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APL Bioeng ; 7(2): 026107, 2023 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37234843

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Vascular in situ tissue engineering encompasses a single-step approach with a wide adaptive potential and true off-the-shelf availability for vascular grafts. However, a synchronized balance between breakdown of the scaffold material and neo-tissue formation is essential. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) may influence this balance, lowering the usability of these grafts for vascular access in end-stage CKD patients on dialysis. We aimed to investigate the effects of CKD on in vivo scaffold breakdown and tissue formation in grafts made of electrospun, modular, supramolecular polycarbonate with ureido-pyrimidinone moieties (PC-UPy). We implanted PC-UPy aortic interposition grafts (n = 40) in a rat 5/6th nephrectomy model that mimics systemic conditions in human CKD patients. We studied patency, mechanical stability, extracellular matrix (ECM) components, total cellularity, vascular tissue formation, and vascular calcification in CKD and healthy rats at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks post-implantation. Our study shows successful in vivo application of a slow-degrading small-diameter vascular graft that supports adequate in situ vascular tissue formation. Despite systemic inflammation associated with CKD, no influence of CKD on patency (Sham: 95% vs CKD: 100%), mechanical stability, ECM formation (Sirius red+, Sham 16.5% vs CKD 25.0%-p:0.83), tissue composition, and immune cell infiltration was found. We did find a limited increase in vascular calcification at 12 weeks (Sham 0.08% vs CKD 0.80%-p:0.02) in grafts implanted in CKD animals. However, this was not associated with increased stiffness in the explants. Our findings suggest that disease-specific graft design may not be necessary for use in CKD patients on dialysis.

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Clin J Am Soc Nephrol ; 17(5): 663-671, 2022 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35322793

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sodium-glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor-induced uric acid lowering may contribute to kidney-protective effects of the drug class in people with type 2 diabetes. This study investigates mechanisms of plasma uric acid lowering by SGLT2 inhibitors in people with type 2 diabetes with a focus on urate transporter 1. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: We conducted an analysis of two randomized clinical trials. First, in the Renoprotective Effects of Dapagliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes study, 44 people with type 2 diabetes were randomized to dapagliflozin or gliclazide for 12 weeks. Plasma uric acid, fractional uric acid excretion, and hemodynamic kidney function were measured in the fasted state and during clamped euglycemia or hyperglycemia. Second, in the Uric Acid Excretion study, ten people with type 2 diabetes received 1 week of empagliflozin, urate transporter 1 blocker benzbromarone, or their combination in a crossover design, and effects on plasma uric acid, fractional uric acid excretion, and 24-hour uric acid excretion were measured. RESULTS: In the Renoprotective Effects of Dapagliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes study, compared with the fasted state (5.3±1.1 mg/dl), acute hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia significantly reduced plasma uric acid by 0.2±0.3 and 0.4±0.3 mg/dl (both P<0.001) while increasing fractional uric acid excretion (by 3.2%±3.1% and 8.9%±4.5%, respectively; both P<0.001). Dapagliflozin reduced plasma uric acid by 0.8±0.8 during fasting, 1.0±1.0 in hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic state, and 0.8±0.7 mg/dl during hyperglycemic conditions (P<0.001), respectively, whereas fractional uric acid excretion in 24-hour urine increased by 3.0%±2.1% (P<0.001) and 2.6%±4.5% during hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic conditions (P=0.003). Fractional uric acid excretion strongly correlated to fractional glucose excretion (r=0.35; P=0.02). In the Uric Acid Excretion study, empagliflozin and benzbromarone both significantly reduced plasma uric acid and increased fractional uric acid excretion. Effects of combination therapy did not differ from benzbromarone monotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, SGLT2 inhibitors induce uric acid excretion, which is strongly linked to urinary glucose excretion and is attenuated during concomitant pharmacologic blockade of urate transporter 1. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY NAME AND REGISTRATION NUMBER: Renoprotective Effects of Dapagliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes (RED), NCT02682563; SGLT2 Inhibition: Uric Acid Excretion Study (UREX), NCT05210517.


