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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
卷 25, 期 12, 页码 2847-2858出版社
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013101079
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- National Institutes of Health [DK94768, DK93493, DK84077, TR000504]
- National Science Council [101-2321-B-002-060, 101-2314-B-002-084, 102-2628-B-002-015, 102-2321-B002-045]
- E-Da Hospital/National Taiwan University Hospital Joint Research Program [102-EDN07]
- Mrs. Hsiu-Chin Lee Kidney Research Foundation
Fibrosis of the peritoneal cavity remains a serious, life-threatening problem in the treatment of kidney failure with peritoneal dialysis. The mechanism of fibrosis remains unclear partly because the fibrogenic cells have not been identified with certainty. Recent studies have proposed mesothelial cells to be an important source of myofibroblasts through the epithelial-mesenchymal transition; however, confirmatory studies in vivo are lacking. Here, we show by inducible genetic fate mapping that type I collagen-producing submesothelial fibroblasts are specific progenitors of alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts that accumulate progressively in models of peritoneal fibrosis induced by sodium hypochlorite, hyperglycemic dialysis solutions, or TGF-beta 1. Similar genetic mapping of Wilms' tumor-1-positive mesothelial cells indicated that peritoneal membrane disruption is repaired and replaced by surviving mesothelial cells in peritoneal injury, and not by submesothelial fibroblasts. Although primary cultures of mesothelial cells or submesothelial fibroblasts each expressed alpha-smooth muscle actin under the influence of TGF-beta 1, only submesothelial fibroblasts expressed alpha-smooth muscle actin after induction of peritoneal fibrosis in mice. Furthermore, pharmacologic inhibition of the PDGF receptor, which is expressed by submesothelial fibroblasts but not mesothelial cells, attenuated the peritoneal fibrosis but not the remesothelialization induced by hypochlorite. Thus, our data identify distinctive fates for injured mesothelial cells and submesothelial fibroblasts during peritoneal injury and fibrosis.
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