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The biobank.Materials and Methods Ethics statementThis study was approved by the scientific committee of our institutional Biobank, Tumorotheque du CRRC de Lille (approval ` nuCSTMT100). For this non-interventional study, devoid ofCell isolationThe isolation of proximal tubular cells (PT cells) was performed as described by Helbert et al. (1997) [8] and Van der Biest et al. (1994) [13] with some modifications. Renal cortical tissue wasFigure 2. Representative morphology of key CD10/CD13 double-negative cells, CD10/CD13 cells double-positive, CD13+ and CD10+cells. (A) Principal cultures at passage two in serum-free medium. (B) Major cultures at passage 2 in medium with ten FBS. Magnification: 6100. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066750.gPrimary Human Proximal Renal Culture ModelFlow cytometryCD10 and CD13 labeling of PT cells was performed on 0.56106 cells using the same situations as for the FACS protocol, having a Cyan ADP analyzer (Beckman L-685,458 Coulter).Western blottingCells were lysed employing a 25 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 1 Sodium deoxycholate, 0.1 Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate buffer containing protease inhibitors (Roche, Meylan, France) and were sonicated for 20 seconds. Total proteins were separated by electrophoresis on a 4?2 BisTris NuPAGE gel (Invitrogen) and were transferred onto nitrocellulose membrane utilizing the iBlot 16985061 program (Invitrogen). Western blotting was performed by incubating nitrocellulose membranes with specific primary antibodies overnight at 4uC. The following antibodies have been applied against: aquaporin-1 (clone B11; Santa Cruz, Heidelberg, Germany; 1:100), N-cadherin (clone 3B9; Invitrogen; 1:500), MUC1 (clone CT2; LabVison Corporation, Francheville, France; 1:500), a-SMA (clone 4A8-2H3; Abnova, Le Perray en Yvelines, France; 1:200) and b-actin (clone 13E5; Cell Signaling Technologies, Saint Quentin Yvelines, France; 1:1000). Membranes have been incubated with secondary anti-rabbit, anti-Armenian hamster or anti-mouse antibodies coupled with horseradish peroxidase (Sigma Aldrich) for 45 minutes at room temperature. Immunoreactive bands have been visualized by chemiluminescence using the Amersham ECL Plus Western Blotting Detection Reagent (GE Healthcare, Saclay, 23148522 23148522 France) on a Molecular Imager ChemiDoc XRS Technique (Bio-Rad, Marnes-laCoquette, France).Figure three. Expression of differentiation markers in distinct cell populations. Representative western blots for (1) unsorted cells, (2) CD10/CD13 double-positive cells, (3) CD10+ cells, (4) CD13+ cells and (5) CD10/CD13 double-negative cells. Blots were incubated with antibodies against aquaporin-1, N-cadherin, MUC1. The b-actin protein was applied as an internal control. Proteins had been extracted from cells at passage two. doi:ten.1371/journal.pone.0066750.gcollected from fresh nephrectomy specimens for renal or urinary tract cancer (n = 16). Mirror image samples of cortical tissue collected have been analyzed by a pathologist to make sure the absence of cancer and substantial parenchymal lesions. Cortical samples have been decapsulated and dissected so as to receive 1 mm3 fragments. The fragments were then digested in six mL of full DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium)/F12 1:1 medium (Invitrogen, Cergy Pontoise, France) containing ten ng/mL Epidermal Growth Element (EGF, Invitrogen), 1 penicillin/streptomycin (Invitrogen), 1 L-glutamine (Invitrogen), 15 mM HEPES (Sigma Aldrich, Saint Quentin Fallavier, France), 50 mM hydrocortisone (Sigma Aldrich), five mg/mL insulin (Invitrogen), five mg/mL transferrin (Sigm.