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Studies of renal cell function using cell culture techniques.

J S Handler·F M Perkins·J P Johnson
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Cell culture, a powerful tool for the study of cell biology, offers advantages for the study of renal cell function. Epithelial cells derived from a variety of organs, including the kidney, form oriented epithelial sheets in culture that have many structural characteristics (microvilli, tight junctions) of epithelia in situ. There is evidence of transepithelial transport of salt and water by cells of two lines (MDCK and LLC-PK1) derived from mammalian kidney. LLC-PK1 cells may also manifest the glucose transport system of the proximal tubule. Cells of both lines have adenylate cyclase activity sensitive to hormones. Two lines of cells derived from toad urinary bladder form epithelia with a high transepithelial resistance and transport sodium actively from apical to basolateral surface. The rate of sodium transport in both lines is stimulated by cyclic AMP and by aldosterone. There are important differences in the characteristics of the response of the two lines to aldosterone as well as in their sensitivity to inhibition of sodium transport by amiloride. These differences may lead to new insights regarding the molecular events in the response to aldosterone and in the inhibitory action of amiloride. Cultures of kidney cells have also been used effectively to study the biosynthesis of the hormonal derivative of vitamin D and to study prostaglandin production. In addition, cell culture is ideally suited for study of the developmental biology of the kidney.

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J S Handler, F M Perkins, J P Johnson. 1980. Studies of renal cell function using cell culture techniques.. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.1980.238.1.f1

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