte retention in the glomerulus. Moreover, these findings describe a previously unknown form of multicellular intravascular patrolling that involves both monocytes and neutrophils, which may underlie the susceptibility of the glomerulus to inflammation.
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Peti-Peterdi J, Gevorgyan H, Lam L, Riquier-Brison A. Metabolic control of renin secretion. Pflugers Arch 2012; 465:53-8. [PMID: 22729752 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1130-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 06/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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One emerging topic in renin-angiotensin system (RAS) research is the direct local control of renin synthesis and release by endogenous metabolic intermediates. During the past few years, our laboratory has characterized the localization and signaling of the novel metabolic receptor GPR91 in the normal and diabetic kidney and established GPR91 as a new, direct link between high glucose and RAS activation in diabetes. GPR91 (also called SUCNR1) binds tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediate succinate which can rapidly accumulate in the local tissue environment when energy supply and demand are out of balance. In a variety of physiological and pathological conditions associated with metabolic stress, succinate signaling via GPR91 appears to be an important mediator or modulator of renin secretion. This review summarizes our current knowledge on the control of renin release by molecules of endogenous metabolic pathways with the main focus on succinate/GPR91.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, 1501 San Pablo Street, ZNI 335, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Lee HC, Zhou C, Cohen DW, Mondelblatt AE, Wang Y, Aguirre AD, Shen D, Sheikine Y, Fujimoto JG, Connolly JL. Integrated optical coherence tomography and optical coherence microscopy imaging of ex vivo human renal tissues. J Urol 2011; 187:691-9. [PMID: 22177199 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.09.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE We evaluated the feasibility of using optical coherence tomography and optical coherence microscopy technology to assess human kidney morphology. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 35 renal specimens from 19 patients, consisting of 12 normal tissues and 23 tumors (16 clear cell renal cell carcinomas, 5 papillary renal cell carcinomas and 2 oncocytomas) were imaged ex vivo after surgical resection. Optical coherence tomography and optical coherence microscopy images were compared to corresponding hematoxylin and eosin histology to identify characteristic features of normal and pathological renal tissues. Three pathologists blinded to histology evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of optical coherence microscopy images to differentiate normal from neoplastic renal tissues. RESULTS Optical coherence tomography and optical coherence microscopy images of normal kidney revealed architectural features, including glomeruli, convoluted tubules, collecting tubules and loops of Henle. Each method of imaging renal tumors clearly demonstrated morphological changes and decreased imaging depth. Optical coherence tomography and microscopy features matched well with the corresponding histology. Three observers achieved 88%, 100% and 100% sensitivity, and 100%, 88% and 100% specificity, respectively, when evaluating normal vs neoplastic specimens using optical coherence microscopy images with substantial interobserver agreement (κ = 0.82, p <0.01). CONCLUSIONS Integrated optical coherence tomography and optical coherence microscopy imaging provides coregistered, multiscale images of renal pathology in real time without exogenous contrast medium or histological processing. High sensitivity and specificity were achieved using optical coherence microscopy to differentiate normal from neoplastic renal tissues, suggesting possible applications for guiding renal mass biopsy or evaluating surgical margins.
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- Hsiang-Chieh Lee
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Peti-Peterdi J, Burford JL, Hackl MJ. The first decade of using multiphoton microscopy for high-power kidney imaging. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 302:F227-33. [PMID: 22031850 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00561.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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In this review, we highlight the major scientific breakthroughs in kidney research achieved using multiphoton microscopy (MPM) and summarize the milestones in the technological development of kidney MPM during the past 10 years. Since more and more renal laboratories invest in MPM worldwide, we discuss future directions and provide practical, useful tips and examples for the application of this still-emerging optical sectioning technology. Advantages of using MPM in various kidney preparations that range from freshly dissected individual glomeruli or the whole kidney in vitro to MPM of the intact mouse and rat kidney in vivo are reviewed. Potential combinations of MPM with micromanipulation techniques including microperfusion and micropuncture are also included. However, we emphasize the most advanced and complex, quantitative in vivo imaging applications as the ultimate use of MPM since the true mandate of this technology is to look inside intact organs in live animals and humans.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, and Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Hall AM, Crawford C, Unwin RJ, Duchen MR, Peppiatt-Wildman CM. Multiphoton imaging of the functioning kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 22:1297-304. [PMID: 21719788 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2010101054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Translating discoveries made in isolated renal cells and tubules to the in vivo situation requires the assessment of cellular function in intact live organs. Multiphoton imaging is a form of fluorescence microscopy that is ideally suited to working with whole tissues and organs, but adequately loading cells with fluorescence dyes in vivo remains a challenge. We found that recirculation of fluorescence dyes in the rat isolated perfused kidney (IPK) resulted in levels of intracellular loading that would be difficult to achieve in vivo. This technique allowed the imaging of tubular cell structure and function with multiphoton microscopy in an intact, functioning organ. We used this approach to follow processes in real time, including (1) relative rates of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in different tubule types, (2) filtration and tubular uptake of low-molecular-weight dextrans and proteins, and (3) the effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury on mitochondrial function and cell structure. This study demonstrates that multiphoton microscopy of the isolated perfused kidney is a powerful technique for detailed imaging of cell structure and function in an intact organ.
