Abstract
Regenerative mechanisms after surgical injury have been studied in many organs but not in the kidney. Studying surgical injury may provide new insights into mechanisms of kidney regeneration. In rodent models, extrarenal tissues adhere to surgical kidney wound and interfere with healing. We hypothesized that this can be prevented by wrapping injured kidney in a plastic pouch. Adult rats tolerated 5/6 nephrectomy with pouch application well. Histological analysis demonstrates that application of the pouch effectively prevented formation of adhesions and induced characteristic wound healing manifested by formation of granulation tissue. Additionally, selected tubules of the wounded kidney extended into the granulation tissue forming branching tubular epithelial outgrowths (TEOs) without terminal differentiation. Tubular regeneration outside of renal parenchyma was not previously observed and suggests previously unrecognized capacity for regeneration. Our model provides a novel approach to study kidney wound healing.
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Introduction
Current efforts to regenerate functional kidney through the use of embryonic tissues and cells1,2,3,4,5 are hampered by ethical and safety concerns. While adult stem cells provide an alternative to embryonic sources, neither kidney-derived nor extra-renal adult stem cells have so far been shown to regenerate functional kidney tissue1,2,3,6,7,8. Thus, the challenge to find a viable novel approach to kidney regeneration remains open.
Wound healing after mechanical injury represents an important model for exploration of regenerative mechanisms in adult tissues9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16. It was demonstrated that surgical wounding of skin, muscle and intestine leads to recruitment and expansion of adult progenitor cell pools13,14,15. Regeneration of the pancreas after pancreatectomy was shown to occur through the sequential dedifferentiation and redifferentiation of ductal epithelial cells16. While physiological recovery after surgical renal mass reduction has been extensively studied17,18,19, no attempts to study mechanisms of kidney healing at the wounded edge have been reported. There are two possible explanations for this lack. First, there is a prevalent belief that surgical resection of the adult mammalian kidney does not elicit regenerative responses7,20. Second, the surgical kidney injury in rodent models is technically complicated by the tendency of extrarenal tissues to adhere to the wound and interfere with the healing.
We hypothesized that extrarenal tissue adhesions can be prevented. Here we describe a model of surgical renal mass reduction in the adult rat kidney in which adhesions of the extrarenal tissues were prevented by enclosing polectomized kidney remnant into an inert plastic pouch (“pouch model”). Physiological data did not significantly differ between the control and experimental animals. We performed thorough comparative histological analysis of the wound healing with and without the interference of adhering tissues. At the wounded kidney edge, both in presence and in absence of the pouch, we observed tubular regeneration patterns similar to those previously described in classical models of acute tubular necrosis (ATN)21,22,23,24,25. Additionally, in the kidney wound protected from adhesions by the pouch, we observed a novel pattern of tubular regeneration distinct from tubular regeneration described in ATN. In the pouch model, tubules of the injured kidney repaired outside of the kidney parenchyma in the surrounding granulation tissue and formed branching tubular epithelial structures lacking terminal differentiation. Our model provides a simple tool to study this previously unrecognized potential of adult mammalian kidney for regeneration.
Results
Wrapping kidney in plastic pouch effectively prevents extrarenal tissue adhesions without causing significant physiological changes
In control group of animals, in which polectomy was not followed by the pouch application (Fig. 1A, E), mostly fatty tissue adhesions (Fig. 1E, 2A & C) but also pancreas and intestine adhesions (data not shown) were observed. In experimental animals in which polectomized kidney was wrapped in plastic pouch (Fig. 1A–D), adhesions of the extrarenal tissues were effectively prevented (Fig. 1D, F & G). A distinct granulation tissue layer - defined as at least 10 cell-thick layer formed in the absence of adhesions - was overlying the wounded kidney edge (Fig. 2B & D). These findings confirmed that extrarenal tissue adhesions were effectively prevented and that a formation of distinct granulation tissue at the wound was induced by enclosure of polectomized kidney within the inert plastic pouch.
Blood pressures, hemoglobin, blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels were measured before and after surgery (Table 1). Rise in serum creatinine and blood urea was significant in both control and experimental groups as compared to preoperative measurements in naïve rats, but there was no significant difference between the control and experimental groups. There was no significant difference in blood pressures and hemoglobin measurements between animal groups. These data indicated that loose pouch application in 5/6 nephrectomy was well tolerated by the animals and did not produce Page kidney physiology.
