期刊
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
卷 82, 期 2, 页码 184-192出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.484
关键词
complement; immune complexes; lupus nephritis; proteinuria; systemic lupus erythematosus
资金
- NIH NIAID [AI26833]
- NIH NCRR [RR301812]
- UTHSC Center of Excellence for Diseases of Connective Tissue
The strongest serological correlate for lupus nephritis is antibody to double-stranded DNA, although the mechanism by which anti-DNA antibodies initiate lupus nephritis is unresolved. Most recent reports indicate that anti-DNA must bind chromatin in the glomerular basement membrane or mesangial matrix to form glomerular deposits. Here we determined whether direct binding of anti-DNA antibody to glomerular basement membrane is critical to initiate glomerular binding of anti-DNA in experimental lupus nephritis. Mice were co-injected with IgG monoclonal antibodies or hybridomas with similar specificity for DNA and chromatin but different IgG subclass and different relative affinity for basement membrane. Only anti-DNA antibodies that bound basement membrane bound to glomeruli, activated complement, and induced proteinuria whether injected alone or co-injected with a non-basement-membrane-binding anti-DNA antibody. Basement membrane-binding anti-DNA antibodies co-localized with heparan sulfate proteoglycan in glomerular basement membrane and mesangial matrix but not with chromatin. Thus, direct binding of anti-DNA antibody to antigens in the glomerular basement membrane or mesangial matrix may be critical to initiate glomerular inflammation. This may accelerate and exacerbate glomerular immune complex formation in human and murine lupus nephritis. Kidney International (2012) 82, 184-192; doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.484; published online 1 February 2012
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