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Jiang C, Wang K, Liu Y, Zhang C, Wang B. Using Wet Electrospun PCL/Gelatin/CNT Yarns to Fabricate Textile-Based Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue Engineering. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 7:2627-2637. [PMID: 33821604 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Incorporating conductive materials in scaffolds has shown advantages in regulating adhesion, mitigation, and proliferation of electroactive cells for tissue engineering applications. Among various conductive materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown great promises in tissue engineering because of their good mechanical properties. However, the broad application of CNTs in tissue engineering is limited by current methods to incorporate CNTs in polymers that require miscible solvents to dissolve CNTs and polymers or CNT surface modification. These methods either limit polymer selections or adversely affect the properties of polymer/CNT composites. Here, we report a novel method to fabricate polymer/CNT composite yarns by electrospinning polycaprolactone/gelatin into a bath of CNT dispersion and extracting electrospun fibers out of the bath. The concentration of CNTs in the bath affects the thermal and mechanical properties and the yarns' degradation behavior. In vitro biological test results show that within a limited range of CNT concentrations in the bath, the yarns exhibit good biocompatibility and the ability to guide cell elongation and alignment. We also report the design and fabrication of a vascular scaffold by knitting the yarns into a textile fabric and combining the textile fabric with gelatin. The scaffold has similar mechanical properties to native vessels and supports cell proliferation. This work demonstrates that the wet electrospun polymer/CNT yarns are good candidates for constructing vascular scaffolds and provides a novel method to incorporate CNTs or other functional materials into biopolymers for tissue engineering applications.
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- Chen Jiang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States.,Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Callaway Manufacturing Research Center Building, 813 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States
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- Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Callaway Manufacturing Research Center Building, 813 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States
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- Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Callaway Manufacturing Research Center Building, 813 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States.,School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Ave NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States
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- Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Callaway Manufacturing Research Center Building, 813 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States.,H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and System Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States.,Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Callaway Manufacturing Research Center Building, 813 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States.,H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and System Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 755 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta 30332, Georgia, United States
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Kawasaki Y, Hosoyamada Y, Miyaki T, Yamaguchi J, Kakuta S, Sakai T, Ichimura K. Three-Dimensional Architecture of Glomerular Endothelial Cells Revealed by FIB-SEM Tomography. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:653472. [PMID: 33777962 PMCID: PMC7991748 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.653472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Focused-ion beam-scanning electron microscopic (FIB-SEM) tomography enables easier acquisition of a series of ultrastructural, sectional images directly from resin-embedded biological samples. In this study, to clarify the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of glomerular endothelial cells (GEnCs) in adult rats, we manually extracted GEnCs from serial FIB-SEM images and reconstructed them on an Amira reconstruction software. The luminal and basal surface structures were clearly visualized in the reconstructed GEnCs, although only the luminal surface structures could be observed by conventional SEM. The luminal surface visualized via the reconstructed GEnCs was quite similar to that observed through conventional SEM, indicating that 3D reconstruction could be performed with high accuracy. Thus, we successfully described the 3D architecture of normal GEnCs in adult rats more clearly and precisely than ever before. The GEnCs were found to consist of three major subcellular compartments, namely, the cell body, cytoplasmic ridges, and sieve plates, in addition to two associated subcellular compartments, namely, the globular protrusions and reticular porous structures. Furthermore, most individual GEnCs made up a “seamless” tubular shape, and some of them formed an autocellular junction to make up a tubular shape. FIB-SEM tomography with reconstruction is a powerful approach to better understand the 3D architecture of GEnCs. Moreover, the morphological information revealed in this study will be valuable for the 3D pathologic evaluation of GEnCs in animal and human glomerular diseases and the structural analysis of developmental processes in the glomerular capillary system.