Wounded kidney edge exhibits features of tubular regeneration
Kidney parenchyma at the cut edge displayed morphological features consistent with tissue remodeling both in the presence (Fig. 3A) and in the absence (Fig. 3B) of adhesions. Many tubules demonstrated morphological features of epithelial dedifferentiation: dense nuclei, increased nuclear-to-cytoplasmic volume ratio, decreased cytoplasmic eosinophilia and a loss of brush border (Fig. 3C). Occasional apoptotic bodies and mitotic figures were present in tubular epithelium (data not shown). Some tubules appeared degenerated with flattened epithelium and dilated lumens. The interstitium of the wounded tissue contained variable amounts of inflammatory infiltrate and collagen deposits (Fig. 3D).
Additional histological findings confirmed tubular epithelial dedifferentiation at the wounded edge: diminished or lost expression of the terminal differentiation markers PHA (proximal tubule)26 (not shown) and Aqp2 (collecting duct)27 (Fig. 3E), acquired expression of the mesenchymal marker vimentin (Fig. 3F) and re-expressed developmental markers Pax224 and NCAM23 (not shown). Quantification of these histological changes demonstrated that tubular dedifferentiation did not differ significantly between control and experimental tissues (Table 2).
Tubules of the pouch-wrapped injured kidney extend into the granulation tissue layer and form branching tubular epithelial structures
In experimental animal kidneys, where plastic pouch prevented adhesions, multiple tubular structures with predominantly cuboidal and columnar epithelium and thin PAS-positive basement membranes were scattered throughout the granulation tissue (Fig. 3B & 4A–C). The origin of tubular structures observed within the granulation tissue was explored by systematic tracing on serial sections. These structures proved to be connected to tubules of the wounded kidney (Fig. 4D–G, H–K).
In control animals neither distinct granulation tissue nor tubular epithelial structures outside the renal parenchyma were found on any of the serial sections studied (Fig. 2C & 3A). This indicated that formation of adhesions interfered with the kidney wound healing and prevented formation not only of granulation tissue layer but also of tubular structures within it.
Tubular structures within the granulation tissue are highly proliferative, strongly express epithelial markers and lack mesenchymal markers
Tubular epithelial structures outside the renal parenchyma could represent either remnant deteriorating tubules or proliferating regenerating tubules. To address this, we studied their morphology as well as expression of cell proliferation and epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation markers. The following features of these structures suggested that they were regenerating rather than remnant tubules: (i) they had cuboidal or columnar epithelium (Fig. 4), consistent with healthy viable epithelium and markedly different from the flattened epithelium of deteriorating tubules; (ii) their epithelial cells were highly proliferative (Fig. 5A–C). Quantification of the three markers of cell proliferation (Fig. 5D) demonstrated that not only the percentage of proliferating cells in these tubules was 6- to 118-fold greater than that in normal tubular epithelium and collecting ducts (tubular structures within the granulation tissue layer vs. normal kidney tubules: PCNA 56.0 ± 7.2% vs. 9.7 ± 1.9%; Ki67: 23.7 ± 5.4% vs. 1.4 ± 0.4%; and pHH3 11.9 ± 3.6% vs. 0.1 ± 0.1%, with p < 0.05 for all 3 comparisons), but that it was also 2- to 14-fold greater than that in repairing tubules of the wounded kidney edge (tubular structures within the granulation tissue layer vs. wounded tubules: PCNA: 56.0 ± 7.2% vs. 28.2 ± 2.5%, Ki67: 23.7 ± 5.4% vs. 12.1 ± 3.4%, pHH3: 11.9 ± 3.6% vs. 0.9 ± 0.3%; p < 0.05 for all 3 comparisons); (iii) they strongly expressed epithelial differentiation markers panCK (Fig. 5E) and E-cadherin (Fig. 5F), typically lost or diminished in deteriorating tubules28,29; and (iv) they lacked expression of mesenchymal marker vimentin (Fig. 5G) in contrast to strong vimentin expression expected in deteriorating tubular remnants28,30. Taken together these findings were consistent with tubular regeneration rather than degeneration, therefore the observed structures were named tubular epithelial outgrowths (TEOs).
