Renal tubular epithelial cells(RTECs)are important target cells for the development of kidney-targeted drug delivery systems.Under physiological conditions,RTECs are under constant fluid shear stress(FSS)from original...Renal tubular epithelial cells(RTECs)are important target cells for the development of kidney-targeted drug delivery systems.Under physiological conditions,RTECs are under constant fluid shear stress(FSS)from original urine in the renal tubule and respond to changes of FSS by altering their morphology and receptor expression patterns,which may affect reabsorption and cellular uptake.Using a microfluidic system,controlled shear stress was applied to proximal tubule epithelial cell line HK-2.Next,2-glucosamine,bovine serum albumin,and albumin nanoparticles were selected as representative carriers to perform cell uptake studies in HK-2 cells using the microfluidic platform system with controlled FSS.FSS is proven to impact the morphology of HK-2 cells and upregulate the levels of megalin and clathrin,which then led to enhanced cellular uptake efficiencies of energy-driven carrier systems such as macromolecular and albumin nanoparticles in HK-2 cells.To further investigate the effects of FSS on endocytic behavior mediated by related receptors,a mice model of acute kidney injury with reduced fluid shear stress was established.Consistent with in vitro findings,in vivo studies have also shown reduced fluid shear stress down-regulated the levels of megalin receptors,thereby reducing the renal distribution of albumin nanoparticles.展开更多
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81773654 and 81503018)National Key Research and Development Plan of China(2017YFC1104601)+1 种基金Sichuan University Fund for Excellent Young Scholars(2017SCU04A23,China)Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Research Team Funding(2016TD0001,China).
文摘Renal tubular epithelial cells(RTECs)are important target cells for the development of kidney-targeted drug delivery systems.Under physiological conditions,RTECs are under constant fluid shear stress(FSS)from original urine in the renal tubule and respond to changes of FSS by altering their morphology and receptor expression patterns,which may affect reabsorption and cellular uptake.Using a microfluidic system,controlled shear stress was applied to proximal tubule epithelial cell line HK-2.Next,2-glucosamine,bovine serum albumin,and albumin nanoparticles were selected as representative carriers to perform cell uptake studies in HK-2 cells using the microfluidic platform system with controlled FSS.FSS is proven to impact the morphology of HK-2 cells and upregulate the levels of megalin and clathrin,which then led to enhanced cellular uptake efficiencies of energy-driven carrier systems such as macromolecular and albumin nanoparticles in HK-2 cells.To further investigate the effects of FSS on endocytic behavior mediated by related receptors,a mice model of acute kidney injury with reduced fluid shear stress was established.Consistent with in vitro findings,in vivo studies have also shown reduced fluid shear stress down-regulated the levels of megalin receptors,thereby reducing the renal distribution of albumin nanoparticles.
