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KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 69, Issue 7, Pages 1131-1138Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000074
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IgA nephropathy; secretory IgA; mannose receptor; polymeric IgA; human; mesangial cells
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IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is characterized by deposits of IgA in the renal mesangium. It is thought that deposits of IgA mainly involve high molecular weight (HMW) IgA1. However, there is limited information on the exact composition of HMW IgA in these deposits. In this study, we investigated the presence of secretory IgA (SIgA) in human serum and in the glomerular deposits of a patient with IgAN. Furthermore, we analyzed the interaction of SIgA with mesangial cells. With enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, SIgA concentrations in the serum of IgAN patients and healthy controls were measured. Both patients and controls had circulating SIgA that was restricted to the HMW fractions. Patients tended to have higher levels of SIgA, but this difference was not significant. However, in patients with IgAN, high serum SIgA concentrations were associated with hematuria. Binding of size-fractionated purified serum IgA and SIgA to mesangial cells was investigated with flow cytometry. These studies showed stronger binding of SIgA to primary mesangial cells compared to binding of serum IgA. Importantly, after isolation and elution of glomeruli from a nephrectomized transplanted kidney from a patient with recurrent IgAN, we demonstrated a 120-fold accumulation of SIgA compared to IgA1 in the eluate. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that SIgA strongly binds to human mesangial cells, and is present in significant amounts in serum. Furthermore, we showed that SIgA is accumulated in the glomeruli of an IgAN patient. These data suggest an important role for SIgA in the pathogenesis of IgAN.
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