カトウ ケイコ   KATO KEIKO
  加藤 啓子
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2010/08
形態種別 その他
標題 Compensatory Renal Growth in Uninephrectomized Immature Rats: Proliferative Activity and Epidermal Growth Factor
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
出版社・発行元 JAPAN SOC VET SCI
巻・号・頁 72(8),pp.975-980
著者・共著者 Toshiya Okada,Mika Omoto-Kitao,Masafumi Mukamoto,Jun Nakamura,Masaki Mino,Tomohiro Kondo,Ai Takeshita,Ken Takeshi Kusakabe,Keiko Kato
概要 Compensatory response to uninephrectomy in immature animals is stronger compared with that in adult ones and the response is due mainly to renal cell proliferation. The present study explored to show the growth pattern of the remaining kidney immediately after uninephrectomy in immature rats with special reference to proliferating activity and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Immunolocalizations of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and EGF in immature rat kidney were examined during the first three days after uninephrectomy. Semi-quantitative analysis of the expression of preproEGF mRNA was performed. One day after the operation, the PCNA positive cell ratios in the glomeruli and the proximal tubules were significantly higher in unilaterally nephrectomized (UNx) rats than in sham-operated (Sham) rats. In UNx and Sham rats, the proximal and distal tubular cells showed positive reactions to EGF antibody. The positive reaction of proximal tubules to EGF antibody was weaker in UNx than in Sham rats 1 day after the operation, while the degree of reactivity was not different between UNx and Sham rats 3 clays after the operation. The level of expression of preproEGF mRNA in the kidney was significantly lower in UNx than in Sham rats 1 day after the operation. These results indicate that unilateral nephrectomy in immature rats causes increased proliferative activity and decreased expression of EGF in the remaining kidney during the early period of compensatory renal growth.
DOI 10.1292/jvms.09-0496
ISSN 0916-7250