Title: Relationship between peritubular capillary injury and renal interstitial fibrosis in mice with unilateral ureteral obstruction
Abstract: AIM:To observe the injury of peritubular capillary(PTC),hypoxia and interstitial fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction(UUO),and to explore the effects of PTC injury and hypoxia on interstitial fibrosis in mouse model of UUO.METHODS: Forty-eight male KM mice were randomly divided into control group and UUO group.On the 1st,3rd,7th and 14th days,6 mice in each group were sacrificed.The changes of pathomorphism in the kidney were observed by HE and Masson staining.The expression levels of thrombospondin-1(TSP-1),vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α(HIF-1α),and PTC density were detected by immunohistochemistry.The protein expression of VEGF was also determined by Western blotting.RESULTS: No histological abnormalities of the kidneys were observed in sham-operated mice.The expression of TSP-1 was increased 1 day after UUO,and significantly increased on the 3rd,7th and 14th days(P0.05).The expression of VEGF was obviously decreased(P0.05).PTC density was gradually decreased.The expression of HIF-1α was gradually increased,and renal interstitial area was gradually expanded.PTC density was negatively correlated with the expression of TSP-1 and HIF-1α(r=-0.874 and r=-0.930,respectively).VEGF expression was positively correlated with PTC density(r=0.745).PTC density was negatively correlated with the area of renal fibrosis(r=-0.787).HIF-1α expression was positively correlated with the area of renal fibrosis(r=0.835,P0.05).CONCLUSION: In mouse UUO model,the expression of TSP-1 is increased.The expression of VEGF is reduced.The peritubular capillary injury and tissue hypoxia are aggravated,and renal interstitial fibrosis area is expanded.Ischemia and hypoxia may play an important role in the progression of UUO.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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