7. • One of the most common inherited genetic diseases
• Estimated prevalence: 0.1% in general population
• 1 of every 400 to 1000 live births
• Ten times more common than sickle cell disease
• Fifteen times more common than cystic fibrosis.
ADPKD
8. ADPKD
• May start in utero or right after birth
• Approximately 5% of nephrons affected
• May involve any part of nephron
CYST FORMATION
9. ADPKD
GENES
PKD1 Chromosome 16 (16p.13.3)
PKD2 Chromosome 4 (4q13-23)
The disease due to PKD2 mutation is milder and
clinically presents later in life.
The gene product polycystin 1 and 2 play a crucial role in
controlling cell proliferation and differentiation.
10. APKD Gene
PKD1 PKD2
Mutations 85% 15%
Mean age of onset
ESRD
53 years 69 years
Function Receptor Calcium channel
Distal nephron All parts, even extrarenal
Severe Less severe
11. Polycystin 1 and 2
Control of cell proliferation
by modulating Ca level
17. ADPKD
• Coronary or hypertensive heart disease, 40%
• Infection, 25%
• Ruptured berry aneurysm or hypertensive
intracerebral hemorrhage, 15%
• Other causes, 20%
CAUSE OF DEATH
22. ARPKD
The gene mutated in ARPKD is the PKHD1 gene on
chromosome 6.
The gene product, fibrocystin-polyductin, is a
member of a class of proteins that is involved in the
regulation of cell proliferation and cell adhesion.
28. ARPKD
ARPKD is much less frequent than the ADPKD.
Occurs in 1 in 10,000 to 50,000 live births.
Most infants are stillborn or die in the perinatal period, usually
because of respiratory insufficiency.
Infants who survive into the neonatal period are at risk for
developing uremia after varying intervals.
29. ARPKD
Prolonged survival may be complicated by:
• Renal failure with hypertension,
• Hepatic fibrosis with portal hypertension
• Chronic lung disease (pulmonary hypoplasia)
30. ARPKD
Clinical Course
Depends on percentage of tubules involved
>75%
Perinatal death. Minimal liver involvement
25-50%
Patients survive for several months Have mild hepatic
fibrosis.
<25%
Patients survive longer, develop moderate to
severe hepatic fibrosis.
31. MEDULLARY CYSTS
Medullary Sponge kidney
Cysts within the renal papillae
Nephronophthiasis-medullary cystic complex
Cysts at the cortico medullary junction
Two very different diseases
33. A congenital disorder characterized by dilatation of collecting tubules in one or
more renal papillae, affecting one or both kidneys.
A benign condition, and patients can remain asymptomatic.
Usually diagnosed until the second or third decade of life or later.
ESRD … 10%
Medullary Sponge Kidney
34. Nephronophthiasis - Medullary Cystic Complex
NPH presents in infancy, childhood or adolescence with
progressive renal failure
There may be extrarenal manifestations:
Retinitis pigmentosa
Hepatic fibrosis
Skeletal defects
Cerebellar aplasia.
37. Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
Development of numerous fluid-filled cysts in both
kidney in individuals who have no history of
hereditary cystic disease.
Usually does not produce symptoms, discovered
incidentally during imaging
Hemodialysis is an important causative factor
47. Ureteric obstruction during active
nephrogenesis results in cystic renal
dysplasia
The earlier and longer the
obstruction the more severe the
histopathological changes of
dysplasia
Obstructive Renal Dysplasia
Cilia can induce Ca2+ flux in cultured kidney epithelial cells.
Tubular cells obtained from mice with a deletion of the PKD1 gene retain normal architecture of cilia but lack the flow-induced Ca2+ flux that occurs in normal tubular cells.
Increased Ca is THE CULPRIT.
Functioning nephrons dispersed between the cysts.
The cysts may be filled with a clear, serous fluid or with turbid, red to brown, sometimes hemorrhagic fluid.
The first two are the most common; serious manifestations are usually present at birth, and the young infant might succumb rapidly to renal failure.
PKHD1 gene is highly expressed in adult and fetal kidney and also in liver and pancreas.
Numerous small cysts in the cortex and medulla give the kidney a spongelike appearance
There is cylindrical or, less commonly, saccular dilation of all collecting tubules. The cysts have a uniform lining of cuboidal cells, reflecting their origin from the collecting ducts.
The cysts are lined by cuboidal epithelium or occasionally by transitional epithelium.
The cysts measure 0.1 to 4 cm in diameter, contain clear fluid, are lined by either hyperplastic or flattened tubular epithelium, and often contain calcium oxalate crystals.
How many kidneys in your cadaver lab had NO cysts whatsoever? Probably not many?
They are translucent, lined by a gray, glistening, smooth membrane, and filled with clear fluid. On microscopic examination these membranes are composed of a single layer of cuboidal or flattened cuboidal epithelium.
The cysts are lined by flattened epithelium.
The characteristic histologic feature is the presence of islands of undifferentiated mesenchyme, often with cartilage, and immature collecting ducts