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- Yuto Kawasaki
- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Research Support Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Research Support Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Research Support Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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The Medullary Targets of Neurally Conveyed Sensory Information from the Rat Hepatic Portal and Superior Mesenteric Veins. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0419-20.2021. [PMID: 33495245 PMCID: PMC8114873 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0419-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Vagal and spinal sensory endings in the wall of the hepatic portal and superior mesenteric veins (PMV) provide the brain with chemosensory information important for energy balance and other functions. To determine their medullary neuronal targets, we injected the transsynaptic anterograde viral tracer HSV-1 H129-772 (H129) into the PMV wall or left nodose ganglion (LNG) of male rats, followed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and high-resolution imaging. We also determined the chemical phenotype of H129-infected neurons, and potential vagal and spinal axon terminal appositions in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMX) and the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). PMV wall injections generated H129-infected neurons in both nodose ganglia and in thoracic dorsal root ganglia (DRGs). In the medulla, cholinergic preganglionic parasympathetic neurons in the DMX were virtually the only targets of chemosensory information from the PMV wall. H129-infected terminal appositions were identified on H129-infected somata and dendrites in the DMX, and on H129-infected DMX dendrites that extend into the NTS. Sensory transmission via vagal and possibly spinal routes from the PMV wall therefore reaches DMX neurons via axo-somatic appositions in the DMX and axo-dendritic appositions in the NTS. However, the dearth of H129-infected NTS neurons indicates that sensory information from the PMV wall terminates on DMX neurons without engaging NTS neurons. These previously underappreciated direct sensory routes into the DMX enable a vago-vagal and possibly spino-vagal reflexes that can directly influence visceral function.
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Lametschwandtner A, Minnich B. Renal microvasculature in the adult pipid frog, Xenopus laevis: A scanning electron microscope study of vascular corrosion casts. J Morphol 2020; 281:725-736. [PMID: 32374496 PMCID: PMC7383921 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We studied the opisthonephric (mesonephric) kidneys of adult male and female Xenopus laevis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of vascular corrosion casts and light microscopy of paraplast embedded tissue sections. Both techniques displayed glomeruli from ventral to mid-dorsal regions of the kidneys with single glomeruli located dorsally close beneath the renal capsule. Glomeruli in general were fed by a single afferent arteriole and drained via a single thinner efferent arteriole into peritubular vessels. Light microscopy and SEM of vascular corrosion casts revealed sphincters at the origins of afferent arterioles, which arose closely, spaced from their parent renal arteries. The second source of renal blood supply via renal portal veins varied interindividually in branching patterns with vessels showing up to five branching orders before they became peritubular vessels. Main trunks and their first- and second-order branches revealed clear longish endothelial cell nuclei imprint patterns oriented parallel to the vessels longitudinal axis, a pattern characteristic for arteries. Peritubular vessels had irregular contours and were never seen as clear cylindrical structures. They ran rather parallel, anastomosed with neighbors and changed into renal venules and veins, which finally emptied into the ventrally located posterior caval vein. A third source of blood supply of the peritubular vessels by straight terminal portions of renal arteries (vasa recta) was not found.
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- Alois Lametschwandtner
- Department of BiosciencesUniversity of Salzburg, Vascular and Exercise Biology Research GroupSalzburgAustria
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- Department of BiosciencesUniversity of Salzburg, Vascular and Exercise Biology Research GroupSalzburgAustria
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Kawasaki Y, Matsumoto A, Miyaki T, Kinoshita M, Kakuta S, Sakai T, Ichimura K. Three-dimensional architecture of pericardial nephrocytes in Drosophila melanogaster revealed by FIB/SEM tomography. Cell Tissue Res 2019; 378:289-300. [PMID: 31089884 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-019-03037-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Nephrocytes are similar in structure to podocytes and play a role in the isolation of toxic substances from hemolymph in insects. Drosophila melanogaster nephrocytes have recently been used to study podocyte function and disease. However, the three-dimensional ultrastructure of nephrocytes is not clearly understood because their surrounding basement membrane makes it difficult to observe using conventional scanning electron microscopy. We reconstructed the three-dimensional ultrastructure of Drosophila pericardial nephrocytes using serial focused-ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) images. The basal surfaces were occupied by foot processes and slit-like spaces between them. The slit-like spaces corresponded to the podocyte filtration slits and were formed by longitudinal infolding/invagination of the basal plasma membrane. The basal surface between the slit-like spaces became the foot processes, which ran almost linearly, and had a "washboard-like" appearance. Both ends of the foot processes were usually anastomosed to neighboring foot processes and thus free ends were rarely observed. We demonstrated that FIB/SEM is a powerful tool to better understand the three-dimensional architecture of nephrocytes.
