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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
卷 14, 期 6, 页码 1523-1534出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000067419.86611.21
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The present study was conducted to investigate the role of the activin-follistatin system in the development of metanephros. Organ culture system and cultured metanephric mesenchymal cells were used to address this issue. Activin A was localized in ureteric bud. Activin type II receptor was localized in ureteric bud as well as metanephric mesenchyme. In an organ culture system, exogenous activin A reduced the size of cultured metanephroi, delayed ureteric bud branching, and enlarged the tips of ureteric bud. Follistatin, an antagonist of activin A was used to clarify the role of endogenous activin A. Exogenous follistatin enlarged the size of cultured meta-nephroi, increased ureteric bud branching, and promoted cell growth in ureteric bud. Blockade of activin signaling by adenoviral transfection of dominantly negative activin mutant receptor mimics the effect of follistatin. In cultured metanephric mesenchymal cells, activin A promoted cell growth; conversely, follistatin induced apoptosis. Furthermore, activin A induced the expressions of epithelial differentiation markers in these cells. These results suggest that activin A produced by ureteric bud is not only an important regulator of ureteric bud branching, but also a differentiation factor for metanephric mesenchyme during kidney development.
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