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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Hiperglicemia , Inibidores do Transportador 2 de Sódio-Glicose , Benzobromarona/farmacologia , Benzobromarona/uso terapêutico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Glucose , Humanos , Hiperglicemia/complicações , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacologia , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Rim , Transportador 2 de Glucose-Sódio , Inibidores do Transportador 2 de Sódio-Glicose/farmacologia , Inibidores do Transportador 2 de Sódio-Glicose/uso terapêutico , Ácido Úrico
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Biomedicines ; 9(10)2021 Sep 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34680443

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Protein bound-uremic toxins (PBUTs) are not efficiently removed by hemodialysis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and their accumulation leads to various co-morbidities via cellular dysfunction, inflammation and oxidative stress. Moreover, it has been shown that increased intrarenal expression of the NLRP3 receptor and IL-1ß are associated with reduced kidney function, suggesting a critical role for the NLRP3 inflammasome in CKD progression. Here, we evaluated the effect of PBUTs on inflammasome-mediated IL-1ß production in vitro and in vivo. Exposure of human conditionally immortalized proximal tubule epithelial cells to indoxyl sulfate (IS) and a mixture of anionic PBUTs (UT mix) increased expression levels of NLRP3, caspase-1 and IL-1ß, accompanied by a significant increase in IL-1ß secretion and caspase-1 activity. Furthermore, IS and UT mix induced the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species, and caspase-1 activity and IL-1ß secretion were reduced in the presence of antioxidant N-acetylcysteine. IS and UT mix also induced NF-κB activation as evidenced by p65 nuclear translocation and IL-1ß production, which was counteracted by an IKK inhibitor. In vivo, using subtotal nephrectomy CKD rats, a significant increase in total plasma levels of IS and the PBUTs, kynurenic acid and hippuric acid, was found, as well as enhanced urinary malondialdehyde levels. CKD kidney tissue showed an increasing trend in expression of NLRP3 inflammasome components, and a decreasing trend in superoxide dismutase-1 levels. In conclusion, we showed that PBUTs induce inflammasome-mediated IL-1ß production in proximal tubule cells via oxidative stress and NF-κB signaling, suggesting their involvement in disease-associated inflammatory processes.

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Adv Healthc Mater ; 10(21): e2101103, 2021 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34523263

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Two of the greatest challenges for successful application of small-diameter in situ tissue-engineered vascular grafts are 1) preventing thrombus formation and 2) harnessing the inflammatory response to the graft to guide functional tissue regeneration. This study evaluates the in vivo performance of electrospun resorbable elastomeric vascular grafts, dual-functionalized with anti-thrombogenic heparin (hep) and anti-inflammatory interleukin 4 (IL-4) using a supramolecular approach. The regenerative capacity of IL-4/hep, hep-only, and bare grafts is investigated as interposition graft in the rat abdominal aorta, with follow-up at key timepoints in the healing cascade (1, 3, 7 days, and 3 months). Routine analyses are augmented with Raman microspectroscopy, in order to acquire the local molecular fingerprints of the resorbing scaffold and developing tissue. Thrombosis is found not to be a confounding factor in any of the groups. Hep-only-functionalized grafts resulted in adverse tissue remodeling, with cases of local intimal hyperplasia. This is negated with the addition of IL-4, which promoted M2 macrophage polarization and more mature neotissue formation. This study shows that with bioactive functionalization, the early inflammatory response can be modulated and affect the composition of neotissue. Nevertheless, variability between graft outcomes is observed within each group, warranting further evaluation in light of clinical translation.


