title: TGF-beta type II receptor in rat renal vascular development: localization to juxtaglomerular cells.
abstract: To further define the role of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptors in renal vascular development, detailed immunohistochemical studies of TGF-beta receptor expression were performed from gestational day 15 through adulthood. On gestational day 15, TGF-beta type II receptor immunoreactivity was restricted to perirenal stromal and vascular cells. On gestational day 17 TGF-beta type II receptor immunoreactive stromal cells were observed within the kidney, with the same distribution as stromal alpha-smooth muscle actin and renin immunoreactive cells, and intense stromal TGF-beta type II receptor immunoreactivity continued through postnatal day 5. As vascular development progressed, TGF-beta type II receptor, alpha-smooth muscle actin and renin immunoreactivity became progressively restricted to small renal arteries and arterioles. Expression of TGF-beta type II receptors and renin was very intense in afferent glomerular arterioles during postnatal days 5 to 15, and then became progressively restricted only to juxtaglomerular cells in the mature kidney. TGF-beta type I receptor (ALK-5, ALK-1 and ALK-2) immunoreactivity was not detected in stromal or vascular elements during development or in the mature kidney. Intense TGF-beta type II receptor expression in renal stromal vascular smooth muscle cell precursors and developing blood vessels suggests a role for the TGF-beta type II receptors in the formation of the renal vascular smooth muscle compartment. The continued intense expression in juxtaglomerular cells argues for a role in renin synthesis and/or release. The absence of ALK-5, ALK-1, and ALK-2 in developing vascular smooth muscle and mature juxtaglomerular cells indicates that the canonical view of TGF-beta signaling may not hold in these locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Ballermann
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D029404:Activin Receptors; D030201:Activin Receptors, Type I; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D008024:Ligands; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D012083:Renin / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D008024:Ligands; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D029404:Activin Receptors; D030201:Activin Receptors, Type I; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; C000625843:Tgfbr1 protein, rat; D012083:Renin