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Xing Z, Gong K, Hu N, Chen Y. The Reduction of Uromodulin, Complement Factor H, and Their Interaction Is Associated with Acute Kidney Injury to Chronic Kidney Disease Transition in a Four-Time Cisplatin-Injected Rat Model. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076636. [PMID: 37047611 PMCID: PMC10095257 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Uromodulin is recognized as a protective factor during AKI-to-CKD progression, but the mechanism remains unclear. We previously reported that uromodulin interacts with complement factor H (CFH) in vitro, and currently aimed to study the expression and interaction evolution of uromodulin and CFH during AKI-to-CKD transition. We successfully established a rat model of AKI-to-CKD transition induced by a four-time cisplatin treatment. The blood levels of BUN, SCR, KIM-1 and NGAL increased significantly during the acute injury phase and exhibited an uptrend in chronic progression. PAS staining showed the nephrotoxic effects of four-time cisplatin injection on renal tubules, and Sirius red highlighted the increasing collagen fiber. Protein and mRNA levels of uromodulin decreased while urine levels increased in acute renal injury on chronic background. An extremely diminished level of uromodulin correlated with severe renal fibrosis. RNA sequencing revealed an upregulation of the alternative pathway in the acute stage. Renal CFH gene expression showed an upward tendency, while blood CFH localized less, decreasing the abundance of CFH in kidney and following sustained C3 deposition. A co-IP assay detected the linkage between uromodulin and CFH. In the model of AKI-to-CKD transition, the levels of uromodulin and CFH decreased, which correlated with kidney dysfunction and fibrosis. The interaction between uromodulin and CFH might participate in AKI-to-CKD transition.
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- Zheyu Xing
- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing 100034, China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing 100034, China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing 100034, China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing 100034, China
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Kohei N, Tanabe T, Horita S, Omoto K, Ishida H, Yamaguchi Y, Tanabe K. Sequential analysis of donor-specific antibodies and pathological findings in acute antibody-mediated rejection in a rat renal transplantation model. Kidney Int 2013; 84:722-32. [PMID: 23615506 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Alloantibodies contribute significantly to renal transplant rejection by activation of complement and various cytokines with a variety of effector cells, and are a major cause of allograft loss. Although there is clinical evidence of antibody- and complement-mediated injury in renal transplantation, the mechanism of antibody-mediated rejection remains largely unknown. In order to understand the sequential production of antibodies and complement components, we presensitized recipient rats by skin transplantation. Anti-donor-specific IgG levels reached a maximum 2 weeks following presensitization after which the rats underwent renal transplantation from the same donor strain. We then evaluated sequential pathological findings based on the Banff classification and several factors related to graft rejection. In this presensitized model, peritubular capillaries were already dilated and stained for C4d. Neutrophil and mononuclear cell infiltration in these capillaries was detected beginning 2 h after transplantation. Donor-specific antibody IgG levels decreased rapidly and anti-IgG antibody stained glomerular and peritubular capillaries in the grafts beginning 2 h after transplantation. Additionally, several cytokines and complement components showed marked changes in the presensitized group. Thus, in the donor-specific presensitized recipient, alloantibodies and complement were activated immediately after transplant. C4d deposition in peritubular capillaries appears to be a key factor for the diagnosis of antibody-associated rejection.
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- Naoki Kohei
- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Sacks SH, Zhou W. Allograft rejection: effect of local synthesis of complement. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 27:332-44. [PMID: 16189650 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-005-0005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/18/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The complement system is known for its ability to participate in non-specific inflammation and membrane injury as well as contributing to antigen-specific immune stimulation. In renal transplantation, the complement cascade behaves true to form in that both non-immune- and immune-mediated destruction of the renal tubules are complement dependent. What is remarkable, however, is the extent of involvement of local synthesis of complement in both of these injuries, suggesting that the extravascular tissue compartment is the domain of local synthesis, whereas the effect of circulating complement is much less. This creates a new paradigm for studying the influence of local synthesis of complement in other organ-based diseases and underlines the need for tissue-targeting strategies in successful therapeutic development.
