Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein-deficient mice demonstrate increased platelet activation but improved renal endothelial preservation and regeneration in passive nephrotoxic nephritis
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Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein-deficient mice demonstrate increased platelet activation but improved renal endothelial preservation and regeneration in passive nephrotoxic nephritis. / Hohenstein, Bernd; Kasperek, Laura; Kobelt, Dieter-Johannes; Daniel, Christoph; Gambaryan, Stepan; Renné, Thomas; Walter, Ulrich; Amann, Kerstin U; Hugo, Christian P M.
In: J AM SOC NEPHROL, Vol. 16, No. 4, 01.04.2005, p. 986-96.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein-deficient mice demonstrate increased platelet activation but improved renal endothelial preservation and regeneration in passive nephrotoxic nephritis
AU - Hohenstein, Bernd
AU - Kasperek, Laura
AU - Kobelt, Dieter-Johannes
AU - Daniel, Christoph
AU - Gambaryan, Stepan
AU - Renné, Thomas
AU - Walter, Ulrich
AU - Amann, Kerstin U
AU - Hugo, Christian P M
PY - 2005/4/1
Y1 - 2005/4/1
N2 - Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), an actin cytoskeletal protein, is expressed in various cell types including renal cells. In vitro studies provide evidence for a role of VASP regarding platelet activation, cell adhesion, migration, and capillary formation. The in vivo role of VASP was investigated in experimental inflammatory renal disease. Kidneys of healthy VASP deficient (-/-) and wild-type (wt) mice were compared regarding morphology and functional parameters. Passive nephrotoxic nephritis was induced in 28 VASP -/- and 28 wt mice; kidneys were harvested; and tissues were analyzed by morphometric, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic techniques on days 3, 7, 14, and 28. The time course of disease in VASP -/- mice differed substantially and biphasically from that in wt controls. Early on, VASP -/- mice demonstrated increased platelet influx associated with augmented glomerular and tubulointerstitial inflammation and sclerosis. Whereas renal disease continuously worsened up to day 28 in wt controls, renal disease in VASP -/- mice hardly progressed after day 3 as assessed by various injury indices. This long-term improvement of renal histology in VASP -/- compared with wt mice was associated with remarkable capillary preservation/regeneration up to day 28 mediated via an increased proliferative and a reduced apoptotic activity of VASP-negative peritubular endothelial cells. Despite an enhanced injury response early on, VASP -/- mice are protected from long-term progression of nephrotoxic nephritis, which is associated with improved renal endothelial cell preservation and regeneration.
AB - Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), an actin cytoskeletal protein, is expressed in various cell types including renal cells. In vitro studies provide evidence for a role of VASP regarding platelet activation, cell adhesion, migration, and capillary formation. The in vivo role of VASP was investigated in experimental inflammatory renal disease. Kidneys of healthy VASP deficient (-/-) and wild-type (wt) mice were compared regarding morphology and functional parameters. Passive nephrotoxic nephritis was induced in 28 VASP -/- and 28 wt mice; kidneys were harvested; and tissues were analyzed by morphometric, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic techniques on days 3, 7, 14, and 28. The time course of disease in VASP -/- mice differed substantially and biphasically from that in wt controls. Early on, VASP -/- mice demonstrated increased platelet influx associated with augmented glomerular and tubulointerstitial inflammation and sclerosis. Whereas renal disease continuously worsened up to day 28 in wt controls, renal disease in VASP -/- mice hardly progressed after day 3 as assessed by various injury indices. This long-term improvement of renal histology in VASP -/- compared with wt mice was associated with remarkable capillary preservation/regeneration up to day 28 mediated via an increased proliferative and a reduced apoptotic activity of VASP-negative peritubular endothelial cells. Despite an enhanced injury response early on, VASP -/- mice are protected from long-term progression of nephrotoxic nephritis, which is associated with improved renal endothelial cell preservation and regeneration.
KW - Animals
KW - Antibodies
KW - Capillaries
KW - Cell Adhesion Molecules
KW - Disease Progression
KW - Endothelium, Vascular
KW - Kidney
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Knockout
KW - Microfilament Proteins
KW - Nephritis
KW - Phosphoproteins
KW - Platelet Activation
KW - Up-Regulation
U2 - 10.1681/ASN.2004070591
DO - 10.1681/ASN.2004070591
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 15743999
VL - 16
SP - 986
EP - 996
JO - J AM SOC NEPHROL
JF - J AM SOC NEPHROL
SN - 1046-6673
IS - 4
ER -