期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 311, 期 5, 页码 F901-F906出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00286.2016
关键词
distal nephron; NCC; AQP2; fate mapping; connecting tubule
资金
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
- Fondation pour la Recherche pour l'Hypertension Arterielle
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [ANR-12-ISVS1-0001-01/New-BP-KIT, ANR-14-CE12-0013-01/HYPERSCREEN]
- ECOS/CONICYT France-Chile
- IDEX Sorbonne Paris Cite
- Long-Term Fellowship of the ERA-EDTA/LTR [141-2013]
The distal nephron is a heterogeneous part of the nephron composed by six different cell types, forming the epithelium of the distal convoluted (DCT), connecting, and collecting duct. To dissect the function of these cells, knockout models specific for their unique cell marker have been created. However, since this part of the nephron develops at the border between the ureteric bud and the metanephric mesenchyme, the specificity of the single cell markers has been recently questioned. Here, by mapping the fate of the aquaporin 2 (AQP2) and Na+-Cl- cotransporter (NCC)-positive cells using transgenic mouse lines expressing the yellow fluorescent protein fluorescent marker, we showed that the origin of the distal nephron is extremely composite. Indeed, AQP2-expressing precursor results give rise not only to the principal cells, but also to some of the A-and B-type intercalated cells and even to cells of the DCT. On the other hand, some principal cells and B-type intercalated cells can develop from NCC-expressing precursors. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that the origin of different cell types in the distal nephron is not as clearly defined as originally thought. Importantly, they highlight the fact that knocking out a gene encoding for a selective functional marker in the adult does not guarantee cell specificity during the overall kidney development. Tools allowing not only cell-specific but also time-controlled recombination will be useful in this sense.
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