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Novel Role for Mast Cells in Omental Tissue Remodeling and Cell Recruitment in Experimental Peritoneal Dialysis

Mohammad Zareie^*, Paolo Fabbrini, Liesbeth H.P. Hekking^*, Eelco D. Keuning^*, Piet M. ter Wee, Robert H.J. Beelen^* and Jacob van den Born^*

Departments of ^* Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology and Nephrology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Department of Clinical Nephrology, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy

Address correspondence to: Dr. Jacob van den Born, Department of Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: +31-20-444-8078/8080; Fax: +31-20-444-8081; E-mail: j.vandenborn{at}vumc.nl

Received for publication November 9, 2005. Accepted for publication August 31, 2006.

Because of its dynamic structure, the omentum plays a key role in the immunity of the peritoneal cavity by orchestrating peritoneal cell recruitment. Because mast cells accumulate in the omentum upon experimental peritoneal dialysis (PD) and may produce angiogenic/profibrotic factors, it was hypothesized that mast cells mediate omental tissue remodeling during PD. Daily treatment with conventional PD fluid (PDF) for 5 wk resulted in a strong omental remodeling response, characterized by an approximately 10-fold increase in mast cell density (P < 0.01), an approximately 20-fold increase in vessel density (P < 0.02), an approximately 20-fold increase in the number of milky spots (P < 0.01), and a four-fold increase in submesothelial matrix thickness (P < 0.0003) in wild-type rats. In contrast, all PDF-induced omental changes were significantly reduced in mast cell–deficient Ws/Ws rats or in wild-type rats that were treated orally with a mast cell stabilizer cromoglycate. A time-course experiment showed mast cell accumulation immediately before the formation of blood vessels and milky spots. Functionally, PDF evoked a peritoneal cell influx, which was significantly reduced in Ws/Ws rats (P < 0.04) and in wild-type rats that were treated with cromoglycate (P < 0.03). Cromoglycate treatment also completely prevented PDF-induced omental adhesions to the catheter tip (P = 0.0002). Mesothelial damage, angiogenesis, and fibrosis of mesentery and parietal peritoneum as well as glucose absorption rate and ultrafiltration capacity proved to be mast cell independent. Data strongly support the hypothesis that mast cells mediate PDF-induced omental tissue remodeling and, subsequently, peritoneal cell influx and adhesion formation, providing therapeutic possibilities of modulating omental function.

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