Journal: Physiological reports
Article Title: Uromodulin deficiency alters tubular injury and interstitial inflammation but not fibrosis in experimental obstructive nephropathy.
doi: 10.14814/phy2.13654
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4. Effect of UMOD on other tubular injury markers in UUO nephropathy. Kidney NGAL protein levels, measured by western blotting, were elevated after UUO (n = 5 for sham groups; n = 7 for UUO groups) at all time-points (days 7, 14, and 21); differences between the genotypes were only found on day 21, when they were significantly higher in the UMOD+/+ group (A, B). Kidney TRPV5 mRNA levels are markedly upregulated after UUO (n = 3 for sham groups; n = 5 for UUO groups); at all time-points (days 7, 14, and 21) mRNA levels were significantly higher in the UMOD+/+ groups (C). By dual staining fluorescence microscopy, TRPV5 (red) was almost exclusively found in tubules with intraluminal UMOD deposits (green), as shown for a day 14 UUO UMOD+/+ kidney (D). Bar graphs represent means +1SEM; * indicates P value < 0.05. Photomicrograph magnification: 940. Scale bar: 25 lm.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used in the study were: sheep-anti mouse UMOD, goat-anti-mouse KIM-1, mouse-antihuman KIM-1, goat-anti mouse NGAL (R&D Systems Inc, Minneapolis, MN, USA); sheep-anti-human UMOD, rat anti-mouse F4/80 (AbD Serotec/Bio-Rad, Mississauga, ON, Canada); mouse anti-mouse aSMA, rabbit antihuman fibronectin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA); rabbit anti-mouse/human/rat TRPV5 (Alomone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel); mouse anti-human PCNA (eBioscience/ Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA); rabbit anti-mouse/human/monkey megalin/LRP-2 (Abcam, Toronto, ON, Canada); rabbit-anti-mouse Laminin (Millipore/Sigma), mouse-anti-mammalian acetylated a-Tubulin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA), and rabbit anti-mouse GAPDH (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA).
Techniques: Western Blot, Staining, Microscopy