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- Andrew M Hall
- University College London Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom.
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Diabetes mellitus is the most common and rapidly growing cause of end-stage renal disease. A classic hallmark of diabetes pathology is the activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which may lead to hypertension and renal tissue injury, but the mechanism of RAS activation has been elusive. Recently, we described the intrarenal localization of the novel metabolic receptor GPR91 and established some of its functions in diabetes. These include the triggering of renin release in early diabetes via both vascular (endothelial) and tubular (macula densa) sites in the juxtaglomerular apparatus as well as the activation of MAP kinases in the distal nephron-collecting duct, which are important signaling mechanisms in diabetic nephropathy (DN) and renal fibrosis. GPR91 is a cell surface receptor for succinate and during the past few years it has provided a new paradigm for the mechanism of cell stress response in many organs. Beyond its traditional role in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, succinate now has an unexpected hormone-like signaling function, which may provide a feedback between local tissue metabolism, mitochondrial stress, and organ functions. Succinate accumulation in the local tissue environment and GPR91 signaling appear to be important early mechanisms by which cells detect and respond to hyperglycemia and trigger tissue injury in DN. Also, the distal nephron-collecting duct system, which is the major source of (pro)renin in diabetes and has the highest level of GPR91 expression in the kidney, may have an important, active, and early role in the pathogenesis of DN in contrast to the existing glomerulus-centric paradigm.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, and Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscopy is a powerful noninvasive imaging technique for the deep optical sectioning of living tissues. Its application in several intact tissues is a significant advance in our understanding of organ function, including renal pathophysiological mechanisms. The glomerulus, the filtering unit in the kidney, is one good example of a relatively inaccessible and complex structure, with cell types that are otherwise difficult to study at high resolution in their native environment. In this article, we address the application, advantages, and limitations of this imaging technology for the study of the glomerular filtration barrier and the controversy it recently generated regarding the glomerular filtration of macromolecules. More advanced and accurate multiphoton determinations of the glomerular sieving coefficient that are presented here dismiss previous claims on the filtration of nephrotic levels of albumin. The sieving coefficient of 70-kD dextran was found to be around 0.001. Using a model of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, increased filtration barrier permeability is restricted only to areas of podocyte damage, consistent with the generally accepted role of podocytes and the glomerular origin of albuminuria. Time-lapse imaging provides new details and important in vivo confirmation of the dynamics of podocyte movement, shedding, replacement, and the role of the parietal epithelial cells and Bowman's capsule in the pathology of glomerulosclerosis.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Wang BG, König K, Halbhuber KJ. Two-photon microscopy of deep intravital tissues and its merits in clinical research. J Microsc 2010; 238:1-20. [PMID: 20384833 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03330.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multiphoton excitation laser scanning microscopy, relying on the simultaneous absorption of two or more photons by a molecule, is one of the most exciting recent developments in biomedical imaging. Thanks to its superior imaging capability of deeper tissue penetration and efficient light detection, this system becomes more and more an inspiring tool for intravital bulk tissue imaging. Two-photon excitation microscopy including 2-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generated signal microscopy is the most common multiphoton microscopic application. In the present review we take diverse ocular tissues as intravital samples to demonstrate the advantages of this approach. Experiments with registration of intracellular 2-photon fluorescence and extracellular collagen second harmonic generated signal microscopy in native ocular tissues are focused. Data show that the in-tandem combination of 2-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generated signal microscopy as two-modality microscopy allows for in situ co-localization imaging of various microstructural components in the whole-mount deep intravital tissues. New applications and recent developments of this high technology in clinical studies such as 2-photon-controlled drug release, in vivo drug screening and administration in skin and kidney, as well as its uses in tumourous tissues such as melanoma and glioma, in diseased lung, brain and heart are additionally reviewed. Intrinsic emission two-modal 2-photon microscopy/tomography, acting as an efficient and sensitive non-injurious imaging approach featured by high contrast and subcellular spatial resolution, has been proved to be a promising tool for intravital deep tissue imaging and clinical studies. Given the level of its performance, we believe that the non-linear optical imaging technique has tremendous potentials to find more applications in biomedical fundamental and clinical research in the near future.
