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Morphological analysis of renal cell culture models of calcium phosphate stone formation

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Cell culture models of calcium phosphate renal stone formation were established using the MDCK cell line. Renal microliths were detected within pseudocysts in three-dimensional soft agar cultures, and were also observed in the basal region of cells lining the cell sheet, and immediately beneath domes or blisters in monolayers and collagen gel cultures. Light and scanning electron microscopy indicated that these microliths had a similar lamellated and spherical appearance to those in humans. These microliths were first detected microscopically after 21 days of culture, and were found to be composed of calcium phosphate by X-ray and microinfrared spectroscopic analyses. These culture models may provide a powerful new tool to study the pathogenesis of renal stone diseases and/or calcium phosphate stone formation in humans and animals.

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  1. First Department of Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handa-cho, 3600, Hamamatsu, 431-31, Japan

    Y. Naito & I. Kino

  2. Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, 431-31, Shizuoka, Japan

    Y. Ohtawara, S. Kageyama, M. Nakano & K. Suzuki

  3. First Department of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, 431-31, Shizuoka, Japan

    A. Ichiyama

  4. Second Department of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-sbi, 431-31, Shizuoka, Japan

    M. Fujita

  5. Department Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyou-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Kawabe

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Naito, Y., Ohtawara, Y., Kageyama, S. et al. Morphological analysis of renal cell culture models of calcium phosphate stone formation. Urol. Res. 25, 59–65 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00941907

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