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Prótese Vascular , Interleucina-4 , Animais , Heparina , Macrófagos , Ratos , Engenharia Tecidual , Alicerces Teciduais
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Int J Mol Sci ; 21(18)2020 Sep 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32937927

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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are pivotal regulators of extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and could, due to their dynamic activity, function as prognostic tools for fibrosis and cardiac function in left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We conducted a systematic review on experimental animal models of LVDD and HFpEF published in MEDLINE or Embase. Twenty-three studies were included with a total of 36 comparisons that reported established LVDD, quantification of cardiac fibrosis and cardiac MMP or TIMP expression or activity. LVDD/HFpEF models were divided based on underlying pathology: hemodynamic overload (17 comparisons), metabolic alteration (16 comparisons) or ageing (3 comparisons). Meta-analysis showed that echocardiographic parameters were not consistently altered in LVDD/HFpEF with invasive hemodynamic measurements better representing LVDD. Increased myocardial fibrotic area indicated comparable characteristics between hemodynamic and metabolic models. Regarding MMPs and TIMPs; MMP2 and MMP9 activity and protein and TIMP1 protein levels were mainly enhanced in hemodynamic models. In most cases only mRNA was assessed and there were no correlations between cardiac tissue and plasma levels. Female gender, a known risk factor for LVDD and HFpEF, was underrepresented. Novel studies should detail relevant model characteristics and focus on MMP and TIMP protein expression and activity to identify predictive circulating markers in cardiac ECM remodeling.


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Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Insuficiência Cardíaca/metabolismo , Metaloproteinases da Matriz/metabolismo , Inibidores Teciduais de Metaloproteinases/metabolismo , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/metabolismo , Remodelação Ventricular/fisiologia , Animais , Humanos , Função Ventricular Esquerda/fisiologia
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Clin Epigenetics ; 12(1): 106, 2020 07 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32664951

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BACKGROUND: H3K27ac histone acetylome changes contribute to the phenotypic response in heart diseases, particularly in end-stage heart failure. However, such epigenetic alterations have not been systematically investigated in remodeled non-failing human hearts. Therefore, valuable insight into cardiac dysfunction in early remodeling is lacking. This study aimed to reveal the acetylation changes of chromatin regions in response to myocardial remodeling and their correlations to transcriptional changes of neighboring genes. RESULTS: We detected chromatin regions with differential acetylation activity (DARs; Padj. < 0.05) between remodeled non-failing patient hearts and healthy donor hearts. The acetylation level of the chromatin region correlated with its RNA polymerase II occupancy level and the mRNA expression level of its adjacent gene per sample. Annotated genes from DARs were enriched in disease-related pathways, including fibrosis and cell metabolism regulation. DARs that change in the same direction have a tendency to cluster together, suggesting the well-reorganized chromatin architecture that facilitates the interactions of regulatory domains in response to myocardial remodeling. We further show the differences between the acetylation level and the mRNA expression level of cell-type-specific markers for cardiomyocytes and 11 non-myocyte cell types. Notably, we identified transcriptome factor (TF) binding motifs that were enriched in DARs and defined TFs that were predicted to bind to these motifs. We further showed 64 genes coding for these TFs that were differentially expressed in remodeled myocardium when compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS: Our study reveals extensive novel insight on myocardial remodeling at the DNA regulatory level. Differences between the acetylation level and the transcriptional level of cell-type-specific markers suggest additional mechanism(s) between acetylome and transcriptome. By integrating these two layers of epigenetic profiles, we further provide promising TF-encoding genes that could serve as master regulators of myocardial remodeling. Combined, our findings highlight the important role of chromatin regulatory signatures in understanding disease etiology.


