Scott R Manson1, Joseph B Song1, Qiusha Guo1, Helen Liapis1, Paul F Austin1. 1. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Department of Pathology and Immunology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (HL), Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Congenital urinary tract obstruction is a leading cause of renal maldevelopment and pediatric kidney disease. Nonetheless, few groups have examined its molecular pathogenesis in humans. We evaluated the role of BMP-7, a protein required for renal injury repair and nephrogenesis, in disease progression in patients with obstructive uropathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Whole kidney and cell specific BMP-7 expression was examined in a murine model of unilateral ureteral obstruction and in patients with congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Findings were correlated with molecular markers of renal injury and clinical parameters. RESULTS: Unilateral ureteral obstruction led to a dramatic decrease in BMP-7 expression in the proximal and distal tubules before the onset of significant loss of renal architecture and fibrosis, suggesting that this is a critical molecular event that drives early stage disease progression. Loss of BMP-7 expression then extended to the collecting ducts and glomeruli in end stage kidney disease. When translating these findings to patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction, global loss of BMP-7 expression correlated with a decreased number of nephrons, loss of renal architecture, severe renal fibrosis and loss of kidney function. CONCLUSIONS: Given that BMP-7 has a critical role in renal injury repair and nephrogenesis, these findings show that cell specific changes in BMP-7 expression contribute to the onset of irreversible renal injury and impaired kidney development secondary to congenital urinary tract obstruction. Accordingly therapies that target these cell populations to restore BMP-7 activity may limit disease progression in patients with obstructive uropathy.
PURPOSE:Congenital urinary tract obstruction is a leading cause of renal maldevelopment and pediatric kidney disease. Nonetheless, few groups have examined its molecular pathogenesis in humans. We evaluated the role of BMP-7, a protein required for renal injury repair and nephrogenesis, in disease progression in patients with obstructive uropathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Whole kidney and cell specific BMP-7 expression was examined in a murine model of unilateral ureteral obstruction and in patients with congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Findings were correlated with molecular markers of renal injury and clinical parameters. RESULTS:Unilateral ureteral obstruction led to a dramatic decrease in BMP-7 expression in the proximal and distal tubules before the onset of significant loss of renal architecture and fibrosis, suggesting that this is a critical molecular event that drives early stage disease progression. Loss of BMP-7 expression then extended to the collecting ducts and glomeruli in end stage kidney disease. When translating these findings to patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction, global loss of BMP-7 expression correlated with a decreased number of nephrons, loss of renal architecture, severe renal fibrosis and loss of kidney function. CONCLUSIONS: Given that BMP-7 has a critical role in renal injury repair and nephrogenesis, these findings show that cell specific changes in BMP-7 expression contribute to the onset of irreversible renal injury and impaired kidney development secondary to congenital urinary tract obstruction. Accordingly therapies that target these cell populations to restore BMP-7 activity may limit disease progression in patients with obstructive uropathy.
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