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(American Journal of Pathology. 1998;153:1511-1520.)
© 1998 American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Cell Cycle Regulation and Differentiation in the Human Podocyte Lineage

Michio Nagata* , Kei-ichi Nakayama , Yoshio Terada , Sachi Hoshi§ and Teruo Watanabe§

From the Department of Pathology, Institute of Clinical * and Basic § Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Kyushu, and the Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Mature podocytes are regarded as growth-arrested cells with characteristic phenotypic features that underlie their function. To determine the relationship between cell cycle regulation and differentiation, the spatiotemporal expression of cyclin A, cyclin B1, cyclin D1, the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs) p27 and p57, and markers of differentiating podocytes in developing human kidneys was investigated by immunohistochemistry. In S-shaped body stage, Ki-67, a cell proliferation marker that labels the G1/S/G2/M phase, was expressed in the majority (more than 80%) of presumptive podocytes, along with cyclin A (~20% of the Ki-67-positive cells) and cyclin B1 (less than 5% of Ki-67-positive cells) expression. Among these cells, cyclin D1 and CKIs were markedly down-regulated. At the capillary-loop stage, by contrast, CKIs and cyclin D1 were intensely positive in podocytes, whereas no Ki-67, cyclin B1, or cyclin A expression was seen. Moreover, double-immunolabeling and serial-section analysis provided evidence that CKIs and markers specific for differentiating podocytes, namely PHM-5 (podocalyxin-like protein in humans), synaptopodin (a foot process-related protein), and C3b receptor, were co-expressed at the capillary-loop stage. Podocytes were the only cells within the glomeruli that expressed CKIs at immunohistochemically detectable levels. Furthermore, bcl-2 (an apoptosis inhibitory protein) showed a reciprocal expression pattern to that of CKI. These results suggest that 1) the cell cycle of podocytes is regulated by cyclin and CKIs, 2) CKIs may act to arrest the cell cycle in podocytes at the capillary-loop stage, and 3) the specific cell cycle system in podocytes may be closely correlated with their terminal differentiation in humans.

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