TY - JOUR
T1 - Cell biology of pathologic renal calcification
T2 - Contribution of crystal transcytosis, cell-mediated calcification, and nanoparticles
AU - Kumar, Vivek
AU - Farell, Gerard
AU - Yu, Shihui
AU - Harrington, Sean
AU - Fitzpatrick, Lorraine
AU - Rzewuska, Ewa
AU - Miller, Virginia M.
AU - Lieske, John C.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - Introduction: The earliest lesion in the kidneys of idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers is deposition of calcium phosphate in the interstitium, termed a Randall's plaque. Yet the cellular and molecular factors leading to their formation are unknown. Methods: The influence of urinary proteins on adhesion of preformed calcium oxalate crystals to rat continuous inner medullary collecting duct (cIMCD) cells was studied in vitro, and cIMCD cells were also exposed to calcifying media containing β-glycerophosphate for up to 28 days. Renal tissue was obtained from a stone-forming and non-stone-forming individual at the time of nephrectomy. These nanoparticles, isolated from renal stones obtained at the time of surgical resection, were analyzed and propagated in standard cell culture medium. Results: Urinary proteins influence crystal adhesion to renal epithelial cells, and this activity is abnormal in the urine of stone-forming patients. cIMCD cells assumed an osteoblastic phenotype when exposed to the calcifying medium, expressing two bone matrix proteins (osteopontin and bone sialoprotein) that were also identified in the kidney of the stone-forming patient and associated with crystal deposition. Nanoparticles were propagated from the majority of renal stones. Isolates were susceptible to selected metabolic inhibitors and antibiotics and contained conserved bacterial proteins and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Conclusions: These results suggest new paradigms for Randall's plaque formation and idiopathic calcium oxalate stone disease. It seems unlikely that these events are driven solely by physical chemistry; rather, they are critically influenced by specific proteins and cellular responses, and understanding these events will provide clues toward novel therapeutic targets.
AB - Introduction: The earliest lesion in the kidneys of idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers is deposition of calcium phosphate in the interstitium, termed a Randall's plaque. Yet the cellular and molecular factors leading to their formation are unknown. Methods: The influence of urinary proteins on adhesion of preformed calcium oxalate crystals to rat continuous inner medullary collecting duct (cIMCD) cells was studied in vitro, and cIMCD cells were also exposed to calcifying media containing β-glycerophosphate for up to 28 days. Renal tissue was obtained from a stone-forming and non-stone-forming individual at the time of nephrectomy. These nanoparticles, isolated from renal stones obtained at the time of surgical resection, were analyzed and propagated in standard cell culture medium. Results: Urinary proteins influence crystal adhesion to renal epithelial cells, and this activity is abnormal in the urine of stone-forming patients. cIMCD cells assumed an osteoblastic phenotype when exposed to the calcifying medium, expressing two bone matrix proteins (osteopontin and bone sialoprotein) that were also identified in the kidney of the stone-forming patient and associated with crystal deposition. Nanoparticles were propagated from the majority of renal stones. Isolates were susceptible to selected metabolic inhibitors and antibiotics and contained conserved bacterial proteins and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Conclusions: These results suggest new paradigms for Randall's plaque formation and idiopathic calcium oxalate stone disease. It seems unlikely that these events are driven solely by physical chemistry; rather, they are critically influenced by specific proteins and cellular responses, and understanding these events will provide clues toward novel therapeutic targets.
KW - Bone sialoprotein
KW - Continuous inner medullary collecting duct cells
KW - Nanobacteria
KW - Nephrolithiasis
KW - Osteopontin
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U2 - 10.2310/6650.2006.06021
DO - 10.2310/6650.2006.06021
M3 - Article
C2 - 17169263
AN - SCOPUS:33846310734
SN - 1708-8267
VL - 54
SP - 412
EP - 424
JO - Journal of Investigative Medicine
JF - Journal of Investigative Medicine
IS - 7
ER -