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Understanding Mesangial Pathobiology in AL-Amyloidosis and Monoclonal Ig Light Chain Deposition Disease. Kidney Int Rep 2020; 5:1870-1893. [PMID: 33163710 PMCID: PMC7609979 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Patients with plasma cell dyscrasias produce free abnormal monoclonal Ig light chains that circulate in the blood stream. Some of them, termed glomerulopathic light chains, interact with the mesangial cells and trigger, in a manner dependent of their structural and physicochemical properties, a sequence of pathological events that results in either light chain–derived (AL) amyloidosis (AL-Am) or light chain deposition disease (LCDD). The mesangial cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of both diseases. The interaction with the pathogenic light chain elicits specific cellular processes, which include apoptosis, phenotype transformation, and secretion of extracellular matrix components and metalloproteinases. Monoclonal light chains associated with AL-Am but not those producing LCDD are avidly endocytosed by mesangial cells and delivered to the mature lysosomal compartment where amyloid fibrils are formed. Light chains from patients with LCDD exert their pathogenic signaling effect at the cell surface of mesangial cells. These events are generic mesangial responses to a variety of adverse stimuli, and they are similar to those characterizing other more frequent glomerulopathies responsible for many cases of end-stage renal disease. The pathophysiologic events that have been elucidated allow to propose future therapeutic approaches aimed at preventing, stopping, ameliorating, or reversing the adverse effects resulting from the interactions between glomerulopathic light chains and mesangium.
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Pelaez-Aguilar A, Valdés-García G, French-Pacheco L, Pastor N, Amero C, Rivillas-Acevedo L. Site-Specific Interactions with Copper Promote Amyloid Fibril Formation for λ6aJL2-R24G. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:7085-7095. [PMID: 32280849 PMCID: PMC7143407 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Light-chain amyloidosis (AL) is one of the most common systemic amyloidoses, and it is characterized by the deposition of immunoglobulin light chain (LC) variable domains as insoluble amyloid fibers in vital organs and tissues. The recombinant protein 6aJL2-R24G contains λ6a and JL2 germline genes and also contains the Arg24 by Gly substitution. This mutation is present in 25% of all amyloid-associated λ6 LC cases, reduces protein stability, and increases the propensity to form amyloid fibers. In this study, it was found that the interaction of 6aJL2-R24G with Cu(II) decreases the thermal stability of the protein and accelerates the amyloid fibril formation, as observed by fluorescence spectroscopy. Isothermal calorimetry titration showed that Cu(II) binds to the protein with micromolar affinity. His99 may be one of the main Cu(II) interaction sites, as observed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The binding of Cu(II) to His99 induces larger fluctuations of the CDR1 and loop C″, as shown by molecular dynamics simulations. Thus, Cu(II) binding may be inducing the loss of interactions between CDR3 and CDR1, making the protein less stable and more prone to form amyloid fibers. This study provides insights into the mechanism of metal-induced aggregation of the 6aJL2-R24G protein and sheds light on the bio-inorganic understanding of AL disease.
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- Angel
E. Pelaez-Aguilar
- Centro
de Investigación en Dinámica Celular-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico
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- Department
of Molecular Medicine and Bioprocesses, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico
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- Centro
de Investigación en Dinámica Celular-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico
- Department
of Molecular Medicine and Bioprocesses, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico
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- Centro
de Investigación en Dinámica Celular-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico
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Perazella MA, Finkel KW. Paraprotein-Related Kidney Disease: Attack of the Killer M Proteins. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 11:2256-2259. [PMID: 27927893 PMCID: PMC5142063 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.02960316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Paraproteins are monoclonal Igs or their components (light or heavy chains) that are produced by a clonal population of mature B cells, most commonly plasma cells. These paraproteins or monoclonal proteins are secreted into the blood and subsequently filtered by the glomerulus before entering into urine, where they can cause various types of kidney disease, including both glomerular and tubulointerstitial injuries. Furthermore, a monoclonal protein that causes a specific glomerular or tubulointerstitial lesion in a human can reproducibly cause the same pathology when injected into an animal, supporting unique paraprotein characteristics. This Moving Points in Nephrology will provide an update for the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology readership on some of the clinically relevant kidney lesions associated with monoclonal paraprotein production and the pathophysiology underlying these kidney lesions.
