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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 189, 期 7, 页码 3751-3758出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102603
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- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Novartis Foundation
- Diamond Fund from Imperial College Healthcare Charity
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre funding scheme
- Amgen
- Roche Palo Alto
- AstraZeneca
- Baxter Biosciences
- Cyclacel
- UCB Celltech
- Proximagen
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Medical Research Council [G0400443, G0901997] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [ACF-2007-21-019] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0901997, G0400443] Funding Source: UKRI
IgA immune complexes are capable of inducing human mesangial cell (HMC) activation, resulting in release of proinflammatory and profibrogenic mediators. The subsequent inflammation, cellular proliferation, and synthesis of extracellular matrix lead to the progression of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) is an intracellular protein tyrosine kinase involved in cell signaling downstream of immunoreceptors. In this study, we determined whether SYK is involved in the downstream signaling of IgA1 stimulation in HMC, leading to production of proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines and cell proliferation. Incubation of HMC with IgA1 purified from IgAN patients significantly increased the synthesis of MCP-1 in a dose-dependent manner. There was also significantly increased production of IL-6, IL-8, IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10, RANTES, and platelet-derived growth factor-BB. Stimulation of HMC with heat-aggregated IgA1 purified from IgAN patients induced significantly increased HMC proliferation. Both pharmacological inhibition of SYK and knockdown of SYK by small interfering RNA significantly reduced the synthesis of these mediators and inhibited HMC proliferation. Moreover, positive immunostaining for total and phospho-SYK in glomeruli of kidney biopsies from IgAN patients strongly suggests the involvement of SYK in the pathogenesis of IgAN. To our knowledge, we demonstrate, for the first time, the involvement of SYK in the downstream signaling of IgA1 stimulation in HMC and in the pathogenesis of IgAN. Hence, SYK represents a potential therapeutic target for IgAN. The Journal of Immunology, 2012, 189: 3751-3758.
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