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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1998//2067 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 143, Number 7, , 1998 2067-2079


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The Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 Is Developmentally Regulated in the Renal Epithelium and Is Involved in Kidney Branching Morphogenesis



Hanna Debiec*, Erik Ilsø Christensen{ddagger}, and Pierre Marie Ronco*

* Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 489, Hôpital Tenon, 75020 Paris, France; and {ddagger} Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, DK-800 Aarhus C, Denmark

We immunopurified a surface antigen specific for the collecting duct (CD) epithelium. Microsequencing of three polypeptides identified the antigen as the neuronal cell adhesion molecule L1, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. The kidney isoform showed a deletion of exon 3. L1 was expressed in the mesonephric duct and the metanephros throughout CD development. In the adult CD examined by electron microscopy, L1 was not expressed on intercalated cells but was restricted to CD principal cells and to the papilla tall cells. By contrast, L1 appeared late in the distal portion of the elongating nephron in the mesenchymally derived epithelium and decreased during postnatal development. Immunoblot analysis showed that expression, proteolytic cleavage, and the glycosylation pattern of L1 protein were regulated during renal development. L1 was not detected in epithelia of other organs developing by branching morphogenesis. Addition of anti-L1 antibody to kidney or lung organotypic cultures induced dysmorphogenesis of the ureteric bud epithelium but not of the lung. These results suggest a functional role for L1 in CD development in vitro. We further postulate that L1 may be involved in the guidance of developing distal tubule and in generation and maintenance of specialized cell phenotypes in CD.

Key Words: collecting duct • epithelium • cell adhesion molecules • morphogenesis • organ culture



Abbreviations used in this paper: CAM, cell adhesion molecule; CCD, cortical collecting duct; CD, collecting duct; CNT, connecting tubule; IMCD, inner medullary collecting duct; IC, intercalated; IgSF, immunoglobulin superfamily; OMCD, outer medullary collecting duct; P, principal.



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