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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
In the developing rat kidney, both type A and type B intercalated cells are present throughout the medullary collecting duct (MCD), as well as the papillary surface epithelium. After birth, intercalated cells gradually disappear from the papillary surface epithelium and the terminal MCD, and type B cells disappear from the entire MCD. The purpose of this study was to establish the mechanism(s) by which intercalated cells are deleted from the MCD during development. Kidneys from 14-, 16-, 18-, and 20-day-old fetuses and 1-, 3-, 7-, and 14-day-old pups were preserved for light microscopic immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Intercalated cells were identified by immunostaining for H(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (H(+)-ATPase) and band 3 protein. Apoptosis was identified by nick end labeling of DNA fragments, staining with the vital dye toluidine blue, and transmission electron microscopy. Two distinct mechanisms of elimination of intercalated cells were detected. Cells with apical labeling for H(+)-ATPase and basolateral labeling for band 3 protein protruded into the lumen of the MCD as if they were being extruded from the epithelium, and many had lost contact with the basement membrane. Extrusion of the cells with basolateral H(+)-ATPase or with no labeling for H(+)-ATPase was never observed. Apoptosis was observed in the MCD from shortly before birth to 7 days after birth, gradually progressing from the papillary tip toward the outer medulla. Staining for apoptosis was present in H(+)-ATPase-positive apoptotic bodies, located in cells that were negative for H(+)-ATPase. Staining was also occasionally observed in apoptotic cells with basolateral H(+)-ATPase but never in cells with apical H(+)-ATPase. Electron microscopy confirmed the presence of apoptotic intercalated cells in the MCD and demonstrated that apoptotic bodies were located in inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells and principal cells. These results demonstrate that intercalated cells are deleted from the MCD by two distinct mechanisms, one involving apoptosis and subsequent phagocytosis by neighboring principal cells or IMCD cells. Elimination by extrusion affects only type A intercalated cells, whereas deletion by apoptosis appears to occur only in type B intercalated cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F575-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of apoptotic and nonapoptotic cell death in removal of intercalated cells from developing rat kidney.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't