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- Steven H Sacks
- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, St Thomas Hospitals, 5th Floor Thomas Guy House, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Feucht HE. Complement C4d in graft capillaries -- the missing link in the recognition of humoral alloreactivity. Am J Transplant 2003; 3:646-52. [PMID: 12780555 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Staining of C4d in graft capillaries has emerged as a useful method to detect antibody-mediated rejections in situ. Demonstration of capillary C4d has provided substantial clinical results and allows several conclusions: Antidonor antibodies (preformed or produced de novo) activate complement directly in the graft. Capillary C4d is present in about 30% of biopsies with acute and chronic rejections and separates rejections with a humoral component from 'pure' cell-mediated rejections. Recognition of humoral alloreactivity is important, since effective treatment is now available. Since capillary C4d can appear and disappear at any time post transplantation, every transplant biopsy should be tested. Capillary C4d is now incorporated in the 'Banff classification'. The incidence of C4d-positive cases will probably decline because of the 'routine' application of potent immunosuppressants, including mycophenolate mofetil, that can inhibit antibody production. Presensitization, however, will remain a potential threat to allografts.
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- Helmut E Feucht
- Department of Organ Transplantation/Nephrology, Fachklinik Bad Heilbrunn, Woernerweg 30, D-83670 Bad Heilbrunn, Germany.
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Shiozawa S, Ichikawa T, Nakazawa K, Ehara T, Shigematsu H. A case of an ABO-incompatible renal transplant with abundant intratubular basement membrane immune deposits. Clin Transplant 2003; 16 Suppl 8:68-71. [PMID: 12464136 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.16.s8.12.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We present a case of a 30-year-old man who received an ABO-incompatible renal transplant from his mother in 1996 after haemodialysis for 3 years. Although his renal function was stable, a renal biopsy was performed while he was in hospital for treatment of herpes zoster in 1999. Light microscopy provided no evidence of obvious acute or chronic rejection but a double contour pattern was observed in many tubular basement membranes (TBM). Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed deposits of IgG and C3 on the TBM in the absence of glomerular deposition. Massive electron-dense deposits were observed clearly by electron microscopy within TBM, revealing splitting and lamellation. This implies that the deposits resulted from the formation of immune complexes, but not from anti-TBM antibody. Although the role of TBM deposits in tubular injury is controversial, careful observation of patients with such deposits may be required because of their potential ability to induce immune reactions.
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Pratt JR, Abe K, Miyazaki M, Zhou W, Sacks SH. In situ localization of C3 synthesis in experimental acute renal allograft rejection. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 157:825-31. [PMID: 10980122 PMCID: PMC1885894 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64596-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent evidence has implicated complement in renal transplant injury and identified the kidney as a source of complement components. We therefore investigated the local gene expression of complement component C3, pivotal to complement activation pathways and a mediator of inflammatory injury, in a rat renal transplant model. By reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, the expression of C3 mRNA increased in two phases. The first phase coincided with post-ischemic injury over 2 days post-transplantation and was localized by in situ hybridization to vessels and glomerular mesangial cells in allogeneic and syngeneic (control) kidney transplants. In allografts only, a second phase was found in tubular epithelial cells, glomerular parietal cells, vessel walls and some infiltrating cells, which peaked on day 4 together with rapid influx of leukocytes, tubule cell damage, the induction of interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma mRNA, and the up-regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta mRNA in the graft. In vitro studies showed that interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma up-regulate C3 production in renal tubule cells. We conclude that post-ischemic injury led to transient up-regulation of glomerular expression of C3 mRNA. Subsequent cellular rejection was associated with tubulointerstitial/glomerular parietal cell expression of C3 mRNA. This differential expression of local C3, immediately post-transplant or associated with acute rejection, may have implications for putative therapeutic complement inhibition in clinical transplantation.
