title: Ultrastructural and functional changes of the proximal tubular epithelial cells in the renal cortex from spontaneously diabetic KKAy mice.
abstract: To investigate the morphological and functional changes of epithelial cells of proximal tubules in the early stage of diabetic nephropathy, we examined the ultrastructural changes of proximal convoluted tubular cells in spontaneously diabetic KKAy mice. KKAy mice already showed significant elevation of urinary albumin excretion at 16 weeks of age. Examination revealed that lysosomes were increased in number and conspicuous in the epithelial cells of the proximal convoluted tubules from KKAy mice at 40 weeks of age when compared to control C57BL mice. Furthermore, endogenous IgG was detected in the lysosomes of proximal tubular cells from KKAy mice. These findings suggested that reabsorption activity was elevated in the proximal tubules of KKAy mice at 40 weeks of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Oita Medical University, Japan. Kina@oita-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ina
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatsukawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujikura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008871:Microvilli / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G