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Seifert L, Riecken K, Zahner G, Hambach J, Hagenstein J, Dubberke G, Huber TB, Koch-Nolte F, Fehse B, Tomas NM. An antigen-specific chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) NK cell strategy for the elimination of anti-PLA2R1 and anti-THSD7A antibody-secreting cells. Kidney Int 2024; 105:886-889. [PMID: 38309682 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Larissa Seifert
- III: Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III: Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III: Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III: Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III: Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Sethi S, Beck LH, Glassock RJ, Haas M, De Vriese AS, Caza TN, Hoxha E, Lambeau G, Tomas NM, Madden B, Debiec H, D'Agati VD, Alexander MP, Amer H, Appel GB, Barbour SJ, Caravaca-Fontan F, Cattran DC, Casal Moura M, D'Avila DO, Eick RG, Garovic VD, Greene EL, Herrera Hernandez LP, Jennette JC, Lieske JC, Markowitz GS, Nath KA, Nasr SH, Nast CC, Pani A, Praga M, Remuzzi G, Rennke HG, Ruggenenti P, Roccatello D, Soler MJ, Specks U, Stahl RAK, Singh RD, Theis JD, Velosa JA, Wetzels JFM, Winearls CG, Yandian F, Zand L, Ronco P, Fervenza FC. Mayo Clinic consensus report on membranous nephropathy: proposal for a novel classification. Kidney Int 2023; 104:1092-1102. [PMID: 37795587 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
Abstract
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a pattern of injury caused by autoantibodies binding to specific target antigens, with accumulation of immune complexes along the subepithelial region of glomerular basement membranes. The past 20 years have brought revolutionary advances in the understanding of MN, particularly via the discovery of novel target antigens and their respective autoantibodies. These discoveries have challenged the traditional classification of MN into primary and secondary forms. At least 14 target antigens have been identified, accounting for 80%-90% of cases of MN. Many of the forms of MN associated with these novel MN target antigens have distinctive clinical and pathologic phenotypes. The Mayo Clinic consensus report on MN proposes a 2-step classification of MN. The first step, when possible, is identification of the target antigen, based on a multistep algorithm and using a combination of serology, staining of the kidney biopsy tissue by immunofluorescence or immunohistochemistry, and/or mass spectrometry methodology. The second step is the search for a potential underlying disease or associated condition, which is particularly relevant when knowledge of the target antigen is available to direct it. The meeting acknowledges that the resources and equipment required to perform the proposed testing may not be generally available. However, the meeting consensus was that the time has come to adopt an antigen-based classification of MN because this approach will allow for accurate and specific MN diagnosis, with significant implications for patient management and targeted treatment.
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- Sanjeev Sethi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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- Section of Nephrology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge, Brugge, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, France
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Mayo Clinic Proteomics Core, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche S 1155, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Complutense University, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Toronto General Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Serviço de Nefrologia, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Serviço de Nefrologia, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Arnas Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Complutense University, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy; Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hub Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy; Center of Immuno-Rheumatology and Rare Diseases (CMID), Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Referencia en Enfermedad, Glomerular Compleja del Sistema Nacional de Salud de España (CSUR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Renal Pathophysiology Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Clinicas Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche S 1155, Paris, France; Division of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le Mans, France
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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Tomas NM, Schnarre A, Dehde S, Lucas R, Hermans-Borgmeyer I, Kretz O, Koellner SMS, Wiech T, Koch-Nolte F, Seifert L, Huber TB, Zahner G. Introduction of a novel chimeric active immunization mouse model of PLA2R1-associated membranous nephropathy. Kidney Int 2023; 104:916-928. [PMID: 37598854 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Abstract
The phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1) is the major target antigen in patients with membranous nephropathy (MN), an antibody-mediated autoimmune glomerular disease. Investigation of MN pathogenesis has been hampered by the lack of reliable animal models. Here, we overcome this issue by generating a transgenic mouse line expressing a chimeric PLA2R1 (chPLA2R1) consisting of three human PLA2R1 domains (cysteine-rich, fibronectin type-II and CTLD1) and seven murine PLA2R1 domains (CTLD2-8) specifically in podocytes. Mice expressing the chPLA2R1 were healthy at birth and showed no major glomerular alterations when compared to mice with a wild-type PLA2R1 status. Upon active immunization with human PLA2R1 (hPLA2R1), chPLA2R1-positive mice developed anti-hPLA2R1 antibodies, a nephrotic syndrome, and all major histological features of MN, including granular deposition of mouse IgG and complement components in immunofluorescence and subepithelial electron-dense deposits and podocyte foot process effacement in electron microscopy. In order to investigate the role of the complement system in this model, we further crossed chPLA2R1-positive mice with mice lacking the central complement component C3 (C3-/- mice). Upon immunization with hPLA2R1, chPLA2R1-positive C3-/- mice had substantially less severe albuminuria and nephrotic syndrome when compared to chPLA2R1-positive mice with a wild-type C3 status. In conclusion, we introduce a novel active immunization model of PLA2R1-associated MN and demonstrate a pathogenic role of the complement system in this model.