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- J R Pratt
- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, King's College, University of London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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Andrews PA, Finn JE, Lloyd CM, Zhou W, Mathieson PW, Sacks SH. Expression and tissue localization of donor-specific complement C3 synthesized in human renal allografts. Eur J Immunol 1995; 25:1087-93. [PMID: 7737278 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830250434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Recent evidence suggests that the third component of complement, C3, is synthesized in renal tissue, and that increased C3 synthesis occurs in allograft rejection and immune complex-mediated nephritis. However, it is unclear whether intrinsic renal cells or migratory cells in the inflammatory infiltrate, possibly of recipient bone marrow origin, are the source of the C3 detected. This was investigated by determining the C3 allotypes of mRNA and protein produced by transplanted human kidney. Twenty donor-recipient pairs were examined, of which nine pairs had C3 allotypes that were informatively mismatched at the C3 F/S locus. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by amplification refractory mutation system analysis showed intracellular donor-specific mRNA expression in six of these nine cases, at up to 61 days post-transplantation. Nested PCR reactions and the size of PCR products excluded contamination by genomic DNA. Allotype-specific staining of frozen sections of renal cortex demonstrated donor-derived C3 protein in both glomeruli and tubules of all biopsies examined, in a predominantly tubular distribution. These results imply that at least some of the pro-inflammatory effects of complement arise from intrinsic tissue synthesis of donor C3, and that this may represent a previously unrecognized source of tissue injury. The occurrence of local synthesis of C3 of donor allotype may have functional implications related to C3 allotype, and may also be relevant to strategies to inhibit intrarenal complement-mediated injury.
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- P A Andrews
- Department of Nephrology, Guy's Hospital, London, GB
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Feucht HE, Felber E, Gokel MJ, Hillebrand G, Nattermann U, Brockmeyer C, Held E, Riethmüller G, Land W, Albert E. Vascular deposition of complement-split products in kidney allografts with cell-mediated rejection. Clin Exp Immunol 1991; 86:464-70. [PMID: 1747954 PMCID: PMC1554190 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb02954.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Complement activation in 73 renal transplant biopsies was investigated by indirect immunoperoxidase staining using MoAbs reactive with complement-split products. Intense deposition of complement fragments C4d and C3d in peritubular capillaries, indicating activation of the classical pathway, could be detected in the majority of transplanted kidneys with cell-mediated rejections. Abundant deposition of complement-split products was observed in 22 early biopsies from patients with high 'immunological risk' (i.e. previous, rejected transplants and/or circulating antibodies against HLA-antigens). Despite negative results in the crossmatch before transplantation and paucity of immunoglobulins in transplant biopsies, antibodies directed against endothelial cell antigens should be considered as a possible cause of classical complement activation.
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- H E Feucht
- Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, University of Munich, Germany
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Orfila C, Vega-Vidallé C, Suc JM. Ultrastructural changes of tubular basement membranes in immunologic renal tubular lesions in humans. Ultrastruct Pathol 1990; 14:121-8. [PMID: 2189251 DOI: 10.1080/01913129009025124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ultrastructural changes in the tubular basement membrane (TBM) of 65 renal biopsy specimens from patients with nephropathies or transplant rejection were examined for their potential relationship to deposits observed along the TBM by immunofluorescence (IF). The TBM showed various alterations: irregularities with thickening, lamellation, duplication, and clear spaces. Granular vesicles or inclusions were present inside the thickened TBM. The morphologic changes of the TBM occurred regardless of the severity of rejection of transplants and the type of deposits observed on IF. Electron-dense deposits inside or along the TBM were not found in cases of linear deposits, however. Although these changes were not strictly specific to tubular immune diseases, they could reflect a reaction of the TBM to immune complexes or deposits of antibodies to TBM with degeneration of tubular epithelial cells and sometimes regeneration of a new TBM.
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- C Orfila
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale U 133, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse-Rangueil, France
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