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- Title
Role of SDF-1 as a regulatory chemokine in renal regeneration after acute kidney injury.
- Authors
Togel, Florian E; Westenfelder, Christof
- Abstract
Both the homing of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to the bone marrow and their engraftment in recipients of bone marrow transplants are primarily mediated by the chemokine stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) or CXCL12, which activates CXCR4, its cognate receptor on HSCs. We showed that the recruitment and temporary attachment of CXCR4-expressing cells, such as HSCs and a fraction of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), to the kidney, following ischemia/reperfusion acute kidney injury, are similarly mediated by robustly upregulated SDF-1 in the kidney, indicating that such organ injury appears to lead to the transient expression of a facultative stem cell niche. This SDF-1 response of the injured kidney facilitates both the mobilization from the bone marrow and homing of precursor cells, and other CXCR4-expressing cells such as administered MSCs, to the kidney, where they aid in its protection and repair. Similar responses have been observed subsequent to the injury of other solid organs such as the heart, liver, and brain.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of acute kidney failure; BONE marrow; CELL motility; CHEMOKINES; GENE expression; HEMATOPOIETIC growth factors; HEMATOPOIETIC stem cells; REGENERATION (Biology)
- Publication
Kidney International Supplements, 2011, Vol 1, Issue 3, p87
- ISSN
2157-1724
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/kisup.2011.20