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- Nicola M Tomas
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Nephropathology Section, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Sethi S, Beck LH, Glassock RJ, Haas M, De Vriese AS, Caza TN, Hoxha E, Lambeau G, Tomas NM, Madden B, Debiec H, D'Agati VD, Alexander MP, Amer H, Appel GB, Barbour SJ, Caravaca-Fontan F, Cattran DC, Casal Moura M, D'Avila DO, Eick RG, Garovic VD, Greene EL, Herrera Hernandez LP, Jennette JC, Lieske JC, Markowitz GS, Nath KA, Nasr SH, Nast CC, Pani A, Praga M, Remuzzi G, Rennke HG, Ruggenenti P, Roccatello D, Soler MJ, Specks U, Stahl RAK, Singh RD, Theis JD, Velosa JA, Wetzels JFM, Winearls CG, Yandian F, Zand L, Ronco P, Fervenza FC. Mayo Clinic Consensus Report on Membranous Nephropathy: Proposal for a Novel Classification. Mayo Clin Proc 2023; 98:1671-1684. [PMID: 37804268 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
Abstract
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a pattern of injury caused by autoantibodies binding to specific target antigens, with accumulation of immune complexes along the subepithelial region of glomerular basement membranes. The past 20 years have brought revolutionary advances in the understanding of MN, particularly via the discovery of novel target antigens and their respective autoantibodies. These discoveries have challenged the traditional classification of MN into primary and secondary forms. At least 14 target antigens have been identified, accounting for 80%-90% of cases of MN. Many of the forms of MN associated with these novel MN target antigens have distinctive clinical and pathologic phenotypes. The Mayo Clinic consensus report on MN proposes a 2-step classification of MN. The first step, when possible, is identification of the target antigen, based on a multistep algorithm and using a combination of serology, staining of the kidney biopsy tissue by immunofluorescence or immunohistochemistry, and/or mass spectrometry methodology. The second step is the search for a potential underlying disease or associated condition, which is particularly relevant when knowledge of the target antigen is available to direct it. The meeting acknowledges that the resources and equipment required to perform the proposed testing may not be generally available. However, the meeting consensus was that the time has come to adopt an antigen-based classification of MN because this approach will allow for accurate and specific MN diagnosis, with significant implications for patient management and targeted treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sanjeev Sethi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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- Section of Nephrology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge, Brugge, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, France
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Mayo Clinic Proteomics Core, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche S 1155, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Complutense University, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Toronto General Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Serviço de Nefrologia, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Serviço de Nefrologia, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Arnas Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Complutense University, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy; Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hub Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy; Center of Immuno-Rheumatology and Rare Diseases (CMID), Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Referencia en Enfermedad, Glomerular Compleja del Sistema Nacional de Salud de España (CSUR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Renal Pathophysiology Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Clinicas Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche S 1155, Paris, France; Division of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le Mans, France
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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Bode M, Diemer JN, Luu TV, Ehnert N, Teigeler T, Wiech T, Lindenmeyer MT, Herrnstadt GR, Bülow J, Huber TB, Tomas NM, Wenzel UO. Complement component C3 as a new target to lower albuminuria in hypertensive kidney disease. Br J Pharmacol 2023; 180:2412-2435. [PMID: 37076314 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Complement activation may drive hypertension through its effects on immunity and tissue integrity. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We examined expression of C3, the central protein of the complement cascade, in hypertension. KEY RESULTS Increased C3 expression was found in kidney biopsies and micro-dissected glomeruli of patients with hypertensive nephropathy. Renal single cell RNA sequence data from normotensive and hypertensive patients confirmed expression of C3 in different cellular compartments of the kidney. In angiotensin II (Ang II) induced hypertension renal C3 expression was up-regulated. C3-/- mice revealed a significant lower albuminuria in the early phase of hypertension. However, no difference was found for blood pressure, renal injury (histology, glomerular filtration rate, inflammation) and cardiac injury (fibrosis, weight, gene expression) between C3-/- and wildtype mice after Ang II infusion. Also, in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) salt hypertension, a significantly lower albuminuria was found in the first weeks of hypertension in C3 deficient mice but no significant difference in renal and cardiac injury. Down-regulation of C3 by C3 targeting GalNAc (n-acetylgalactosamine) small interfering RNA (siRNA) conjugate decreased C3 in the liver by 96% and lowered albuminuria in the early phase but showed no effect on blood pressure and end-organ damage. Inhibition of complement C5 by siRNA showed no effect on albuminuria. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Increased C3 expression is found in the kidneys of hypertensive mice and men. Genetic and therapeutic knockdown of C3 improved albuminuria in the early phase of hypertension but did not ameliorate arterial blood pressure nor renal and cardiac injury.