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Cromatina/metabolismo , Epigenômica/métodos , Insuficiência Cardíaca/genética , Histonas/metabolismo , Acetilação , Adulto , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Insuficiência Cardíaca/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , RNA Polimerase II/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição , Transcriptoma/genética , Remodelação Ventricular/genética
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Lab Chip ; 20(10): 1827-1844, 2020 05 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32330215

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Microfluidic organ-on-a-chip designs are used to mimic human tissues, including the vasculature. Here we present a novel microfluidic device that allows the interaction of endothelial cells (ECs) with pericytes and the extracellular matrix (ECM) in full bio-matrix encased 3D vessel structures (neovessels) that can be subjected to continuous, unidirectional flow and perfusion with circulating immune cells. We designed a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) device with a reservoir for a 3D fibrinogen gel with pericytes. Open channels were created for ECs to form a monolayer. Controlled, continuous, and unidirectional flow was introduced via a pump system while the design facilitated 3D confocal imaging. In this vessel-on-a-chip system, ECs interact with pericytes to create a human cell derived blood vessel which maintains a perfusable lumen for up to 7 days. Dextran diffusion verified endothelial barrier function while demonstrating the beneficial role of supporting pericytes. Increased permeability after thrombin stimulation showed the capacity of the neovessels to show natural vascular response. Perfusion of neovessels with circulating THP-1 cells demonstrated this system as a valuable platform for assessing interaction between the endothelium and immune cells in response to TNFα. In conclusion: we created a novel vascular microfluidic device that facilitates the fabrication of an array of parallel soft-channel structures in ECM gel that develop into biologically functional neovessels without hard-scaffold support. This model provides a unique tool to conduct live in vitro imaging of the human vasculature during perfusion with circulating cells to mimic (disease) environments in a highly systematic but freely configurable manner.


Assuntos
Células Endoteliais , Microfluídica , Comunicação Celular , Matriz Extracelular , Humanos , Dispositivos Lab-On-A-Chip
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J Hypertens ; 38(3): 489-503, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31652182

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is the most common cardiac alteration in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Normalization of hypertension in CKD patients receiving a healthy kidney allograft often reverses LV hypertrophy, but effects on LV fibrosis remain unclear. To study causal interactions between graft and environment on LV hypertrophy, fibrosis and inflammation, we applied cross-kidney transplantation METHODS:: Orthotopic transplantation was performed after inducing CKD in rats by two-third bilateral ablation of kidney mass: Healthy kidney (K) donor to healthy heart (H) recipient (healthy-K→healthy-H); CKD-K→healthy-H; healthy-K→CKD-H; CKD-K→CKD-H; N= 6 per group. RESULTS: At week 6 after transplantation, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and LV mass index (LVMI) increased in CKD-K versus healthy-K irrespective of recipient. Contrarily, LV fibrosis was more severe in CKD-H versus healthy-H recipients irrespective of graft. Indeed, MAP and plasma creatinine correlated with LVMI but not with LV fibrosis. Increased LVMI in CKD-K→CKD-H not accompanied by cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area gain is consistent with eccentric remodelling. Cardiac RNA sequencing found a strong transcriptional response associated with LV fibrosis but only sparse changes associated with LV hypertrophy. This response was, among others, characterized by changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) and inflammatory gene expression. CONCLUSION: LVMI reversed and MAP and renal function were normalized early after transplantation of a healthy kidney. However, LV fibrosis persisted, dissociating LV hypertrophy from LV fibrosis within 6 weeks. Elucidating cardiac ECM dynamics in CKD patients, although challenging, appears promising.


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Ventrículos do Coração , Hipertrofia Ventricular Esquerda , Transplante de Rim , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/complicações , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Fibrose/complicações , Fibrose/patologia , Ventrículos do Coração/patologia , Ventrículos do Coração/fisiopatologia , Hipertrofia Ventricular Esquerda/complicações , Hipertrofia Ventricular Esquerda/patologia , Hipertrofia Ventricular Esquerda/fisiopatologia , Ratos
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J Cell Mol Med ; 23(10): 6666-6678, 2019 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31368189