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- Yuto Kawasaki
- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Inzai, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Center for Biomedical Research Resources, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. .,Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Center for Biomedical Research Resources, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ichimura K, Miyaki T, Kawasaki Y, Kinoshita M, Kakuta S, Sakai T. Morphological Processes of Foot Process Effacement in Puromycin Aminonucleoside Nephrosis Revealed by FIB/SEM Tomography. J Am Soc Nephrol 2018; 30:96-108. [PMID: 30514724 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018020139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Foot process effacement is one of the pathologic indicators of podocyte injury. However, the morphologic changes associated with it remain unclear. METHODS To clarify the developmental process, we analyzed puromycin nephrotic podocytes reconstructed from serial focused-ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) images. RESULTS Intact podocytes consisted of four subcellular compartments: cell body, primary process, ridge-like prominence (RLP), and foot process. The RLP, a longitudinal protrusion from the basal surface of the cell body and primary process, served as an adhesive apparatus for the cell body and primary process to attach to the glomerular basement membrane. Foot processes protruded from both sides of the RLP. In puromycin nephrotic podocytes, foot process effacement occurred in two ways: by type-1 retraction, where the foot processes retracted while maintaining their rounded tips; or type-2 retraction, where they narrowed across their entire lengths, tapering toward the tips. Puromycin nephrotic podocytes also exhibited several alterations associated with foot process effacement, such as deformation of the cell body, retraction of RLPs, and cytoplasmic fragmentation. Finally, podocytes were reorganized into a broad, flattened shape. CONCLUSIONS The three-dimensional reconstruction of podocytes by serial FIB/SEM images revealed the morphologic changes involved in foot process effacement in greater detail than previously described.
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- Koichiro Ichimura
- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure and .,Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Research Support Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Research Support Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Trindade MR, Assunção HCR, Torres TC, Bertolino JS, Fernandes L. Venous endothelium reactivity to Angiotensin II: A study in primary endothelial cultures of rat vena cava and portal vein. Exp Cell Res 2017; 362:188-194. [PMID: 29162537 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The role of the vascular endothelium in modulating the arterial system has been widely investigated, but poorly explored at the venous site. In the present work, primary cultures of venous endothelium from rat Vena Cava (VC) and Portal Vein (PV) were established, characterized and analyzed according to their growth pattern and ability to produce nitric oxide (NO) and prostanoids (PGF2 α and PGI2), at basal state and after stimulation with Angiotensin II (Ang II, 1μmol/L). Basal NO was detected in all examined cells in culture. Pre-incubation with Ang II increased NO production in cells from VC (but not in PV cultures), through activation of both AT1 and AT2 receptors. Both cultures exhibited detectable levels of PGF2 α at resting conditions, which were similarly enhanced by Ang II. Basal PGI2 levels were higher in PV, but increased after Ang II treatment in VC, with no further effect on PV cells. We conclude that endothelial cells from VC and PV exhibit important properties and react to Ang II, probably influencing the whole circulatory system. This experimental cell model gives support to further studies concerning intracellular pathways of the venous endothelium, analyzed in separate from the vascular smooth muscle wall.
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- Marcio Renato Trindade
- Laboratory of Vascular Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Campus Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Vascular Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Campus Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Vascular Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Campus Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Vascular Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Campus Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Vascular Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Campus Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Ichimura K, Kakuta S, Kawasaki Y, Miyaki T, Nonami T, Miyazaki N, Nakao T, Enomoto S, Arai S, Koike M, Murata K, Sakai T. Morphological process of podocyte development revealed by block-face scanning electron microscopy. J Cell Sci 2016; 130:132-142. [PMID: 27358478 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.187815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Podocytes present a unique 3D architecture specialized for glomerular filtration. However, several 3D morphological aspects on podocyte development remain partially understood because they are difficult to reveal using conventional scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Here, we adopted serial block-face SEM imaging, a powerful tool for analyzing the 3D cellular ultrastructure, to precisely reveal the morphological process of podocyte development, such as the formation of foot processes. Development of foot processes gives rise to three morphological states: the primitive, immature and mature foot processes. Immature podocytes were columnar in shape and connected to each other by the junctional complex, which migrated toward the basal side of the cell. When the junctional complex was close to the basement membrane, immature podocytes started to interdigitate with primitive foot processes under the level of junctional complex. As primitive foot processes lengthened, the junctional complex moved between primitive foot processes to form immature foot processes. Finally, the junctional complex was gradually replaced by the slit diaphragm, resulting in the maturation of immature foot processes into mature foot processes. In conclusion, the developmental process of podocytes is now clearly visualized by block-face SEM imaging.