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- Marlies Bode
- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Pathology, Section Nephropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Kylies D, Zimmermann M, Haas F, Schwerk M, Kuehl M, Brehler M, Czogalla J, Hernandez LC, Konczalla L, Okabayashi Y, Menzel J, Edenhofer I, Mezher S, Aypek H, Dumoulin B, Wu H, Hofmann S, Kretz O, Wanner N, Tomas NM, Krasemann S, Glatzel M, Kuppe C, Kramann R, Banjanin B, Schneider RK, Urbschat C, Arck P, Gagliani N, van Zandvoort M, Wiech T, Grahammer F, Sáez PJ, Wong MN, Bonn S, Huber TB, Puelles VG. Expansion-enhanced super-resolution radial fluctuations enable nanoscale molecular profiling of pathology specimens. Nat Nanotechnol 2023; 18:336-342. [PMID: 37037895 PMCID: PMC10115634 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01328-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
Expansion microscopy physically enlarges biological specimens to achieve nanoscale resolution using diffraction-limited microscopy systems1. However, optimal performance is usually reached using laser-based systems (for example, confocal microscopy), restricting its broad applicability in clinical pathology, as most centres have access only to light-emitting diode (LED)-based widefield systems. As a possible alternative, a computational method for image resolution enhancement, namely, super-resolution radial fluctuations (SRRF)2,3, has recently been developed. However, this method has not been explored in pathology specimens to date, because on its own, it does not achieve sufficient resolution for routine clinical use. Here, we report expansion-enhanced super-resolution radial fluctuations (ExSRRF), a simple, robust, scalable and accessible workflow that provides a resolution of up to 25 nm using LED-based widefield microscopy. ExSRRF enables molecular profiling of subcellular structures from archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues in complex clinical and experimental specimens, including ischaemic, degenerative, neoplastic, genetic and immune-mediated disorders. Furthermore, as examples of its potential application to experimental and clinical pathology, we show that ExSRRF can be used to identify and quantify classical features of endoplasmic reticulum stress in the murine ischaemic kidney and diagnostic ultrastructural features in human kidney biopsies.
