title: Transplantation of rat metanephroi into mice.
abstract: To determine whether transplanted metanephroi grow and differentiate after implantation into the omentum in hosts of a different species, we implanted metanephroi from embryonic day 15 (E15) rat embryos into uninephrectomized mice (hosts). Some host mice received human CTLA4Ig (hCTLA4Ig), anti-CD45RB, and anti-CD154 (tolerance-inducing agents). E15 metanephroi contained only metanephric blastema, segments of ureteric bud, and primitive nephrons with no glomeruli. Rat metanephroi did not grow or differentiate in mice that received no tolerance-inducing agents. However, by 2 wk posttransplantation in mice that received hCTLA4Ig, anti-CD45RB, and anti-CD154, metanephroi from E15 rats had enlarged, become vascularized, and formed mature tubules and glomeruli. Rat metanephroi contained cells that stained specifically for mouse CD31, a marker for sprouting endothelial cells. Some rat glomerular capillary loops stained positively for mouse CD31. Here, we show that chimeric kidneys develop from metanephroi transplanted rat-->mouse and that glomeruli are vascularized, at least in part, by host vessels.
authors.affiliation: George M. O'Brien Kidney and Urological Disease Center, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hammerman
mesh_terms: D000069594:Abatacept; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000494:pharmacology; D023201:CD40 Ligand / Q000276:immunology; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D007668:Kidney / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013997:Time Factors; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; C556706:CTLA4 protein, human; C556707:Ctla4 protein, mouse; C556708:Ctla4 protein, rat; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D023201:CD40 Ligand; D000069594:Abatacept; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens