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KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
卷 100, 期 6, 页码 1240-1249出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.08.014
关键词
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; contac-tin-1; immunoglobulin G type 4; membranous nephropathy; nephrotic syndrome
资金
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (NECCIN)
- Association Francaise contre les Myopathies [21532]
Primary membranous nephropathy (MN) is an autoimmune glomerular disease with PLA2R1 as the main targeted antigen in 80% of cases, while the antigenic target remains undefined in 20% cases. A study discovered that contactin 1 is a novel common antigenic target in MN associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Primary membranous nephropathy (MN) is an autoimmune glomerular disease in which autoantibodies are directed against podocyte proteins. In about 80% of cases the main targeted antigen is the phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1). Anti-PLA2R1 antibodies are mainly immunoglobulin G type 4 (IgG4). However, the antigenic target remains to be defined in 20% of cases. MN can be associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system where a common antigenic target has yet to be identified. To ascertain a possible novel target antigen, we analyzed kidney biopsies from five patients positive for anti-contactin 1 antibodies and presenting with MN combined with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Eluted IgG from biopsy sections against contactin 1 and nerve tissue were screened. Western blot revealed contactin 1 expression in normal kidney glomeruli. Confocal microscopic analysis showed the presence and colocalization of contactin 1 and IgG4 on the glomerular basement membrane of these patients. Glomerular contactin 1 was absent in patients with anti- PLA2R1-associated MN or membranous lupus nephritis or a healthy control. The eluted IgG from contactin 1-positive biopsy sections but not the IgG eluted from patients with PLA2R1 MN bound contactin 1 with the main eluted subclass IgG4. Eluted IgG could bind paranodal tissue (myelinated axon) and colocalized with commercial anticontactin 1 antibody. Thus, contactin 1 is a novel common antigenic target in MN associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. However, the precise pathophysiology remains to be elucidated.
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