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- Dominik Kylies
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Research Center On Rare Kidney Diseases (RECORD), University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Biomedical AI (bAIome), Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Biomedical AI (bAIome), Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Biomedical AI (bAIome), Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cell Communication and Migration Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology (IBMZ), Center for Experimental Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Mildred Scheel Cancer Career Center HaTriCS4, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology and Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH Aachen University Medical Faculty, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology and Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH Aachen University Medical Faculty, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Institute for Cell and Tumor Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, Division of Experimental Feto-Maternal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, Division of Experimental Feto-Maternal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, School for Oncology and Reproduction GROW, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience MHeNS, and School for Cardiovascular Diseases CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cell Communication and Migration Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology (IBMZ), Center for Experimental Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Biomedical AI (bAIome), Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Tomas NM, Zahner G. The authors reply. Kidney Int 2023; 103:639-641. [PMID: 36822756 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Nicola M Tomas
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Tomas NM, Dehde S, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Huang M, Hermans-Borgmeyer I, Maybaum J, Lucas R, von der Heide JL, Kretz O, Köllner SMS, Seifert L, Huber TB, Zahner G. Podocyte expression of human phospholipase A2 receptor 1 causes immune-mediated membranous nephropathy in mice. Kidney Int 2023; 103:297-303. [PMID: 36191868 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Antibody-mediated autoimmune pathologies like membranous nephropathy are difficult to model, particularly in the absence of local target antigen expression in model organisms such as mice and rats; as is the case for phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1), the major autoantigen in membranous nephropathy. Here, we generated a transgenic mouse line expressing the full-length human PLA2R1 in podocytes, which has no kidney impairment after birth. Beginning from the age of three weeks, these mice spontaneously developed anti-human PLA2R1 antibodies, a nephrotic syndrome with progressive albuminuria and hyperlipidemia, and the typical morphological signs of membranous nephropathy with granular glomerular deposition of murine IgG in immunofluorescence and subepithelial electron-dense deposits by electron microscopy. Importantly, human PLA2R1-expressing Rag2-/- mice, which lack mature and functioning B and T lymphocytes, developed neither anti-PLA2R1 antibodies nor proteinuria. Thus, our work demonstrates that podocyte expression of human PLA2R1 can induce membranous nephropathy with an underlying antibody-mediated pathogenesis in mice. Importantly, this antibody-mediated model enables proof-of-concept evaluations of antigen-specific treatment strategies, e.g., targeting autoantibodies or autoantibody-producing cells, and may further help understand the autoimmune pathogenesis of membranous nephropathy.
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- Nicola M Tomas
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Seifert L, Zahner G, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Hickstein N, Dehde S, Wulf S, Köllner SMS, Lucas R, Kylies D, Froembling S, Zielinski S, Kretz O, Borodovsky A, Biniaminov S, Wang Y, Cheng H, Koch-Nolte F, Zipfel PF, Hopfer H, Puelles VG, Panzer U, Huber TB, Wiech T, Tomas NM. The classical pathway triggers pathogenic complement activation in membranous nephropathy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:473. [PMID: 36709213 PMCID: PMC9884226 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36068-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is an antibody-mediated autoimmune disease characterized by glomerular immune complexes containing complement components. However, both the initiation pathways and the pathogenic significance of complement activation in MN are poorly understood. Here, we show that components from all three complement pathways (alternative, classical and lectin) are found in renal biopsies from patients with MN. Proximity ligation assays to directly visualize complement assembly in the tissue reveal dominant activation via the classical pathway, with a close correlation to the degree of glomerular C1q-binding IgG subclasses. In an antigen-specific autoimmune mouse model of MN, glomerular damage and proteinuria are reduced in complement-deficient mice compared with wild-type littermates. Severe disease with progressive ascites, accompanied by extensive loss of the integral podocyte slit diaphragm proteins, nephrin and neph1, only occur in wild-type animals. Finally, targeted silencing of C3 using RNA interference after the onset of proteinuria significantly attenuates disease. Our study shows that, in MN, complement is primarily activated via the classical pathway and targeting complement components such as C3 may represent a promising therapeutic strategy.
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- Larissa Seifert
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Nephropathology Section, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infection Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.,Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Nephropathology Section, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. .,Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Riedel JH, Robben L, Paust HJ, Zhao Y, Asada N, Song N, Peters A, Kaffke A, Borchers A, Tiegs G, Seifert L, Tomas NM, Hoxha E, Wenzel UO, Huber TB, Wiech T, Turner JE, Krebs CF, Panzer U. Glucocorticoids target the CXCL9/CXCL10-CXCR3 axis and confer protection against immune-mediated kidney injury. JCI Insight 2023; 8:160251. [PMID: 36355429 PMCID: PMC9870076 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.160251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Glucocorticoids remain a cornerstone of therapeutic regimes for autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases - for example, in different forms of crescentic glomerulonephritis - because of their rapid antiinflammatory effects, low cost, and wide availability. Despite their routine use for decades, the underlying cellular mechanisms by which steroids exert their therapeutic effects need to be fully elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that high-dose steroid treatment rapidly reduced the number of proinflammatory CXCR3+CD4+ T cells in the kidney by combining high-dimensional single-cell and morphological analyses of kidney biopsies from patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated (ANCA-associated) crescentic glomerulonephritis. Using an experimental model of crescentic glomerulonephritis, we show that the steroid-induced decrease in renal CD4+ T cells is a consequence of reduced T cell recruitment, which is associated with an ameliorated disease course. Mechanistic in vivo and in vitro studies revealed that steroids act directly on renal tissue cells, such as tubular epithelial cells, but not on T cells, which resulted in an abolished renal expression of CXCL9 and CXCL10 as well as in the prevention of CXCR3+CD4+ T cell recruitment to the inflamed kidneys. Thus, we identified the CXCL9/CXCL10-CXCR3 axis as a previously unrecognized cellular and molecular target of glucocorticoids providing protection from immune-mediated pathology.