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- Koichiro Ichimura
- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Center for Biomedical Research Resources, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- High Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- High Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- High Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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Hosoyamada Y, Ichimura K, Sakai T. Organ Specificity and Functional Relevance of the Arterial Structure: A Comparative Study in the Kidney and the Skeletal Muscle with Electron Microscopy. J Vasc Res 2016; 52:265-72. [PMID: 26824773 DOI: 10.1159/000442978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The differences in circulation among various organs are well known, but the structural differences have only been poorly investigated. In the present study the wall structure of arteries was observed with electron microscopy in rat kidney and skeletal muscle. The wall thickness was almost equal in both organs at about 40 μm in luminal diameter, while it was relatively thin in the larger arteries and thick in the smaller arteries in the kidney compared with that in the skeletal muscle. The smooth muscle cells were regularly arranged in parallel in circular or slightly spiral orientation in the kidney, whereas those in the skeletal muscle were irregularly arranged in heterogeneous orientations. Extracellular matrices were more abundant in the arterial media in the skeletal muscle than in the kidney. The inner elastic lamina was continuous in the kidney, and arranged in longitudinal bundles in the skeletal muscle. The adventitial collagen fibers were abundant and dense in the skeletal muscle, and were scattered in small bundles in the fluid-filled spaces in the kidney. While the arteries in the skeletal muscle are under severe mechanical stress during muscle contraction and dilate dramatically during exercise, those in the kidney regulate glomerular pressure almost constantly.
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- Yasue Hosoyamada
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Trung VN, Yamamoto H, Yamaguchi T, Murata S, Aimi Y, Kuwahara A, Tani T. Intact neural system of the portal vein is important for maintaining normal glucose metabolism by regulating glucagon-like peptide-1 and insulin sensitivity. Peptides 2014; 52:38-43. [PMID: 24333288 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The portal neural system may have an important role on the regulation of glucose homeostasis since activation of the gut-brain-liver neurocircuit by nutrient sensing in the proximal intestine reduces hepatic glucose production through enhanced liver insulin sensitivity. Although there have been many studies investigating the role of portal neural system, surgical denervation of the sole portal vein has not been reported to date. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of the portal neural system on the regulation of glucose homeostasis and food intake in the physiological condition. Surgical denervation of portal vein (DV) was performed in 10 male 12 week-old Wistar rats. The control was a sham operation (SO). One week after surgery, food intake and body weight were monitored; an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed; and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and insulin levels during OGTT were assayed. In addition, insulinogenic index, homeostatic model assessment, and Matsuda index were calculated. All rats regained the preoperative body weight at one week after surgery. There was no significant difference in food intake between DV and SO rats. DV rats exhibited increased blood glucose levels associated with decreased insulin sensitivity but increased GLP-1 and insulin secretion during OGTT. In summary, in the physiological state, loss of the portal neural system leads to decreased insulin sensitivity and increased blood glucose levels but does not affect food intake. These data indicate that an intact portal neural system is important for maintaining normal glucose metabolism.
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- Vo Nguyen Trung
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences & Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Yata, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Ichimura K, Fukuyo Y, Nakamura T, Powell R, Sakai T, Janknecht R, Obara T. Developmental localization of nephrin in zebrafish and medaka pronephric glomerulus. J Histochem Cytochem 2013; 61:313-24. [PMID: 23324868 DOI: 10.1369/0022155413477115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Slit diaphragm (SD) is a highly specialized intercellular junction between podocyte foot processes and plays a crucial role in the formation of the filtration barrier. In this study, we examined the developmental localization of Nephrin, an essential component of SD, in the pronephric glomerulus of zebrafish and medaka. In the mature glomerulus of both fish, Nephrin is localized along the glomerular basement membrane as seen in mammals, indicating that Nephrin is localized at the SD. Interestingly, Nephrin was detected already in immature podocytes before the SD and foot processes started to form in both fish. Nephrin was localized along the cell surface of immature podocytes but as different localization patterns. In zebrafish, Nephrin signal bordered the lateral membrane of podocytes, which were columnar in shape, as in rat immature podocytes. However, in medaka immature podocytes, Nephrin was localized in a punctate pattern among podocyte cell bodies. These findings suggest that Nephrin needs to be integrated to the membrane before the formation of the SD and then moves to the proper site to form the SD. Furthermore, a podocyte-specific marker, such as Nephrin, should be a useful tool for the future analysis of pronephric glomerular development in fish mutants and morphants.
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- Koichiro Ichimura
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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