Project description:In this work, we isolated and characterized a novel cell population derived from human amniotic fluid cells (hAKPC-P), and we differentiated them into podocytes. We used microarrays to study global changes in gene expression before and after differentiation in hAKPC-P and human immortalized podocytes (hIPod, positive control) and performed a detailed comparison between the different populations hAKPC-P were isolated by FACS sorting from the total human amniotic fluid cell population and differentiated into podocytes using VRADD media. Morphological, phenotypical and functional analysis were performed to assess their differentiation. To confirm the results, cells were compared with human conditionally immortalized podocytes.
Project description:In this work, we isolated and characterized a novel cell population derived from human amniotic fluid cells (hAKPC-P), and we differentiated them into podocytes. We used microarrays to study global changes in gene expression before and after differentiation in hAKPC-P and human immortalized podocytes (hIPod, positive control) and performed a detailed comparison between the different populations
Project description:The specialized glomerular epithelial cell (podocyte) of the kidney is a complex cell that is often damaged in glomerular diseases. Study of this cell type is facilitated by an in vitro system of propagation of conditionally immortalized podocytes. Here, genes that are differentially expressed in this in vitro model of podocyte differentiation are evaluated. Conditionally immortalized undifferentiated mouse podocytes were cultured under permissive conditions at 33*C. Podocytes that were differentiated at the non-permissive conditions at 37*C were used for comparison.
Project description:We performed bulk RNA sequencing to investigate the molecular mechanism of levamisole in podocytes in vitro. We found that levamisole modulates the expression of various genes involved in actin cytoskeleton signaling in podocytes. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from bulk RNA-seq of two conditions (cihPod compared to cihPod treated with 1 µM levamisole for 24 hours).
Project description:The specialized glomerular epithelial cell (podocyte) of the kidney is a complex cell that is often damaged in glomerular diseases. Study of this cell type is facilitated by an in vitro system of propagation of conditionally immortalized podocytes. Here, genes that are differentially expressed in this in vitro model of podocyte differentiation are evaluated.
Project description:The growth hormone plays a significant role in normal renal function and overactive growth hormone signaling has been implicated in proteinuria in diabetes. Earlier studies from our group have shown that the glomerular podocytes, which play an essential role in renal filtration, express the growth hormone receptor, suggesting the direct action of growth hormone on these cells. Nevertheless, the precise mechanism and the downstream pathways that are induced by the excess growth hormone in these podocytes leading to diabetic nephropathy are not clearly established. To compressively understand the growth hormone’s effect on podocytes at transcript level we performed RNA-Sequencing. Conditionally immortalized human podocytes were employed in this study.
Project description:We performed single-cell sequencing to characterize the cell types that are present in human induced pluripotent stem cell derived (iPS) kidney organoids and their transcriptional profile. Furthermore, using bulk RNA sequencing we compared the transcriptional profile of kidney organoid derived podocytes from a wildtype iPS line, an iPS line with 2 mutations in podocin (NPHS2) which causes clinical manifestation of nephrotic syndrome and an iPS line with one of these mutations repaired which causes no clinical symptoms. For reference and comparison we took along human in vivo glomeruli and a human conditionally immortalized podocyte cell line.
Project description:Podocytes play an important filtration role in the kidney. We examined culture condition for efficient podocyte induction and established a method to selectively induce podocytes from human iPS cells. To understand how expression profiles of human iPS cell-derived podocytes were close to that in vivo, we isolated human adult podocytes for human adult kidney. Purified RNAs from human iPS cells, nephron progenitor cells, human immortalized podocyte cell line, human iPS cell-derived podocytes, and sorted human adult podocytes were analyzed by RNA-seq.
Project description:Transcriptomes of differentiated cells of the conditionally immortalized mouse podocyte cell line SVI (Schiwek et al., Kidney Int. 66: 91-101, 2004) were determined as described in Kabgani et al. (PLoS One 7:e34907, 2012). The transcriptomes of the podocyte cell line were mapped on a protein-protein interaction network of the podocyte (PodNet). Together with other transcriptomes taken from GEO, we analyzed differential gene regulation and differential regulation of protein-protein interactions between cultured podocytes and differentiated in vivo podocytes. Three independent batches were used.
Project description:Transcriptomes of differentiated cells of the conditionally immortalized mouse podocyte cell line SVI (Schiwek et al., Kidney Int. 66: 91-101, 2004) were determined as described in Kabgani et al. (PLoS One 7:e34907, 2012). The transcriptomes of the podocyte cell line were mapped on a protein-protein interaction network of the podocyte (PodNet). Together with other transcriptomes taken from GEO, we analyzed differential gene regulation and differential regulation of protein-protein interactions between cultured podocytes and differentiated in vivo podocytes.