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- Jan-Hendrik Riedel
- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and,III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and,Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology and Hepatology,,Institute of Pathology, Section of Nephropathology, and
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Section of Nephropathology, and
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and,III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine and,III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Seitz-Polski B, Audard V, Ghiggeri GM, Tomas NM. Editorial: Immune dysfunction in nephrotic syndrome - recent advances and new roads ahead. Front Immunol 2022; 13:985925. [PMID: 35983048 PMCID: PMC9379314 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.985925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Barbara Seitz-Polski
- Centre de Référence Maladies Rares Syndrome Néphrotique Idiopathique, CHU de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- Unité de Recherche Clinique de la Côte d’Azur (UR2CA), Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- Laboratoire d’Immunologie, CHU de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- Service de Néphrologie-Dialyse-Transplantation, CHU de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
- *Correspondence: Barbara Seitz-Polski, ; Vincent Audard, ;Gian Marco Ghiggeri, ; Nicola M. Tomas,
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation, Centre de Référence Maladie Rare “Syndrome Néphrotique Idiopathique”, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire, Innovative Therapy for Immune Disorders, Créteil, France
- Univ Paris Est Créteil, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Créteil, France
- *Correspondence: Barbara Seitz-Polski, ; Vincent Audard, ;Gian Marco Ghiggeri, ; Nicola M. Tomas,
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- Laboratory on Molecular Medicine, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
- *Correspondence: Barbara Seitz-Polski, ; Vincent Audard, ;Gian Marco Ghiggeri, ; Nicola M. Tomas,
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- *Correspondence: Barbara Seitz-Polski, ; Vincent Audard, ;Gian Marco Ghiggeri, ; Nicola M. Tomas,
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Köllner SMS, Seifert L, Zahner G, Tomas NM. Strategies Towards Antigen-Specific Treatments for Membranous Nephropathy. Front Immunol 2022; 13:822508. [PMID: 35185913 PMCID: PMC8850405 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.822508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a rare but potentially severe autoimmune disease and a major cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. Traditional treatments for patients with MN include steroids with alkylating agents such as cyclophosphamide or calcineurin inhibitors such as cyclosporine, which have an undesirable side effect profile. Newer therapies like rituximab, although superior to cyclosporine in maintaining disease remission, do not only affect pathogenic B or plasma cells, but also inhibit the production of protective antibodies and therefore the ability to fend off foreign organisms and to respond to vaccination. These are undesired effects of general B or plasma cell-targeted treatments. The discovery of several autoantigens in patients with MN offers the great opportunity for more specific treatment approaches. Indeed, such treatments were recently developed for other autoimmune diseases and tested in different preclinical models, and some are about to jump to clinical practice. As such treatments have enormous potential to enhance specificity, efficacy and compatibility also for MN, we will discuss two promising strategies in this perspective: The elimination of pathogenic antibodies through endogenous degradation systems and the depletion of pathogenic B cells through chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells.
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- Sarah M S Köllner
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Ruffer N, Tomas NM, Schmiedel S, Jordan S, Kötter I. [Erratum to: Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking Felty's syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate and etanercept]. Z Rheumatol 2021; 81:244. [PMID: 34932148 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-021-01143-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Nikolas Ruffer
- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Oskar-Alexander-Straße 26, 24576, Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland.