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- Mark A. Perazella
- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- Division of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Connecticut, West Haven, Connecticut
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- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Section of Critical Care Nephrology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas; and
- Section of Nephrology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Bazari H, Attar EC, Dahl DM, Uppot RN, Colvin RB. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 23-2010. A 49-year-old man with erythrocytosis, perinephric fluid collections, and renal failure. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:463-75. [PMID: 20818867 DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1004086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Hasan Bazari
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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Hutchison CA, Cockwell P, Reid S, Chandler K, Mead GP, Harrison J, Hattersley J, Evans ND, Chappell MJ, Cook M, Goehl H, Storr M, Bradwell AR. Efficient Removal of Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains by Hemodialysis for Multiple Myeloma:In VitroandIn VivoStudies. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18:886-95. [PMID: 17229909 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2006080821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, approximately 10% have dialysis-dependent acute renal failure, with cast nephropathy, caused by monoclonal free light chains (FLC). Of these, 80 to 90% require long-term renal replacement therapy. Early treatment by plasma exchange reduces serum FLC concentrations, but randomized, controlled trials have shown no evidence of renal recovery. This outcome can be explained by the low efficiency of the procedure. A model of FLC production, distribution, and metabolism in patients with myeloma indicated that plasma exchange might remove only 25% of the total amount during a 3-wk period. For increasing FLC removal, extended hemodialysis with a protein-leaking dialyzer was used. In vitro studies indicated that the Gambro HCO 1100 dialyzer was the most efficient of seven tested. Model calculations suggested that it might remove 90% of FLC during 3 wk. This dialyzer then was evaluated in eight patients with myeloma and renal failure. Serum FLC reduced by 35 to 70% within 2 hr, but reduction rates slowed as extravascular re-equilibration occurred. FLC concentrations rebounded on successive days unless chemotherapy was effective. Five additional patients with acute renal failure that was caused by cast nephropathy then were treated aggressively, and three became dialysis independent. A total of 1.7 kg of FLC was removed from one patient during 6 wk. Extended hemodialysis with the Gambro HCO 1100 dialyzer allowed continuous, safe removal of FLC in large amounts. Proof of clinical value now will require larger studies.
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- Colin A Hutchison
- Department of Renal medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, QEMC, Birmingham, B15 2TH UK.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Paraproteinemic renal diseases comprise a group of renal disorders that are difficult to manage, in part because of subtleties in the clinical presentation and confusion regarding diagnosis and appropriate therapy. Often, nephrologists make the diagnosis of the underlying plasma cell dyscrasia following renal biopsy. This review seeks to provide a greater understanding of the mechanism of disease and recent approaches to the management of patients who have AL-amyloidosis, monoclonal light-chain and light and heavy-chain deposition disease [termed ML(H)CDD], and cast nephropathy. All three renal lesions are caused by deposition of immunoglobulin light chains. This review seeks to provide a greater understanding of the mechanism of disease and recent approaches to the management of these patients. RECENT FINDINGS The immunoglobulin light chain takes the center stage in the pathogenesis of AL-amyloidosis, ML(H)CDD and cast nephropathy. Modifications in the variable domain are responsible for the affinity of the light chain for a given segment of the nephron and the subsequent toxic manifestations. Therapy aimed at eradicating the offending clone of plasma cells that secrete the monoclonal light chain should be beneficial, but this hypothesis lacks confirmation. Four nonrandomized studies have now demonstrated clinical benefit, including return of renal function, of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation (HDT/SCT) in the treatment of patients who have AL-amyloidosis or ML(H)CDD. SUMMARY While randomized trials are lacking, the data support the clinical efficacy of more aggressive treatments designed to reduce the plasma cell clone responsible for these renal disorders.
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- Paul W Sanders
- Division of nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 Third Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA.
