Differential Ly6C Expression after Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Identifies Unique Macrophage Populations. Mus musculus

Macrophages are a heterogeneous cell type implicated in injury, repair, and fibrosis after AKI, but the macrophage population associated with each phase is unclear.results of this study in a renal ischemia-reperfusion injury model allow phenotype and function to be assigned to CD11b+/Ly6C+ monocyte/macrophage populations in the pathophysiology of disease after AKI. we used a renal bilateral ischemia-reperfusion injury mouse model to identify unique monocyte/macrophage populations by differential expression of Ly6C in CD11b+ cells and to define the function of these cells in the pathophysiology of disease on the basis of microarray gene signatures and reduction strategies Overall design: Macrophage populations were sorted by Flow Cytometry into low and intermediate populations by Itgam(Cd11b) and Ly6c markers. The cells obtained in 5 weeks sham, 5 weeks IR, 9 day sham, and 9 day IR with 6 samples per group (3 int and 3 low). Cells were sorted in 350ul of RLT lysing buffer and kept at -80c until RNA extraction.Sample amplification, fragmentation, hybridization,washing and scanning were performed according to validated Affymetrix protocol in a CLIA certified lab.