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Sektion Infektiologie und Tropenmedizin, I. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Sektion Infektiologie und Tropenmedizin, I. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland.,Abteilung Klinische Forschung, Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Oskar-Alexander-Straße 26, 24576, Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland.,III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland
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Hatje FA, Wedekind U, Sachs W, Loreth D, Reichelt J, Demir F, Kosub C, Heintz L, Tomas NM, Huber TB, Skuza S, Sachs M, Zielinski S, Rinschen MM, Meyer-Schwesinger C. Tripartite Separation of Glomerular Cell Types and Proteomes from Reporter-Free Mice. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021; 32:2175-2193. [PMID: 34074698 PMCID: PMC8729851 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2020091346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The glomerulus comprises podocytes, mesangial cells, and endothelial cells, which jointly determine glomerular filtration. Understanding this intricate functional unit beyond the transcriptome requires bulk isolation of these cell types for biochemical investigations. We developed a globally applicable tripartite isolation method for murine mesangial and endothelial cells and podocytes (timMEP). METHODS We separated glomerular cell types from wild-type or mT/mG mice via a novel FACS approach, and validated their purity. Cell type proteomes were compared between strains, ages, and sex. We applied timMEP to the podocyte-targeting, immunologic, THSD7A-associated, model of membranous nephropathy. RESULTS timMEP enabled protein-biochemical analyses of podocytes, mesangial cells, and endothelial cells derived from reporter-free mice, and allowed for the characterization of podocyte, endothelial, and mesangial proteomes of individual mice. We identified marker proteins for mesangial and endothelial proteins, and outlined protein-based, potential communication networks and phosphorylation patterns. The analysis detected cell type-specific proteome differences between mouse strains and alterations depending on sex, age, and transgene. After exposure to anti-THSD7A antibodies, timMEP resolved a fine-tuned initial stress response, chiefly in podocytes, that could not be detected by bulk glomerular analyses. The combination of proteomics with super-resolution imaging revealed a specific loss of slit diaphragm, but not of other foot process proteins, unraveling a protein-based mechanism of podocyte injury in this animal model. CONCLUSION timMEP enables glomerular cell type-resolved investigations at the transcriptional and protein-biochemical level in health and disease, while avoiding reporter-based artifacts, paving the way toward the comprehensive and systematic characterization of glomerular cell biology.
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- Favian A. Hatje
- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark,III Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany,Department II of Internal Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Tomas NM, Mortensen SA, Wilmanns M, Huber TB. Across scales: novel insights into kidney health and disease by structural biology. Kidney Int 2021; 100:281-288. [PMID: 33940110 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Over the past decades, structural biology methods such as X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy have been increasingly used to study protein functions, molecular interactions, physiological processes, and disease mechanisms. This review outlines a selection of structural biology methods, highlights recent examples of how structural analyses have contributed to a more profound understanding of the machinery of life, and gives a perspective on how these methods can be applied to investigate functions of kidney molecules and pathogenic mechanisms of renal diseases.
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- Nicola M Tomas
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany; University Hamburg Clinical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Seifert L, Hoxha E, Eichhoff AM, Zahner G, Dehde S, Reinhard L, Koch-Nolte F, Stahl RAK, Tomas NM. The Most N-Terminal Region of THSD7A Is the Predominant Target for Autoimmunity in THSD7A-Associated Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2018; 29:1536-1548. [PMID: 29555830 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2017070805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Thrombospondin type 1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) has been identified as a pathogenic autoantigen in membranous nephropathy (MN). However, the THSD7A epitopes targeted by patient autoantibodies are unknown.Methods We performed an in silico analysis of the THSD7A multidomain structure, expressed the folded domains in HEK293 cells, and tested for domain reactivity with 31 serum samples from patients with THSD7A-associated MN using Western and native blotting. Immunogenicity of the antigen domains was further investigated by cDNA immunization of rabbits and mice.Results We characterized the extracellular topology of THSD7A as a tandem string of 21 thrombospondin type 1 domains. Overall, 28 serum samples (90%) recognized multiple epitope domains along the molecule. Detailed epitope mapping revealed that the complex consisting of the first and second N-terminal domains (amino acids 48-192) was recognized by 27 of 31 patient serum samples (87%). Serum recognizing one or two epitope domains showed lower anti-THSD7A antibody levels than serum recognizing three or more epitope domains. During follow-up, a loss of epitope recognition was observed in seven of 16 patients, and it was accompanied by decreasing antibody levels and remission of proteinuria. In four of 16 patients, epitope recognition patterns changed during follow-up. Notably, immunization experiments in rabbits and mice revealed that induced antibodies, like patient autoantibodies, preferentially bound to the most N-terminal domains of THSD7A.Conclusions Our data show that the immune response in THSD7A-associated MN is polyreactive and that autoantibodies predominantly target the most N-terminal part of THSD7A.