TEOs exhibit irregular branching pattern distinct from normal collecting ducts
Dichotomous branching is infrequently encountered in collecting ducts of the normal adult kidney sections (Fig. 6A–C). When followed on multiple serial sections, TEOs exhibited an irregular branching pattern (Fig. 6D–F) distinct from that expected in preexisting normal collecting ducts. This pattern of irregular branching in TEOs had two possible explanations: (i) they represented repairing preexisting collecting ducts with branching pattern distorted by the surrounding granulation tissue (pre-existing tubular regeneration), or (ii) they were formed by epithelial cells propagating over newly formed basement membranes (de novo tubular regeneration). Neither of these repair patterns has previously been described in adult mammalian kidney.
TEOs lack markers of proximal tubule and express multiple markers of distal nephron
The next question we attempted to answer was whether TEOs where derived from proximal or distal epithelium of the nephron. TEOs lack of brush border and their capacity for branching (Fig. 4, Fig. 6D–F) indicated that they were more likely to be derived from distal nephron. To confirm this, we performed immunostaining for proximal and distal tubular markers. Indeed, TEOs lacked PHA (proximal tubule terminal differentiation marker) (Fig. 7A) and were positive for several markers of collecting duct: DBA31 (Fig. 6E), Pax224 (Fig. 6F), calbindin-28kD32 (Fig. 7B), as well as PanCK28 (Fig. 5E & 6D) and E-cadherin33 (Fig. 5F). However, in contrast to normal distal nephron, TEOs mainly lacked expression of Aqp2 (Fig. 7C), a terminal differentiation marker of collecting ducts27. Diminished expression of Aqp2 was also observed in collecting ducts at the wounded edge of the kidney (Fig. 3E) indicating that TEOs likely originated from the injured collecting ducts of the wounded kidney.
Discussion
To explore the kidney's intrinsic capacity for regeneration, we developed a new model of surgical kidney injury in adult rat. The critical new feature of our model, as compared to previously studied models of surgical renal mass reduction17,18,19, was enclosure of the polectomized kidney in an inert plastic pouch (“pouch model”). This manipulation was introduced to prevent extrarenal tissues from adhering to the kidney wound and interfering with its healing. Physiological parameters such as blood pressure, hemoglobin, blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine did not differ significantly between the experimental and control animal groups indicating that wrapping polectomized kidney in a loose-fitting pouch was well tolerated and did not induce Page kidney physiology. We also demonstrate that pouch enclosure effectively prevents extrarenal tissue adhesions to the kidney wound. A detailed histological analysis of the injured kidney at two weeks after surgery revealed features of remodeling and tubular dedifferentiation at the wounded edge. This was evident both in the presence of adhesions in controls and in the absence of adhesions in experimental animal group. However, in contrast to controls, experimental animals demonstrated a distinct wound repair pattern manifested by formation of a thick granulation tissue layer overlying the wound. Additional remarkable feature of the pouch model was a presence of tubular extensions outside of the renal parenchyma in the granulation tissue layer. In control animals in the presence of adhesions, granulation tissue layer did not form and no tubules extending beyond renal parenchyma were observed.
Tubules found within the granulation tissue layer were directly connected to tubules of the wounded kidney and in theory could represent either degenerating tubular remnants or regenerating tubules. Their healthy cuboidal and columnar epithelium, marked expression of cell proliferation markers (PCNA, Ki-67, pHH3), as well as strong expression of epithelial (PanCK and E-cadherin) markers and absence of mesenchymal marker vimentin were consistent with regeneration. We therefore named these structures tubular epithelial outgrowths (TEOs).
Regular dichotomous branching is present in collecting ducts of a normal adult kidney. TEOs displayed irregular branching pattern distinct from that of normal collecting ducts. Two potential mechanisms could account for formation of the irregularly branching TEOs. They were formed either by epithelial cells repopulating basement membrane of pre-existing collecting ducts trapped within the granulation tissue (repair of the pre-existing tubules), or by epithelial cells propagating over newly formed basement membranes outgrowing into the granulation tissue (de novo tubule regeneration). Both possibilities are of significant interest since they represent a unique pattern of tubular regeneration outside the kidney parenchyma previously not described in adult mammalian kidney in vivo. If TEOs represent true de novo tubular regeneration, this model can provide a new approach to the task of kidney regeneration. Equally remarkable is a possibility that TEOs represent repairing remnant collecting ducts. Remnant tubules devoid of proper parenchymal support are well known to undergo attrition and degeneration, therefore tubular repair within the granulation tissue indicates that a unique milieu promoting regeneration is created in the pouch model. Further studies are needed to determine precise mechanisms responsible for TEOs formation.
