Perturbed medullary tubulogenesis in neonatal rat exposed to renin-angiotensin system inhibition

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Background. Pharmacological interruption of the angiotensin II type-1 receptor (AT1) signalling during nephrogenesis in rats induces irreversible abnormalities in kidney morphology, comprising papillary atrophy and tubulointerstitial damage, which are characterized by tubular dilatation/atrophy and interstitial inflammation/fibrosis. This study determined the time course for development of tubular structural and inflammatory changes and possible cytokine production in the renal medulla of newborn rats exposed to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition. Additionally, medullary expression of E-cadherin, a marker for tubular formation, was investigated in ACE-inhibited rats. Methods. Newborn rats were exposed (postnatal days 0-12) to ACE inhibitor enalapril and killed at days 1, 2, 4, 9 and 13. One kidney was used for morphological evaluation and the other for immunohistochemistry, using antibodies directed against monocytes/macrophages, T cells and E-cadherin on frozen sections. In a separate experiment, rats were treated for 9 days and had their kidneys processed for western immunoblot and immunohistochemistry, where antibodies directed against monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were used on paraffin sections. Results. In renal medulla from enalapril-treated rats, volume fractions of tubular lumens and interstitium were increased from postnatal days 2 and 4, respectively, while that of tubular cells was decreased from 4 days of age. Concomitant loss and/or reduction in E-cadherin expression (from day 2) was observed in dilated medullary tubules of enalapril-treated rats. Furthermore, in the medulla of enalapril-treated rats, the increased number of ED2+ (resident macrophages) cells, followed by the increase in ED1+ (monocytes/macrophages) and CD4+ T cells, was observed at days 9 and 13, respectively. This was accompanied by increased medullary expression of TNF-α at day 9. Conclusions. Neonatal ACE inhibition perturbs medullary tubulogenesis, as indicated by tubular dilatation and a lack of E-cadherin expression in these tubules. Macrophage/monocyte-mediated immune response is a secondary event, coincidentally associated with the up-regulation of TNF-α.

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Lasaitiene, D., Chen, Y., Guron, G., Marcussen, N., Tarkowski, A., Telemo, E., & Friberg, P. (2003). Perturbed medullary tubulogenesis in neonatal rat exposed to renin-angiotensin system inhibition. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 18(12), 2534–2541. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfg447

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