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Tomas NM, Meyer-Schwesinger C, von Spiegel H, Kotb AM, Zahner G, Hoxha E, Helmchen U, Endlich N, Koch-Nolte F, Stahl RAK. A Heterologous Model of Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain-Containing 7A-Associated Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 28:3262-3277. [PMID: 28814510 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2017010030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Thrombospondin type 1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) is a target for autoimmunity in patients with membranous nephropathy (MN). Circulating autoantibodies from patients with THSD7A-associated MN have been demonstrated to cause MN in mice. However, THSD7A-associated MN is a rare disease, preventing the use of patient antibodies for larger experimental procedures. Therefore, we generated antibodies against the human and mouse orthologs of THSD7A in rabbits by coimmunization with the respective cDNAs. Injection of these anti-THSD7A antibodies into mice induced a severe nephrotic syndrome with proteinuria, weight gain, and hyperlipidemia. Immunofluorescence analyses revealed granular antigen-antibody complexes in a subepithelial location along the glomerular filtration barrier 14 days after antibody injection, and immunohistochemistry for rabbit IgG and THSD7A as well as ultrastructural analyses showed the typical characteristics of human MN. Mice injected with purified IgG from rabbit serum that was taken before immunization failed to develop any of these changes. Notably, MN developed in the absence of detectable complement activation, and disease was strain dependent. In vitro, anti-THSD7A antibodies caused cytoskeletal rearrangement and activation of focal adhesion signaling. Knockdown of the THSD7A ortholog, thsd7aa, in zebrafish larvae resulted in altered podocyte differentiation and impaired glomerular filtration barrier function, with development of pericardial edema, suggesting an important role of THSD7A in glomerular filtration barrier integrity. In summary, our study introduces a heterologous mouse model that allows further investigation of the molecular events that underlie MN.
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; and.,Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; and
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Hoxha E, Beck LH, Wiech T, Tomas NM, Probst C, Mindorf S, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Zahner G, Stahl PR, Schöpper R, Panzer U, Harendza S, Helmchen U, Salant DJ, Stahl RAK. An Indirect Immunofluorescence Method Facilitates Detection of Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain-Containing 7A-Specific Antibodies in Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 28:520-531. [PMID: 27436855 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016010050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Thrombospondin type 1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) is a target antigen identified in adult membranous nephropathy (MN) along with the major antigen phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1). The prevalence of THSD7A-Ab-positive patients is unknown, and it is unclear whether the clinical presentation differs between patients positive for PLA2R1-Ab or THSD7A-Ab. We screened serum samples of 1276 patients with MN from three different cohorts for the presence of THSD7A-Ab by Western blot analysis and a newly developed indirect immunofluorescence test (IFT). Compared with Western blot analysis, the IFT had a 92% sensitivity and a 100% specificity. The prevalence of THSD7A-associated MN in a prospective cohort of 345 patients with MN was 2.6%, and most were women. In this cohort, the percentage of patients with THSD7A-associated MN and malignant disease significantly exceeded that of patients with PLA2R1-associated MN and malignant disease. In all cohorts, we identified 40 patients with THSD7A-associated MN, eight of whom developed a malignancy within a median time of 3 months from diagnosis of MN. In one patient with THSD7A-associated MN and metastases of an endometrial carcinoma, immunohistochemistry showed THSD7A expression on the metastatic cells and within follicular dendritic cells of the metastasis-infiltrated lymph node. We conclude that the IFT allows sensitive and specific measurement of circulating THSD7A-Ab in patients with MN. Patients with THSD7A-associated MN differ in their clinical characteristics from patients with PLA2R1-associated MN, and more intensive screening for the presence of malignancies may be warranted in those with THSD7A-associated MN.
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Lubeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Lubeck, Germany
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- Nierenregister, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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Tomas NM, Hoxha E, Reinicke AT, Fester L, Helmchen U, Gerth J, Bachmann F, Budde K, Koch-Nolte F, Zahner G, Rune G, Lambeau G, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Stahl RAK. Autoantibodies against thrombospondin type 1 domain-containing 7A induce membranous nephropathy. J Clin Invest 2016; 126:2519-32. [PMID: 27214550 DOI: 10.1172/jci85265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Membranous nephropathy (MN) is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults, and one-third of patients develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Circulating autoantibodies against the podocyte surface antigens phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1) and the recently identified thrombospondin type 1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) are assumed to cause the disease in the majority of patients. The pathogenicity of these antibodies, however, has not been directly proven. Here, we have reported the analysis and characterization of a male patient with THSD7A-associated MN who progressed to ESRD and subsequently underwent renal transplantation. MN rapidly recurred after transplantation. Enhanced staining for THSD7A was observed in the kidney allograft, and detectable anti-THSD7A antibodies were present in the serum before and after transplantation, suggesting that these antibodies induced a recurrence of MN in the renal transplant. In contrast to PLA2R1, THSD7A was expressed on both human and murine podocytes, enabling the evaluation of whether anti-THSD7A antibodies cause MN in mice. We demonstrated that human anti-THSD7A antibodies specifically bind to murine THSD7A on podocyte foot processes, induce proteinuria, and initiate a histopathological pattern that is typical of MN. Furthermore, anti-THSD7A antibodies induced marked cytoskeletal rearrangement in primary murine glomerular epithelial cells as well as in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Our findings support a causative role of anti-THSD7A antibodies in the development of MN.