Renal tubular regeneration is best studied in classical models of tubular injury such as ischemia-reperfusion or nephrotoxic ATN22,23,24,25. Many processes of tubular epithelial regeneration observed at the edge of the surgically wounded kidney were previously described in ATN: morphological dedifferentiation, loss of terminal differentiation markers and re-expression of mesenchymal (vimentin) and developmental (Pax2 and NCAM) markers21,22,23,24. In ATN, dedifferentiated tubular epithelial cells propagate over pre-existing basement membranes and subsequently redifferentiate to acquire terminal differentiation and full functional capacity21,25. By contrast, tubular regeneration in our model led to formation of TEOs which lacked terminal differentiation and therefore were unlikely to have functional capacity. Further studies are needed to determine whether TEOs have partial functional capacity.
Regardless of their function, TEOs formation is of great interest, because it indicates that adult renal tubules retain capacity to regenerate outside of renal parenchyma either by repair or by de novo tubulogenesis. The capacity of adult tubular epithelial cells to form new tubules is in agreement with previous data showing that adult tubules contain progenitor cells (reviewed in 8). Nonetheless, tubulogenesis has previously been described only in model systems using embryonic cells and immortalized kidney cell cultures34,35,36,37,38, but has not been reported in an adult mammalian kidney in vivo.
Absence of tubular regeneration outside of pre-existing renal parenchyma in ATN can be explained by minimal disruption of the surrounding parenchyma and tubular basement membranes. By contrast, in our model surgical kidney wounding allowed tubular repair outside of renal parenchyma. Also, significant disruption of the tubular basement membrane allowed dedifferentiated epithelial cells to migrate beyond the limits of the preexisting tubule. Although necessary, disruption of renal parenchyma and tubular basement membrane is not sufficient for TEOs formation as evident by the absence of TEOs in kidney wounds of control animals with adhesions. Pouch enclosure of the cut kidney prevented adhesions to the kidney wound, promoted formation of the granulation tissue layer and created an enclosed environment that precluded diffusion of the cytokines and growth factors from the wound into surrounding tissue. Further studies are needed to delineate which of these factors and mechanisms promote formation of TEOs in the pouch model.
Epithelial cell capacity for dedifferentiation has been detected in both proximal22,23,24,25 and distal39,40,41,42 nephron epithelium. TEOs could thus be derived either from proximal or distal nephron. TEOs branching and lack of proximal tubular markers (brush border and PHA) suggested that they were derived from the distal nephron. Accordingly TEOs expressed multiple markers of collecting duct epithelium (panCK, E-cadherin, DBA, Pax2, calbindin). However, TEOs expression of collecting ducts terminal differentiation marker Aqp2 was virtually absent. This was consistent with the loss of Aqp2 expression in the injured collecting ducts of the wounded kidney indicating dedifferentiation. Taken together, this data suggested that TEOs were derived from the injured collecting ducts undergoing dedifferentiation either by repair of the pre-existing collecting ducts or by de novo regeneration. Cell lineage studies are needed to confirm these findings.
In conclusion, we describe a novel “pouch model” of surgical kidney injury in adult rats. We demonstrate that enclosure of injured kidney within an inert plastic pouch effectively prevents adhesions of extrarenal tissues and promotes a unique pattern of wound healing and tubular regeneration. Under the unique conditions created by pouch application, injured tubular epithelium regenerates beyond the pre-existing renal parenchyma to form branching tubular epithelial outgrowths (TEOs) without evident terminal differentiation. Our model provides a tool for studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying this previously unrecognized regenerative potential of adult mammalian kidney.
Methods
All animal studies were performed according to the protocol approved by the Animal Care Committee and in accordance with the Animal Care Policies of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Animals
Adult (10–12 weeks old) male Sprague-Dawley rats (Harlan, Indianapolis, IN) were used in accordance with IACUC standards and institutionally approved protocols.
