Abstract
In the developing rat kidney, both type A and type B intercalated cells are present throughout the medullary collecting duct (MCD), as well as the papillary surface epithelium. After birth, intercalated cells gradually disappear from the papillary surface epithelium and the terminal MCD, and type B cells disappear from the entire MCD. The purpose of this study was to establish the mechanism(s) by which intercalated cells are deleted from the MCD during development. Kidneys from 14-, 16-, 18-, and 20-day-old fetuses and 1-, 3-, 7-, and 14-day-old pups were preserved for light microscopic immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Intercalated cells were identified by immunostaining for H(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (H(+)-ATPase) and band 3 protein. Apoptosis was identified by nick end labeling of DNA fragments, staining with the vital dye toluidine blue, and transmission electron microscopy. Two distinct mechanisms of elimination of intercalated cells were detected. Cells with apical labeling for H(+)-ATPase and basolateral labeling for band 3 protein protruded into the lumen of the MCD as if they were being extruded from the epithelium, and many had lost contact with the basement membrane. Extrusion of the cells with basolate...Continue Reading
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