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Obesity and hypertension are prevalent comorbidities in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. To clarify if and how interaction between these comorbidities contributes to development of diastolic dysfunction, lean and obese ZSF1 rats were treated with deoxycorticosterone acetate implants and a high-salt diet (DS) to induce severe hypertension, or with placebo. In addition to echocardiographic, metabolic and hemodynamic analyses, immunohistochemistry and RNAseq were performed on left ventricular tissue. Obesity negatively affected cardiac output, led to an elevated E/e' ratio and mildly reduced ejection fraction. DS-induced hypertension did not affect cardiac output and minimally elevated E/e' ratio. Diastolic derangements in placebo-treated obese rats developed in absence of inflammation and fibrosis, yet in presence of oxidative stress and hypertrophic remodelling. In contrast, hypertension triggered apoptosis, inflammation and fibrosis, with limited synergy of the comorbidities observed for inflammation and fibrosis. Transcriptional data suggested that these comorbidities exerted opposite effects on mitochondrial function. In placebo-treated obese rats, genes involved in fatty acid metabolism were up-regulated, whereas DS-induced a down-regulation of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation. Overall, limited interaction was observed between these comorbidities in development of diastolic dysfunction. Importantly, differences in obesity- and hypertension-induced cardiac remodelling emphasize the necessity for comorbidity-specific phenotypical characterization.


Assuntos
Insuficiência Cardíaca/etiologia , Hipertensão/complicações , Obesidade/complicações , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/etiologia , Animais , Apoptose/genética , Capilares/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Acetato de Desoxicorticosterona , Progressão da Doença , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Fibrose/fisiopatologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Insuficiência Cardíaca/metabolismo , Hipertensão/induzido quimicamente , Hipertensão/metabolismo , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/patologia , Miócitos Cardíacos/citologia , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Obesidade/genética , Obesidade/metabolismo , Obesidade/fisiopatologia , Fosforilação Oxidativa/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse Oxidativo/genética , RNA-Seq , Ratos , Receptores para Leptina/deficiência , Receptores para Leptina/genética , Fatores de Risco , Volume Sistólico/efeitos dos fármacos , Volume Sistólico/fisiologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/genética , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/metabolismo , Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda/fisiopatologia
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Oncotarget ; 9(71): 33500-33514, 2018 Sep 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30323894

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INTRODUCTION: Tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) promote tumor development, angiogenesis and distal metastasis. In previous studies, we showed that Cat Eye Syndrome Critical Region Protein 1 (CECR1) is expressed by M2-like TAMs in human glioma samples. CECR1 promoted M2 TAMs differentiation and affected glioma cell proliferation and migration. Here we investigated the proteomic profile of TAMs expressing CECR1 in absence or presence of glioma cells. RESULTS: CECR1 siRNA transfection upregulated 67 proteins in THP-1-derived Macrophages (MQs). Pathway annotation mapped this set to 3 major pathways relevant for MQ function, including 'MHC-I antigen presentation', 'phagosome maturation' and 'endocytosis'. Co-culture of siCECR1 THP-1-derived MQs with U87 glioma cells attenuated the changes observed on protein and mRNA level in response to MQ CECR1 silencing. SiCECR1 in U87 co-cultured MQs was associated with an IL-10low, IL-12high M1-like phenotype. In U87 co-culture conditions, SiCECR1 also downregulated S20 proteasome complex proteins PSMA5, PSMA7, PSMC6 and PSMD8. This protein profile was linked to a low proliferation rate of siCECR1 MQs. Overlap analysis identified S100A9 and PLAU as CECR1-related proteins that were significantly correlated with expression of CECR1 and macrophage lineage markers in three large public GBM datasets. CONCLUSION: This study reports the molecular pathways and key molecules that are mediated by CECR1 function in THP- 1-derived MQs and TAMs in glioma. METHODS: PMA-treated THP-1 cells (MQs) were siRNA transfected for CECR1 in vitro, with or without stimulation of the primary glioma cell line U87. Lysates were analyzed by (nano)LC-MS. Significant altered protein levels were identified (P < 0.05), followed by pathway annotation.

