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- Title
Platelet-derived growth factor A-chain expression in developing and mature human kidneys and in Wilms' tumor.
- Authors
Alpers, Charles E.; Hudkins, Kelly L.; Ferguson, Marina; Johnson, Richard J.; Rutledge, Joe C.
- Abstract
Regulated expression of PDGF A-chain may be important in kidney development. We employed two polyclonal antisera to detect expression of PDGF A-chain in fetal and normal adult kidneys by immunohistochemistry. Specificity of the antisera was demonstrated by Western blots of fetal and adult kidneys, demonstrating monospecific bands at 10 to 15 kD, and by absorption studies with PDGF-A peptide. PDGF A-chain is uniformly expressed by visceral glomerular epithelial cells and the epithelial cells of the distal nephron, including collecting duets and contiguous urothelium lining the renal pelvis, in both fetal and adult kidneys. Fetal kidneys also demonstrate expression of PDGF A-chain at the earliest stages of vesicle formation from the metanephric blastema; this expression is then only intermittently detectable in developing glomeruli until differentiation of visceral epithelial cells occurs. Fetal and mature arterial smooth muscle cells, and some neointimal smooth muscle cells in sclerotic arteries in adult kidneys also express PDGF A-chain. In situ hybridization with a riboprobe made from PDGF A-chain cDNA showed close correlation of mRNA expression with protein immunohistochemistry. PDGF A-chain expression was also identified in epithelial elements of 5/6 Wilms' tumors studied. These are the first studies to localize PDGF A-chain expression in human kidney and suggest sites of activity for PDGF A-chain in development, neoplasia, and in the renal arterial sclerosis of aging.
- Subjects
PLATELET-derived growth factor; KIDNEYS; GROWTH factors; IMMUNE serums; BLOOD products; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
- Publication
Kidney International, 1995, Vol 48, Issue 1, p146
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.1995.278