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- B-G Wang
- Laser Microscopy Research Unit, Institute of Microscopic Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. Teichgraben 7, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Satoh M, Kobayashi S, Kuwabara A, Tomita N, Sasaki T, Kashihara N. In vivo visualization of glomerular microcirculation and hyperfiltration in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Microcirculation 2010; 17:103-12. [PMID: 20163537 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2009.00010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Knowledge of glomerular structural and hemodynamic changes in vivo is still limited under diabetic conditions. In this study, we examined the alterations in glomerular structure and permeability of macromolecules and the effects of telmisartan using a confocal laser microscope. METHODS Diabetes was induced by injecting streptozotocin. After 4 and 8 weeks, the filtration and permeability of differently sized compounds across the glomerular capillaries were visualized using a confocal laser microscope by injecting 500-kilodalton and 40-kilodalton dextran. At 7 weeks, some diabetic rats were treated with telmisartan for 1 week. The permeation of the 40-kilodalton dextran across the glomerular capillaries into Bowman's space was quantified. Glomerular volume, diameters of the afferent and efferent arterioles, and glomerular permeability were compared. RESULTS Glomerular volume was significantly increased in the diabetic rats, and there was heterogeneity in the glomerular volumes. The diameter ratio of the afferent to efferent arterioles significantly increased, and there was increased glomerular permeability in the diabetic rats compared with the control rats. Telmisartan treatment reduced glomerular permeability without affecting glomerular volume. CONCLUSIONS These data showed that glomerular hyperfiltration started from the early phase of diabetes, accompanied by dilatation of afferent arterioles and glomerular hypertrophy.
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- Minoru Satoh
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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Prokai A, Peti-Peterdi J. Recent advances in tissue (pro)renin imaging. Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 2010; 2:1227-33. [PMID: 20515794 DOI: 10.2741/e182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Due to its pivotal role in blood pressure control and renal pathologies there is renewed interest in renin and its precursor prorenin. Also, the newly discovered (pro)renin receptor is a new element of the ever broadening renin-angiotensin system (RAS). The complexity of RAS including the recently recognized collecting duct site of (pro)renin (a term denoting both renin and prorenin) synthesis requires the use of advanced research techniques such as multiphoton fluorescence microscopy. With the help of this technology we have pioneered an imaging approach to directly visualize (pro)renin content, release and tissue activity in the living kidney. The use of this technology is reviewed here and exemplified by the direct visualization of (pro)renin activity in the collecting duct. New pharmacological tools, the renin inhibitor aliskiren and the handle region peptide (decoy peptide) was used to further characterize the intra-renal, collecting duct RAS.
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- Agnes Prokai
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Laboratory for Pediatrics and Nephrology, and 1st Dept of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Megens RTA, Reitsma S, Prinzen L, oude Egbrink MGA, Engels W, Leenders PJA, Brunenberg EJL, Reesink KD, Janssen BJA, ter Haar Romeny BM, Slaaf DW, van Zandvoort MAMJ. In vivo high-resolution structural imaging of large arteries in small rodents using two-photon laser scanning microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:011108. [PMID: 20210434 DOI: 10.1117/1.3281672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In vivo (molecular) imaging of the vessel wall of large arteries at subcellular resolution is crucial for unraveling vascular pathophysiology. We previously showed the applicability of two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM) in mounted arteries ex vivo. However, in vivo TPLSM has thus far suffered from in-frame and between-frame motion artifacts due to arterial movement with cardiac and respiratory activity. Now, motion artifacts are suppressed by accelerated image acquisition triggered on cardiac and respiratory activity. In vivo TPLSM is performed on rat renal and mouse carotid arteries, both surgically exposed and labeled fluorescently (cell nuclei, elastin, and collagen). The use of short acquisition times consistently limit in-frame motion artifacts. Additionally, triggered imaging reduces between-frame artifacts. Indeed, structures in the vessel wall (cell nuclei, elastic laminae) can be imaged at subcellular resolution. In mechanically damaged carotid arteries, even the subendothelial collagen sheet (approximately 1 microm) is visualized using collagen-targeted quantum dots. We demonstrate stable in vivo imaging of large arteries at subcellular resolution using TPLSM triggered on cardiac and respiratory cycles. This creates great opportunities for studying (diseased) arteries in vivo or immediate validation of in vivo molecular imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and positron emission tomography (PET).
