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(American Journal of Pathology. 2002;160:765-772.)
© 2002 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Short Communication

Interstitial Fibroblast-Like Cells Express Renin-Angiotensin System Components in a Fibrosing Murine Kidney

Hirokazu Okada*, Tsutomu Inoue*, Yoshihiko Kanno*, Tatsuya Kobayashi*, Yusuke Watanabe*, Jeffrey B. Kopp{dagger}, Robert M. Carey{ddagger} and Hiromichi Suzuki*

From the Department of Nephrology,*
Saitama MedicalCollege, Saitama, Japan; the Kidney DiseaseSection,{dagger}
National Institute of Diabetes andDigestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,Maryland; and the Department of Medicine,{ddagger}
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

Recently, the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) was implicated in organ fibrosis. However, few studies have examined the localization of RAS components, such as angiotensin II receptors, renin (REN), angiotensinogen (AGTN), and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), in the fibrosing kidney. To localize these components in the fibrosing kidney, we used a murine model of renal fibrosis that shows an enhanced expression of angiotensin II type 1A receptor (AT1AR) and AGTN. Our results indicate that the overall expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) and ACE was attenuated in this model, whereas REN expression was unchanged. In addition to tubular epithelial cells that were positive for AT1AR, AT2R, REN, and AGTN, interstitial fibroblast-like cells expressed AT1AR, REN, AGTN, and ACE in the fibrosing kidney. The interstitial fibroblast-like cells that were positive for AT1AR mRNA were further characterized as positive for the expression of vimentin and transforming growth factor-ß1. These data provide strong evidence for a tubulointerstitial RAS within the fibrosing kidney, and a linkage between the RAS and renal fibrogenesis.




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