Rescue of renal hypoplasia and cystic dysplasia in Bcl-2 -/- mice expressing Bcl-2 in ureteric bud derived epithelia.

Developmental Dynamics : an Official Publication of the American Association of Anatomists
Shuji KondoChristine M Sorenson

Abstract

Bcl-2 is the founding member of a family of proteins that influence apoptosis. Loss of bcl-2 results in renal hypoplasia/cystic dysplasia at birth. Here, we examined whether re-expression of bcl-2 throughout the ureteric bud and its derived epithelia would restore a normal renal phenotype in bcl-2 -/- mice. Re-expression of bcl-2 in the ureteric bud/collecting duct of bcl-2 -/- mice increased nephron numbers, diminished glomerular hypertrophy, and increased nephrogenic zone size. Unlike bcl-2 -/- mice which have gross renal cyst formation, few renal cysts were present in mice re-expressing bcl-2. We have previously shown increased apoptosis and proliferation, as well as aberrant protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B expression, accompanied cystic changes in bcl-2 -/- mice. These changes were not observed when bcl-2 was re-expressed in the ureteric bud/collecting duct system. Thus, expression of bcl-2 in the ureteric bud/collecting duct resulted in increased nephron numbers partially rescuing renal hypoplasia/cystic dysplasia in bcl-2 -/- mice.

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