Alterations in cell-adhesive and migratory properties of proximal tubule and collecting duct cells from bcl-2 -/- mice.
Bcl-2 protects cells from apoptosis initiated by a variety of stimuli including loss of cell adhesion. Bcl-2 -/- mice develop renal hypoplastic/cystic dysplasia with renal cyst formation coinciding with renal maturation in normal mice. To gain a better understanding of the role cell-adhesive mechanisms play during renal maturation, we generated proximal tubule and collecting duct cell lines from postnatal day 10 (P10) and P20 bcl-2 +/+ and bcl-2 -/- mice. Very little is known about the role cell-adhesive and migratory mechanisms play during renal maturation. We observed that modulation of cell-adhesive properties, which normally occur in a nephron segment-specific manner during renal maturation, and cell migration were altered in cells from bcl-2 -/- mice. Enhanced migration of bcl-2 -/- proximal tubule cells in a scratch wound assay was completely inhibited by incubation with PP1 (Src inhibitor) and moderately affected by incubation with SB-203580 (p38 inhibitor). These cells expressed increased levels of fibronectin and had numerous central focal adhesions. P20 bcl-2 -/- proximal tubule cells adhered to fibronectin but adhered poorly to collagen, vitronectin, or laminin. Collecting duct cells, similar to proximal tubule cells from bcl-2 -/- mice, demonstrated enhanced migration in a scratch wound assay that was inhibited by incubation with PP1. Migration of these cells was moderately affected by incubation with PD-98059 (MEK inhibitor) or LY-294002 (PI3 kinase inhibitor), whereas incubation with SB-203580 had no effect. P10 bcl-2 -/- collecting duct cells also expressed increased levels of fibronectin but decreased levels of thrombospondin-1 and demonstrated precocious binding to fibronectin and vitronectin compared with bcl-2 +/+ cells. The ability of P20 bcl-2 +/+ collecting duct cells to adhere to fibronectin and vitronectin corresponded with a decline in thrombospondin-1 expression. Therefore, alterations in cell-adhesive and migratory characteristics may be an early indicator of aberrant renal epithelial cell differentiation.
Ziehr
Jacqueline
J
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Sheibani
Nader
N
Sorenson
Christine M
CM
D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D002450:Cell Communication; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D039482:Integrin alpha5 / Q000032:analysis; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D019700:Thrombospondin 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D005353:Fibronectins; D039482:Integrin alpha5; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D019700:Thrombospondin 1; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases