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EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 413, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2022.113081
Keywords
Clusterin; Renal mesenchymal stem cells; Cell growth; Macrophage activation; Kidney injury; Kidney repair
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The study reveals that CLU can promote proliferation of kidney mesenchymal stromal cells, as well as contribute to the regulation of M2 polarization and phagocytic activity of macrophages.
Clusterin (CLU) increases resistance to renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and promotes renal tissue repair. However, the mechanisms underlying of the renal protection of CLU remain unknown. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) may contribute to kidney cell turnover and injury repair. This study investigated the in vitro functions of CLU in kidney mesenchymal stromal cells (KMSCs). KMSCs were grown in plastic culture plates. Cell surface markers, apoptosis and phagocytosis were determined by flow cytometry, and CLU protein by Western blot. There were no differences in the expression of MSC markers (positive: CD133, Sca-1, CD44, CD117 and NG2, and negative: CD34, CD45, CD163, CD41, CD276, CD138, CD79a, CD146 and CD140b) and in the trilineage differentiation to chondrocytes, adipocytes and osteocytes between wild type (WT) and CLU knockout (KO) KMSCs. CLU was expressed intracellularly and secreted by WT KMSCs, and it was up-regulated by hypoxia. CLU did not prevent hypoxia-induced cell apoptosis but promoted cell growth in KMSC cultures. Furthermore, incubation with CLU-containing culture medium from WT KMSCs increased CD206 expression and phagocytic capacity of macrophages. In conclusion, our data for the first time demonstrate the function of CLU in the promotion of KMSCs proliferation, and it may be required for KMSCs-regulated macrophage M2 polarization and phagocytic activity.
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