title: Localization of PDGF-BB in the juxtaglomerular cells of cyclosporin-treated rats.
abstract: We have examined the ultrastructural localization of immunoreactive platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in Wistar rats injected with cyclosporin A (CyA, 12.5 mg/kg/day) for 4 weeks. CyA injections resulted in a significant increase in serum creatinine (47 +/- 3 vs. 35 +/- 2 mumol/l, p < 0.05) and a reduction in creatinine clearance (0.29 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.53 +/- 0.04 ml/min/100 g b.w., p < 0.01). CyA-treated rats displayed marked hypertrophy and hypergranularity of the juxtaglomerular cells. Morphometric studies showed a significant increase in the number (2.8 +/- 0.3 vs. 1.8 +/- 0.3, p < 0.05) and a 60% increase in the volume of secretion granules within these cells. PDGF was detected exclusively within the secretion granules of the juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arterioles of CyA-treated animals. We conclude that CyA therapy or its induced haemodynamic alterations result in increased accumulation of PDGF-BB within the secretion granules of the juxtaglomerular cells.
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Kidney Institute, Northern General Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shehata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Nahas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barkworth
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Cope
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Raftery
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077214:Becaplermin; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000077214:Becaplermin; D016572:Cyclosporine