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- Remco T A Megens
- Maastricht University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Sullivan KD, Sipprell WH, Brown EB, Brown EB. Improved model of fluorescence recovery expands the application of multiphoton fluorescence recovery after photobleaching in vivo. Biophys J 2009; 96:5082-94. [PMID: 19527668 PMCID: PMC2712051 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2008] [Revised: 03/25/2009] [Accepted: 04/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Multiphoton fluorescence recovery after photobleaching is a well-established microscopy technique used to measure the diffusion of macromolecules in biological systems. We have developed an improved model of the fluorescence recovery that includes the effects of convective flows within a system. We demonstrate the validity of this two-component diffusion-convection model through in vitro experimentation in systems with known diffusion coefficients and known flow speeds, and show that the diffusion-convection model broadens the applicability of the multiphoton fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique by enabling accurate determination of the diffusion coefficient, even when significant flows are present. Additionally, we find that this model allows for simultaneous measurement of the flow speed in certain regimes. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the diffusion-convection model in vivo by measuring the diffusion coefficient and flow speed within tumor vessels of 4T1 murine mammary adenocarcinomas implanted in the dorsal skinfold chamber.
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- Kelley D Sullivan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
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Peti-Peterdi J, Toma I, Sipos A, Vargas SL. Multiphoton imaging of renal regulatory mechanisms. Physiology (Bethesda) 2009; 24:88-96. [PMID: 19364911 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00001.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Most physiological functions of the kidneys, including the clearance of metabolic waste products, maintenance of body fluid, electrolyte homeostasis, and blood pressure, are achieved by complex interactions between multiple renal cell types and previously inaccessible structures in many organ parts that have been difficult to study. Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy offers a state-of-the-art imaging technique for deep optical sectioning of living tissues and organs with minimal deleterious effects. Dynamic regulatory processes and multiple functions in the intact kidney can be quantitatively visualized in real time, noninvasively, and with submicron resolution. This article reviews innovative multiphoton imaging technologies and their applications that provided the most complex, immediate, and dynamic portrayal of renal function-clearly depicting as well as analyzing the components and mechanisms involved in renal (patho)physiology.
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- János Peti-Peterdi
- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Hall AM, Unwin RJ, Parker N, Duchen MR. Multiphoton imaging reveals differences in mitochondrial function between nephron segments. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:1293-302. [PMID: 19470684 PMCID: PMC2689904 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2008070759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial dysfunction may play a role in the pathogenesis of several renal diseases. Although functional roles and metabolic demands differ among tubule segments, relatively little is known about the properties of mitochondria in different parts of the nephron. Clinically, the proximal tubule seems particularly vulnerable to mitochondrial toxicity. In this study, we used multiphoton imaging of live rat kidney slices to investigate differences in mitochondrial function along the nephron. The mitochondrial membrane potential was markedly higher in distal than proximal tubules. Inhibition of respiration rapidly collapsed the membrane potential in proximal tubules, but potential was better maintained in distal tubules. Inhibition of the F1F(o)-ATPase abolished this difference, suggesting that maintenance of potential via ATPase activity is more effective in distal than proximal tubules. Immunostaining revealed that the ratio of the expression of ATPase to IF1, an endogenous inhibitor of the mitochondrial ATPase, was lower in proximal tubules than in distal tubules. Production of reactive oxygen species was higher in proximal than distal cells, but inhibition of NADPH oxidase eliminated this difference. Glutathione levels were higher in proximal tubules. Overall, mitochondria in the proximal tubules were in a more oxidized state than those in the distal tubules. In summary, there are axial differences in mitochondrial function along the nephron, which may contribute to the pattern and pathophysiology of some forms of renal injury.