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Christensen EI, Gburek J. Protein reabsorption in renal proximal tubule-function and dysfunction in kidney pathophysiology. Pediatr Nephrol 2004; 19:714-21. [PMID: 15146321 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1494-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2003] [Revised: 03/24/2004] [Accepted: 03/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The endocytic receptors megalin and cubilin are highly expressed in the early parts of the endocytic apparatus of the renal proximal tubule. The two receptors appear to be responsible for the tubular clearance of most proteins filtered in the glomeruli. Since cubilin is a peripheral membrane protein it has no endocytosis signaling sequence. Cubilin binds to megalin and it appears that megalin is responsible for internalization of cubilin and its ligands, in addition to internalizing its own ligands. The importance of the receptors is underscored by the proteinuria observed in megalin-deficient mice, in dogs lacking functional cubilin, and in patients with distinct mutations of the cubilin gene. In this review we focus on the role of megalin- and cubilin-mediated endocytosis in renal pathophysiology. Association between disorders characterized by tubular proteinuria, such as megaloblastic anemia type-1, Dent disease, cystinosis, and Fabry disease and the dysfunction of proximal tubular endocytosis is discussed. The correlation between the high capacity of endocytosis in the proximal tubule and progressive renal disease in overload proteinuria is considered.
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- Erik I Christensen
- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Amann K, Haas CS. [Renal lesions of paraproteinemias and fibrillary glomerulopathies]. DER PATHOLOGE 2003; 24:444-8. [PMID: 14605849 DOI: 10.1007/s00292-003-0652-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The term "paraproteinemia" or dysproteinemia" refers to a group of diseases caused by specific proteins that very often leads to kidney disease. In these cases a kidney biopsy is often the first diagnostic procedure leading to the diagnosis of a systemic disease. Due to the very variable presentation of the kidney disease in paraproteinemias a diagnosis is often very difficult without specific clinical data. Therefore, we recommend systematic investigation of the kidney biopsy including routine immunohistochemical stains for kappa- and lambda-light chains and electron microscopy in elderly patients with proteinuric kidney disease of unknown origin. In the following we will briefly discuss renal manifestations and clinical symptoms in multiple myeloma with light- or heavy chain deposition (LCDD: light chain deposition disease, HCDD: heavy chain deposition disease), macroglobulinemia Waldenström (Morbus Waldenström), primary amyloidosis or so called monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain dignity (benign monoclonal gammopathy) and fibrillary glomerulopathies.
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- K Amann
- Pathologisches Institut und Medizinische Klinik IV der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
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Davis DP, Gallo G, Vogen SM, Dul JL, Sciarretta KL, Kumar A, Raffen R, Stevens FJ, Argon Y. Both the environment and somatic mutations govern the aggregation pathway of pathogenic immunoglobulin light chain. J Mol Biol 2001; 313:1021-34. [PMID: 11700059 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain (LC) aggregates in tissues is the hallmark of a class of fatal diseases with no effective treatment. In the most prevalent diseases two different types of LC aggregates are observed: fibrillar deposits in LC amyloidosis (AL) and granular aggregates in LC deposition disease (LCDD). The mechanisms by which a given LC forms either type of aggregate are not understood. Although some LCs are more aggregation-prone than others, this does not appear to be due to specific sequence determinants, but more likely from global properties that can be introduced by multiple somatic mutations. Moreover, a single LC isotype can sometimes form both fibrillar and granular aggregates within the same patient. To better understand how the different aggregation pathways arise, we developed a series of in vitro assays to analyze the formation of distinct aggregate types. The recombinant kappa IV LC (SMA) assembles into fibrils when agitated. We now show that SMA can also form granular aggregates upon exposure to copper, and that this aggregation can occur not only in vitro, but also in cells. A constellation of somatic mutations, consisting of His89/His94/Gln96, is sufficient to confer sensitivity to copper on wild-type kappa IV proteins. The formation of both types of aggregates is inhibited by synthetic peptides derived from the LC variable domain. However, the peptide that inhibits fibrillar aggregation is different from the peptide that inhibits copper-induced aggregation. Thus, distinct molecular surfaces of the LC underly each type of aggregate. We conclude that both the intrinsic properties of the sequence and extrinsic conditions govern the aggregation pathway of a LC.
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- D P Davis
- Department of Pathology and Committee on Immunology, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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