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George M. O'Brien Kidney and Urological Disease Center, Renal Division, Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
To determine
whether transplanted metanephroi grow and differentiate after
implantation into the omentum in hosts of a different species, we
implanted metanephroi from embryonic day 15 (E15) rat
embryos into uninephrectomized mice (hosts). Some host mice received
human CTLA4Ig (hCTLA4Ig), anti-CD45RB, and anti-CD154 (tolerance-inducing agents). E15 metanephroi contained only metanephric blastema, segments of ureteric bud, and primitive nephrons with no
glomeruli. Rat metanephroi did not grow or differentiate in mice that
received no tolerance-inducing agents. However, by 2 wk
posttransplantation in mice that received hCTLA4Ig, anti-CD45RB, and
anti-CD154, metanephroi from E15 rats had enlarged, become vascularized, and formed mature tubules and glomeruli. Rat metanephroi contained cells that stained specifically for mouse CD31, a marker for
sprouting endothelial cells. Some rat glomerular capillary loops
stained positively for mouse CD31. Here, we show that chimeric kidneys
develop from metanephroi transplanted rat
mouse and that glomeruli
are vascularized, at least in part, by host vessels.
anti-CD31; anti-CD45RB; anti-CD154; CTLA4Ig; xenotransplantation
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