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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 12, Pages 2321-2330Publisher
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007111200
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- National Institutes of Health [DK 52783, DK45462, DK54602]
- Westchester Artificial Kidney Foundation
- Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
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Recruitment of various stem and progenitor cells is crucial for the regeneration of an injured organ. Levels of uric acid, one of the prototypical alarm signals, surge after ischemia-reperfusion injury. Exogenous uric acid rapidly mobilizes endothelial progenitor cells and hematopoietic stem cells and protects the kidney from ischemia. The relatively fast responses to uric acid suggest that preformed second messengers may be released from a storage pool. Here, it is reported that monosodium urate (MSU) results in exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies in vitro and in vivo, leading to the release of IL-8, von Willebrand factor, and angiopoietin 2 in the culture medium or circulation. Confocal and immunoelectron microscopy confirmed depletion of von Willebrand factor in MSU-treated aortic endothelial cells. Angiopoietin 2 alone induced exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies, mobilized hematopoietic stem cells and depleted splenic endothelial progenitor cells, partially reproducing the actions of MSU. In addition, pretreatment with angiopoietin 2 protected the kidneys from an ischemic insult, suggesting that the previously reported renoprotection conferred by MSU likely results from exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies. Furthermore, experiments with toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4)- and TLR-2-deficient mice demonstrated that uric acid-induced exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies is mediated by TLR-4 and that uric acid-induced release of IL-8 requires both TLR-2 and TLR-4. In summary, these results suggest that exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies links postischemic repair with inflammation and mobilization of stem cells.
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