Erythropoietin production by PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells

Abstract PDGFR-β-expressing cells of the kidneys are considered as a relevant site of erythropoietin (EPO) production. The origin of these cells, their contribution to renal EPO production, and if PDGFR-β-positive cells in other organs are also capable to express EPO are less clear. We addressed these questions in mice, in which hypoxia-inducible transcription factors were stabilized in PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells by inducible deletion of the von Hippel-Lindau (Vhl) protein. Vhl deletion led to a 600-fold increase of plasma EPO concentration, 170-fold increase of renal EPO messenger RNA (mRNA) levels, and an increase of hematocrit values up to 70 %. Intrarenal localization of EPO-expressing cells coincided with the zonal heterogeneity and distribution of cells expressing PDGFR-β. Amongst a variety of extrarenal organs only adrenal glands showed significant EPO mRNA expression after Vhl deletion in PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells. EPO mRNA, plasma EPO, and hematocrit fell to subnormal values if HIF-2α, but not HIF-1α, was deleted either alone or in combination with Vhl in PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells. Treatment of mice with a prolyl-hydroxylase inhibitor caused an increase of EPO mRNA abundance and plasma EPO concentrations in wild-type mice and in mice lacking HIF-1α in PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells but exerted no effect in mice lacking HIF-2α in PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells. These findings suggest that PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells are the only relevant site of EPO expression in the kidney and that HIF-2 is the essential transcription factor triggering EPO expression therein. Moreover, our findings suggest that PDGFR-$ β^{+} $ cells elaborating EPO might arise from the metanephric mesenchyme, rather than from the neural crest..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

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2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:468

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Pflügers Archiv - 468(2016), 8 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 1479-1487

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gerl, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Nolan, Karen A. [VerfasserIn]
Karger, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Fuchs, Michaela [VerfasserIn]
Wenger, Roland H. [VerfasserIn]
Stolt, Claus C. [VerfasserIn]
Willam, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Kurtz, Armin [VerfasserIn]
Kurt, Birgül [VerfasserIn]

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Adrenal gland
Erythropoietin
HIF-2
Inducible deletion of Vhl
Kidney
PDGFR-β-expressing cells

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

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10.1007/s00424-016-1829-2

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OLC2056824078