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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
卷 22, 期 1, 页码 137-145出版社
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010050451
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- Wellcome Trust [WT082291MA]
- Marie Curie Fellowship (IMDEMI) [005632]
- Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca
Gene variants in the alternative pathway of the complement system strongly associate with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), presumably by predisposing to increased complement activation within the kidney. Complement factor H (CFH) is the major regulator of complement activation through the alternative pathway. Factor H-deficient mice transgenically expressing a mutant CFH protein (Cfh(-/-).FH Delta 16-20) that functionally mimics the CFH mutations reported in aHUS patients spontaneously develop thrombotic microangiopathy. To investigate the role of complement C5 activation in this aHUS model, we generated C5-deficient Cfh(-/-).FH Delta 16-20 mice. Both C5-sufficient and C5-deficient Cfh(-/-).FH Delta 16-20 mice had abnormal C3 deposition within the kidney, but spontaneous aHUS did not develop in any of the C5-deficient mice. Furthermore, although Cfh(-/-).FH Delta 16-20 animals demonstrated marked hypersensitivity to experimentally triggered renal injury, animals with concomitant C5 deficiency did not. These data demonstrate a critical role for C5 activation in both spontaneous aHUS and experimentally triggered renal injury in animals with defective complement factor H function. This study provides a rationale to investigate therapeutic inhibition of C5 in human aHUS.
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