Journal
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2020.101865
Keywords
Kidney stem cell; Regeneration; Acute kidney injury; Growth factor
Funding
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [18K15978, 18K08244]
- Teraoka Scholarship Foundation
- GSK Japan Research Grant 2018
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18K08244, 18K15978] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Adult kidney stem cells are known to have important roles in renal regeneration after acute kidney injury. Although trophic factors from tissue stem cells have been reported to promote the regeneration of other organs, there is limited number of evidence of this phenomenon in the kidneys. Here, we explored the effects of secreted factors from kidney stem cells. We intraperitoneally administered culture supernatant obtained from adult rat kidney stem/progenitor cells into rat kidney ischemia/reperfusion injury models, and the treatment significantly ameliorated renal tubulointerstitial injury, suppressed tubular cell apoptosis, diminished inflammation and promoted the proliferation of both residual renal cells and immature cells. In vitro, treatment with culture supernatant from kidney stem cells significantly promoted cell proliferation and suppressed cisplatin-induced cell apoptosis in both normal rat kidney cells and kidney stem cells. In addition, treatment with culture supernatant increased the expression of nestin in normal rat kidney cells, suggesting the dedifferentiation of tubular cells into stem-like cells. Analysis of the culture supernatant revealed that it contained a variety of growth factors. Taken together, the results suggest that these factors together lead to renal regeneration. In conclusion, adult kidney stem cells contribute to renal regeneration indirectly through the secretion of regenerative factors.
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