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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 165, 期 6, 页码 1895-1906出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63242-7
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Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) modulates Tie-2 receptor activation. In mouse kidney maturation, Ang-2 is expressed in arteries, with lower levels in tubules, whereas Tie-2 is expressed by endothelia. We hypothesized that Ang-2 deficiency disrupts kidney vessel patterning. The normal renal cortical peritubular space contains fenestrated capillaries, which have few pericytes; they receive water and solutes which proximal tubules reclaim from the glomerular filtrate. In wild-type neonates, a smooth muscle actin (alphaSMA), platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRbeta), and desmin-expressing cells were not prominent in this compartment. In Ang-2 null mutants, aSMA, desmin, and PDGFRP prominently immunolocalized in cortical peritubular locations. Some alphaSMA-positive cells were closely associated with CD31- and Tie-2-positive peritubular capillary endothelia, and some of the aSMA-positive cells expressed PDGFRbeta, desmin, and neural/glial cell 2 (NG2), consistent with a pericyte-like identity. Immunoblotting suggested an increase of total and tyrosine-phosphorylated Tie-2 proteins in null mutant versus wild-type kidneys, and electron microscopy confirmed disorganized capillaries and adjacent cells in cortical peritubular spaces in mutant neonate kidneys. Hence, Ang-2 deficiency causes dysmorphogenesis of cortical peritubular capillaries, with adjacent cells expressing pericyte-like markers; we speculate the latter effect is caused by disturbed paracrine signaling between endothelial and surrounding mesenchymal precursor cells.
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