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- Andrew M Hall
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Sipos A, Vargas SL, Toma I, Hanner F, Willecke K, Peti-Peterdi J. Connexin 30 deficiency impairs renal tubular ATP release and pressure natriuresis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:1724-32. [PMID: 19478095 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2008101099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In the renal tubule, ATP is an important regulator of salt and water reabsorption, but the mechanism of ATP release is unknown. Several connexin (Cx) isoforms form mechanosensitive, ATP-permeable hemichannels. We localized Cx30 to the nonjunctional apical membrane of cells in the distal nephron and tested whether Cx30 participates in physiologically important release of ATP. We dissected, partially split open, and microperfused cortical collecting ducts from wild-type and Cx30-deficient mice in vitro. We used PC12 cells as ATP biosensors by loading them with Fluo-4/Fura Red to measure cytosolic calcium and positioning them in direct contact with the apical surface of either intercalated or principal cells. ATP biosensor responses, triggered by increased tubular flow or by bath hypotonicity, were approximately three-fold greater when positioned next to intercalated cells than next to principal cells. In addition, these responses did not occur in preparations from Cx30-deficient mice or with purinergic receptor blockade. After inducing step increases in mean arterial pressure by ligating the distal aorta followed by the mesenteric and celiac arteries, urine output increased 4.2-fold in wild-type mice compared with 2.6-fold in Cx30-deficient mice, and urinary Na(+) excretion increased 5.2-fold in wild-type mice compared with 2.8-fold in Cx30-deficient mice. Furthermore, Cx30-deficient mice developed endothelial sodium channel-dependent, salt-sensitive elevations in mean arterial pressure. Taken together, we suggest that mechanosensitive Cx30 hemichannels have an integral role in pressure natriuresis by releasing ATP into the tubular fluid, which inhibits salt and water reabsorption.
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- Arnold Sipos
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Rosivall L. Intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2009; 302:185-92. [PMID: 18977408 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Revised: 09/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Phylogenetically the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is an ancient regulatory system which has attracted the attention of researchers for about a century. As a result of their efforts, different types of RAS inhibitors are now widely used as therapeutic medicines. The scientific enthusiasm toward RAS remains undiminished and new findings and discoveries are to be expected. Early investigators described the role of RAS in the local control of renal hemodynamics. This correlated well with the morphology of juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA). Recently developed imaging techniques has allowed for in vivo visualization of cellular functions and the use of molecular biological tools have shed new light on the morphology and physiology of renal RAS, especially in connection with the tubular system. RAS has gained recognition to be more than just an endocrine regulatory system for regulating hemodynamics and water/salt metabolism. RAS is a local tissue and/or cellular regulator with a wide range of effects exerted via various receptors. Local RAS is crucially involved in basic physiological processes like ontogenesis and cell proliferation as well as pathophysiological conditions such as inflammation and tissue fibrosis. These findings may open new frontiers for novel therapeutic approaches. This review focuses only on some specific - less discussed and recently described or hypothesized - morphological and functional aspects of intrarenal RAS, including in vivo imaging of RAS, its effects on juxtaglomerular apparatus and possible cooperative mechanisms among various local renal RAS systems.
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- László Rosivall
- Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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Kang JJ, Toma I, Sipos A, Peti-Peterdi J. From in vitro to in vivo: imaging from the single cell to the whole organism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 12:Unit 12.12. [PMID: 18770644 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy1212s44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This unit addresses the applications of fluorescence microscopy and quantitative imaging to study multiple physiological variables of living tissue. Protocols are presented for fluorescence-based investigations ranging from in vitro cell and tissue approaches to in vivo imaging of intact organs. These include the measurement of cytosolic parameters both in vitro and in vivo (such as calcium, pH, and nitric oxide), dynamic cellular processes (renin granule exocytosis), FRET-based real-time assays of enzymatic activity (renin), physiological processes (vascular contraction, membrane depolarization), and whole organ functional parameters (blood flow, glomerular filtration). Multi-photon microscopy is ideal for minimally invasive and undisruptive deep optical sectioning of the living tissue, which translates into ultra-sensitive real-time measurement of these parameters with high spatial and temporal resolution. With the combination of cell and tissue cultures, microperfusion techniques, and whole organ or animal models, fluorescence imaging provides unmatched versatility for biological and medical studies of the living organism.
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- Jung Julie Kang
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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To achieve the role of the kidney in maintaining body homeostasis, the renal vasculature, the glomeruli, and the various segments of the nephron and the collecting duct system have to fulfill very diverse and specific functions. These functions are dependent on a complex renal architecture and are regulated by systemic hemodynamics, hormones, and nerves. As a consequence, to better understand the physiology of the kidney, methods are necessary that allow insights on the function of these diverse structures in the physiological context of the intact kidney. The renal micropuncture technique allows direct access to study superficial nephrons in vivo. In this review, the application of micropuncture techniques on the single nephron level is outlined as an approach to better understand aspects of glomerular filtration, tubular transport, and tubulo-glomerular communication. Studies from the author's lab, including experiments in gene-targeted mice, are briefly presented to illustrate some of the approaches and show how they can further advance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of kidney function.
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- Volker Vallon
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego & VA San Diego Healthcare System, 92161, USA.
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