CD161a-positive natural killer (NK) cells and α-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts were upregulated by extrarenal DPP4 in a rat model of acute renal rejection

Schmid F, Mayer C, Büttner-Herold M, von Hörsten S, Amann KU, Daniel C (2021)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

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Book Volume: 173

Article Number: 108691

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108691

Abstract

Aims: Systemic inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) showed a protective effect in several transplant models. Here we assessed the specific role of extrarenal DPP4 in renal transplant rejection. Methods: Kidneys from wildtype (wt) F344 rats were either transplanted in wt Dark Agouti or congenic rats not expressing DPP4. The remaining, not transplanted donor kidney served as healthy controls. To investigate early inflammatory events rats were sacrificed 3 days after transplantation and kidneys were evaluated for inflammatory cells, capillary rarefaction, proliferation, apoptosis and myofibroblasts by immunohistochemistry. Results: Capillary ERG-1-positive endothelial cells were significantly more abundant in renal cortex when transplanted into DPP4 deficient compared to wt recipients. In contrast, TGF-ß and myofibroblasts were reduced by more than 25% in kidneys transplanted into DPP4 deficient compared to wt recipients. Numbers of CD161a-positive NK-cells were significantly lower in allografts in DPP4 deficient compared to wt recipients. Numbers of all other investigated immune cells were not affected by the lack of extrarenal DPP4. Conclusion: In early transplant rejection extrarenal DPP4 is involved in the recruitment of NK-cells and early fibrosis. Beneficial effects were less pronounced than reported for systemic DPP4 inhibition, indicating that renal DPP4 is an important player in transplantation-mediated injury.

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Schmid, F., Mayer, C., Büttner-Herold, M., von Hörsten, S., Amann, K.U., & Daniel, C. (2021). CD161a-positive natural killer (NK) cells and α-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts were upregulated by extrarenal DPP4 in a rat model of acute renal rejection. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108691

MLA:

Schmid, Franziska, et al. "CD161a-positive natural killer (NK) cells and α-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts were upregulated by extrarenal DPP4 in a rat model of acute renal rejection." Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 173 (2021).

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