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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
Exfoliated human urinary tract epithelial cells and renal tubular cells from urinary sediments of healthy adults, of urological patients and of internal patients were isolated and cultured. Cells started proliferating within 1 week after seeding a sediment. Proliferating cells formed colonies of different morphologies, designated as type-1 or type-2 cell colonies. Type-1 cell colonies showed irregular contours and spindle-like cells within the colonies. Subcultivation of type-1 cells for up to six passages was possible. Type-2 cell colonies showed smooth-edged contours and subcultivation was not possible. The epithelial character of type-1 cells was demonstrated by positive immunohistochemical staining for cytokeratin-7. In contrast to carbonic anhydrase-positive stained Madin Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK), which were used as positive controls for renal tubular cells, type-1 cells were carbonic anhydrase-negative on staining with the cobalt phosphate method. This indicates that type-1 cells were not of renal tubular origin. Type-2 cells were positively stained for carbonic anhydrase, indicating that type-2 cells were renal tubular cells. Type-2 cell colonies could be assigned to two subgroups with different cell forms. Colonies of cobblestone-like cells more often occurred than type-2 cell colonies with spindle-like cells, which are described in this study for the first time. Colonies with cobblestone-like cells formed domes (hemicysts), whereas spindle-like type-2 cell colonies did not. Cultures of urinary sediments from healthy adults, elderly multimorbid patients treated with furosemide, and urological patients with urolithiasis treated with sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim and/or with a percutaneous nephrostomy catheter were compared. In 52% of all cultured sediments from healthy adults, in 30% of those from multimorbid patients, and in 75-80% of those from urological patients cells proliferated to colonies. The ratios of type-1 to type-2 cell colonies were 3.3:1 (healthy adults), 1.4:1 (urological patients with urolithiasis), and 1.8:1 (urological patients with urolithiasis, urine was directly collected from the renal pelvis with a percutaneous nephrostomy catheter). Successful cultures of the urinary sediments from these three groups revealed means of 3 or 4 colonies, 14 colonies, and 21 colonies, respectively. Differences in the number of colonies in relation to sex were observed only for the group of urological patients. It was shown that type-1 cells were urothelial cells, which did not show morphological differences due to their locations of origin within the urinary tract, whereas type-2 cells were probably renal tubular cells. These findings offer new aspects in the culturing of human urothelial or kidney epithelial cells with a method based on noninvasive collecting of specimens and requiring only minimal culture effort. The cultures obtained by this method can be used for in vitro studies in toxicological and clinical research.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0340-5761
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
618-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Carbonic Anhydrases, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Hematuria, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Keratin-7, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Keratins, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Kidney Tubules, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Nephrostomy, Percutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Urinary Calculi, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Urinary Tract, pubmed-meshheading:11201669-Urine
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Cultures of exfoliated epithelial cells from different locations of the human urinary tract and the renal tubular system.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universität Dortmund, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article