Distinct fate, dynamics and niches of renal macrophages of bone marrow or embryonic origins
Open Access
- 8 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Communications
- Vol. 11 (1), 1-16
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16158-z
Abstract
Renal macrophages (RMs) participate in tissue homeostasis, inflammation and repair. RMs consist of embryo-derived (EMRMs) and bone marrow-derived RMs (BMRMs), but the fate, dynamics, replenishment, functions and metabolic states of these two RM populations remain unclear. Here we investigate and characterize RMs at different ages by conditionally labeling and ablating RMs populations in several transgenic lines. We find that RMs expand and mature in parallel with renal growth after birth, and are mainly derived from fetal liver monocytes before birth, but self-maintain through adulthood with contribution from peripheral monocytes. Moreover, after the RMs niche is emptied, peripheral monocytes rapidly differentiate into BMRMs, with the CX3CR1/CX3CL1 signaling axis being essential for the maintenance and regeneration of both EMRMs and BMRMs. Lastly, we show that EMRMs have a higher capacity for scavenging immune complex, and are more sensitive to immune challenge than BMRMs, with this difference associated with their distinct glycolytic capacities. Renal macrophages (RMs) can be of bone marrow or embryonic origin, but their abundance, fate and metabolic profiles in physiological and pathogenic settings are still unclear. Here the authors show, by characterizing these two RMs in multiple transgenic mouse lines, that they exhibit distinct dynamics, homeostasis, immune activity, and metabolic properties.Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (PO1MH105303, P20GM103629-08S1)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NIH Office of the Director (5P51OD011104-58, R21OD024931)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NIH Office of the Director
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL130233)
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