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Dis Model Mech ; 11(7)2018 07 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30038062

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Kidney transplantation (Tx) is considered the only definite treatment for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients. The increasing prevalence of ESKD has necessitated the introduction of transplantation with kidneys from suboptimal donors. There is, however, still a lack of fundamental and longitudinal research on suboptimal kidney transplants. Specifically, there is a demand for accurate pre-Tx predictors of donor kidney function and injury to predict post-Tx outcome. In the present study, we combine rat models of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal Tx to dissect the effects of healthy and CKD renal grafts on healthy and CKD recipients. We show that renal function at 6 weeks post-Tx is exclusively determined by donor graft quality. Using cell tracking within enhanced green fluorescent protein-positive (eGFP+) recipients, we furthermore show that most inflammatory cells within the donor kidney originate from the donor. Oxidative and vascular extra-renal damage were, in contrast, determined by the recipient. Post- versus pre-Tx evaluation of grafts showed an increase in glomerular and peritubular capillary rarefaction in healthy but not CKD grafts within a CKD environment. Proliferation of glomerular endothelium was similar in all groups, and influx of eGFP+ recipient-derived cells occurred irrespective of graft or recipient status. Glomerular and peritubular capillary rarefaction, severity of inflammation and macrophage subtype data post-Tx were, however, determined by more complicated effects, warranting further study. Our experimental model could help to further distinguish graft from recipient environment effects, leading to new strategies to improve graft survival of suboptimal Tx kidneys.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.


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Células Endoteliais/patologia , Inflamação/patologia , Transplante de Rim , Animais , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica/metabolismo , Células da Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Células da Medula Óssea/patologia , Proliferação de Células , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Imuno-Histoquímica , Rim/patologia , Rim/fisiopatologia , Testes de Função Renal , Macrófagos/patologia , Masculino , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo
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Transplant Rev (Orlando) ; 30(4): 195-202, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27395083

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HLA antibodies play a major role in the recipient's immune response against the renal allograft and are an established risk factor for antibody-mediated rejection and subsequent impaired graft survival. Evidence originating from HLA-identical donor-recipient pairs indicates that non-HLA antibodies may play a role as well. Numerous non-HLA antibodies have been identified in renal organ transplantation, directed against a heterogeneous subset of both allo- and autoantigens including MHC Class-I-related chain A (MICA) and Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R). In this review, we will discuss the mechanisms predisposing to non-HLA antibody formation, the possible synergy with HLA-antibodies in their pathologic potential and the mechanisms involved in allograft damage. Furthermore, an overview of the identified non-HLA antibodies and antigens and their relation with rejection and graft survival will be provided.


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Rejeição de Enxerto , Antígenos HLA , Transplante de Rim , Anticorpos , Sobrevivência de Enxerto , Humanos
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Tissue Eng Part B Rev ; 22(1): 1-14, 2016 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26204330

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The lymphatic system plays a crucial role in interstitial fluid drainage, lipid absorption, and immunological defense. Lymphatic dysfunction results in lymphedema, fluid accumulation, and swelling of soft tissues, as well as a potentially impaired immune response. Lymphedema significantly reduces quality of life of patients on a physical, mental, social, and economic basis. Current therapeutic approaches in treatment of lymphatic disease are limited. Over the last decades, great progress has been made in the development of therapeutic strategies to enhance vascular regeneration. These solutions to treat vascular disease may also be applicable in the treatment of lymphatic diseases. Comparison of the organogenic process and biological organization of the vascular and lymphatic systems and studies in the regulatory mechanisms involved in lymphangiogenesis and angiogenesis show many common features. In this study, we address the similarities between both transport systems, and focus in depth on the biology of lymphatic development. Based on the current advances in vascular regeneration, we propose different strategies for lymphatic tissue engineering that may be used for treatment of primary and secondary lymphedema.

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