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Characterization and fate of telomerase-expressing epithelia during kidney repair.

ABSTRACT: After acute kidney injury, mice with short telomeres develop increased damage with reduced proliferative capacity, which suggests an important role for telomere length in kidney repair. The enzyme telomerase reverse transcriptase (mTert) regulates telomere length; embryonic stem cells and certain adult stem cells express mTert, but whether cells in the adult kidney express mTert and whether these cells play a role in renal repair are unknown. Here, we found that telomerase protein and mRNA were highly enriched in renal papilla, a proposed niche of kidney stem cells. Using mTert-GFP reporter mice, we detected mTert in a subset of papillary epithelial cells comprising the collecting duct predominantly but also the loop of Henle. Approximately 5% of mTert-GFP(+) cells were label retaining, a characteristic of stem cells. mTert mRNA levels increased in renal papilla after ischemia-reperfusion injury, but genetically labeled mTert-expressing papillary cells neither divided nor migrated out of the renal papilla during kidney repair. In summary, these data suggest that cells expressing telomerase reverse transcriptase are not a progenitor-cell population, and they do not play a direct role in kidney repair.

SUBMITTER: Song J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3250207 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:Rationale and Objectives: Cellular therapies are hampered by poor survival and growth of grafts. We recently showed that the survival and repairing capacity of transplanted adult cells may be improved by co-expression of the anti-senescence telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and anti-apoptotic myocardin (MYOCD). The current study aimed at testing whether forced co-expression of TERT and MYOCD improves post-infarct revascularization and tissue repair by adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (AT-MSCs). Methods: We transplanted AT-MSCs engineered to overexpress MYOCD and TERT in a murine model of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We analyzed the immunoregulatory properties of AT-MSCs on post-AMI. We characterized in vitro and in vivo paracrine effects of AT-MSCs and their interactions with murine cardiospheres (CSps), all as parts of their reparative repertoire. Results: When transplanted into infarcted hearts of C57BL/6 mice, “rejuvenated” AT-MSCs overexpressing TERT and MYOCD (rAT-MSCs) decreased fibrosis and the intrafibrotic CD3 and B220 lymphocyte infiltration, and increased arteriolar density as well as ejection fraction compared with saline or mock-transduced AT-MSCs. These effects were accompanied by increased numbers of Ki-67+ and CD117+ cells, and the expression of cardiac actin and β-myosin heavy chain within the infarcted hearts. Both rAT-MSCs and their conditioned medium (CM) stimulated intracellular Ca2+ flux in CSps. CSp-derived cells had increased survival when preconditioned with CM or exosome-enriched fraction (Exo+) from rAT-MSCs and then exposed to simulated ischemia/reperfusion. Proteomic analysis of rAT-MSCs-Exo+ predicted the activation of vascular development and the inhibition of immune cell trafficking. Elevated concentration of miR-320a, miR-150-5p and miR-126-3p associated with regulation of apoptosis and vasculogenesis was confirmed in rAT-MSCs-Exo+. Conclusions: rAT-MSCs promote vasculogenesis and cell survival and reduce post-AMI inflammatory responses in a murine model of AMI. An integrated experimental and computational analysis revealed that Exo+ is the active component of the paracrine secretion by rAT-MSCs, with pro-angiogenic and pro-survival activities.

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Characterization and fate of telomerase-expressing epithelia during kidney repair.

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