title: Expression profiling of crystal-induced injury in human kidney epithelial cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Deposition of crystals within tubular lumens is a feature of many kidney stone diseases, including crystals of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) in primary hyperoxaluria and of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) in adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency. Crystals are injurious to renal epithelial cells, but the molecular bases of cell injury have not been well characterized.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a cDNA microarray to identify the time-dependent changes in gene expression associated with the interaction of COM or DHA crystals with primary cultures of normal human kidney cortical epithelial cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed gene expression changes that were common to both crystal types, as well as a number of crystal-specific responses. A subset of genes known to be aberrantly expressed in kidney tissue from stone formers also showed an altered expression in COM- or DHA-treated normal human kidney cortical epithelial cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results show that cultured epithelial cells exposed to COM or DHA crystals demonstrate cellular responses that may be physiologically relevant, thus suggesting that this experimental system may be useful for elucidating the mechanisms of crystal-induced renal cell injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ragini
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vittal
authors.forename: Zachariah E
authors.initials: ZE
authors.lastname: Selvanayagam
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McAteer
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tischfield
authors.forename: Khew-Voon
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Amrik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahota
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000633:toxicity; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000633:toxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D003460:Crystallization; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002129:Calcium Oxalate; C002993:2,8-dihydroxyadenine; D000225:Adenine