Surgical model
In experimental animals following right nephrectomy, the left renal artery was reversibly ligated. The upper and lower poles of the left kidney were resected using surgical scissors. Approximately 5/6 renal mass reduction was achieved. Sterile gauze was applied to the cut surface for hemostasis for 1–2 minutes. The remnant kidney was enclosed in a sterile in-house-made virgin high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pouch (Fig. 1A–D) that was loosely fastened around the kidney's pelvis. The left renal artery ligature was then removed (total left kidney ischemia time 3–5 minutes) and the laparotomy site was closed. The HDPE was selected as a pouch material because it is impermeable, non-leaching, biologically inert and amenable to sterilization. Control animals underwent the identical procedure (including renal artery ligation for 3–5 minutes) with the exception that the pouch was not applied (Fig. 1A). Post-operatively all rats received 10 mL of lactated ringer solution, Ampicillin (Novaplus [250 mg/mL] Sandoz, Austria) and buprenorphine (Buprenex [0.3 mg/mL] Reckitt Benckiser, UK). Standard rat chow was given ad libitum. Animals were sacrificed at two weeks post-operatively. At least four animals were studied in each of experimental and control groups. Nephrectomized kidneys were used as normal adult kidney controls for immunostaining.
Physiological data
Blood pressures were measured by the tail cuff method43 on previously trained and habituated animals. Whole blood hemoglobin was measured using HemoCueHb201+ (Angelholm, Sweden) analyzer. Blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine analyses were done by the Biological Resource Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Histology and immunostaining
When tissues were harvested, pouch was removed if present and kidney remnant was removed from the pouch (Fig. 1F) and cut sagittally into two halves (Fig. 1G). Tissue was then embedded and cut serially. 200–300 sections at 5 μm thickness for each kidney half were studied. Cut sections were placed on histological slides, deparafinized and subjected either to routine hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), periodic acid Schiff-hematoxylin (PAS-H) and Gömori trichrome stains or to the immunostaining. For specific antigen stains antigen retrieval was performed followed by blocking and sequential incubation with primary and secondary antibodies. Primary antibodies used were: anti-aquaporin 2 (Aqp2) (NB110-74682, Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO); anti-calbindin (28kD) (ab11426, Abcam, Cambridge, MA); anti-Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA) (L6533, Sigma, St. Louis, MO); anti-E-cadherin (18-0223, Invitrogen, Camarillo, CA); anti-Ki67 (M7248, Dako, Carpinteria, CA); anti-neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) (5B8, DSHB, Iowa City, IA); anti-Pax2 (PRB-276-P, Covance, Emeryville, CA); anti-pan-cytokeratin (panCK) (C1801, Sigma, St. Louis, MO); anti-podocalyxin (AF1556, R&D Systems, USA); anti-proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) (MAB424, Millipore, USA); anti-Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin (PHA) (BA 0224, Vector, Burlingame, CA); anti-phosphorylated-histone H3 (pHH3) (H0412, Sigma, St. Louis, MO); anti-vimentin (V6389, Sigma, St. Louis, MO). Elite ABC Reagent and Alkaline Phosphatase Avidine D were used and reactions developed with 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB) and/or Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) Substrate kit III (Vector, Burlingame, CA). Single stains were counterstained with hematoxylin.
Whole-slide digital microscopy, quantification and statistical analysis
Whole slide digital image acquisition was performed using the Aperio ScanScope CS System (Aperio Technologies, Vista, CA) at 200× magnification. Four sections per animal were randomly selected from slides stained for Gömori trichrome and each specific marker from control and experimental groups. An independent investigator quantified areas of abnormal antigen expression where abnormal antigen expression was defined as an immunostaining pattern different from the normal adult rat kidney immunostaining pattern. Total and abnormal section areas were marked and measured by the Aperio software pen tool. The final results were expressed as a percent of total section area and the acquired percentage means were compared by Student's t-test (Table 2).
Nuclear PCNA, Ki67, pHH3 were quantified in tissues using Aperio Nuclear v9 algorithm, version 9.1. Two representative fields from four different animals were annotated using the software for the cortex of normal kidneys and the wounded tissue and TEOs of experimental kidneys. Total tubular and collecting duct nuclei were counted and the percentage of positive nuclei was determined within each field. The means of percentages were compared by Student's t-test.
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Litbarg, N., Vujicic, S., Setty, S. et al. A Novel Model of Surgical Injury in Adult Rat Kidney: A “Pouch Model”. Sci Rep 3, 2890 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02890
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