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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI119297

Endothelin-1 transgenic mice develop glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis, and renal cysts but not hypertension.

B Hocher, C Thöne-Reineke, P Rohmeiss, F Schmager, T Slowinski, V Burst, F Siegmund, T Quertermous, C Bauer, H H Neumayer, W D Schleuning, and F Theuring

Department of Nephrology, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

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Published March 15, 1997 - More info

Published in Volume 99, Issue 6 on March 15, 1997
J Clin Invest. 1997;99(6):1380–1389. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI119297.
© 1997 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Abstract

The human endothelin-1 (ET-1) gene under the control of its natural promoter was transferred into the germline of mice. The transgene was expressed predominantly in the brain, lung, and kidney. Transgene expression was associated with a pathological phenotype manifested by signs such as age-dependent development of renal cysts, interstitial fibrosis of the kidneys, and glomerulosclerosis leading to a progressive decrease in glomerular filtration rate. This pathology developed in spite of only slightly elevated plasma and tissue ET-1 concentrations. Blood pressure was not affected even after the development of an impaired glomerular filtration rate. Therefore, these transgenic lines provide a new blood pressure-independent animal model of ET-1-induced renal pathology leading to renal fibrosis and fatal kidney disease.

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