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Hoxha E, Wiech T, Stahl PR, Zahner G, Tomas NM, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Wenzel U, Janneck M, Steinmetz OM, Panzer U, Harendza S, Stahl RAK. A Mechanism for Cancer-Associated Membranous Nephropathy. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:1995-6. [PMID: 27192690 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1511702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Elion Hoxha
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Seitz-Polski B, Dolla G, Payré C, Tomas NM, Lochouarn M, Jeammet L, Mariat C, Krummel T, Burtey S, Courivaud C, Schlumberger W, Zorzi K, Benzaken S, Bernard G, Esnault VL, Lambeau G. Cross-reactivity of anti-PLA2R1 autoantibodies to rabbit and mouse PLA2R1 antigens and development of two novel ELISAs with different diagnostic performances in idiopathic membranous nephropathy. Biochimie 2015; 118:104-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hoxha E, Harendza S, Pinnschmidt HO, Tomas NM, Helmchen U, Panzer U, Stahl RAK. Spontaneous remission of proteinuria is a frequent event in phospholipase A2 receptor antibody-negative patients with membranous nephropathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015; 30:1862-9. [PMID: 26142398 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Phospholipase A2 receptor antibodies (PLA2R-Ab) and thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7A antibodies (THSD7A-Ab) are present in 70-80% of patients with membranous nephropathy (MN). Little, however, is known about the pathogenesis of MN and the clinical outcome in PLA2R-Ab- and THSD7A-Ab-negative patients. METHODS In this prospective multicentre observational study, the clinical outcome of 37 patients with biopsy-proven MN who were negative for PLA2R-Ab and THSD7A-Ab in the serum was analysed. RESULTS A total of 198 patients were screened for inclusion in the study. Of these, 157 patients were positive for PLA2R-Ab and 4 patients for THSD7A-Ab. The remaining 37 patients were negative for both antibodies were and included in this study. Six patients died during the follow-up, five because of malignant diseases and one of an infection. One patient went into end-stage renal disease, and two patients were lost to follow-up. The remaining 28 patients were followed for at least 24 months (35.6 ± 8.9 months). Seventeen patients received immunosuppressive (IS) therapy, and 11 received supportive care only. At the end of the follow-up, 14 of the 17 patients treated with immunosuppressants and 10 of 11 patients on supportive therapy had a remission of proteinuria. The time to reach remission of proteinuria and serum creatinine levels at the end of the follow-up were not different between both groups. A univariate Cox regression analysis indicated that the use of immunosuppression did not alter the chance to reach a remission of proteinuria. CONCLUSIONS A high number of PLA2R-Ab- and THSD7A-Ab-negative patients with MN have a good prognosis and might not need IS therapy.
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- Elion Hoxha
- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Biometrie & Epidemiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Nierenregister, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Tomas NM, Beck LH, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Seitz-Polski B, Ma H, Zahner G, Dolla G, Hoxha E, Helmchen U, Dabert-Gay AS, Debayle D, Merchant M, Klein J, Salant DJ, Stahl RAK, Lambeau G. Thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7A in idiopathic membranous nephropathy. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2277-2287. [PMID: 25394321 PMCID: PMC4278759 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1409354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 585] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is an autoimmune disease. In approximately 70% of patients, it is associated with autoantibodies against the phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1). Antigenic targets in the remaining patients are unknown. METHODS Using Western blotting, we screened serum samples from patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy, patients with other glomerular diseases, and healthy controls for antibodies against human native glomerular proteins. We partially purified a putative new antigen, identified this protein by means of mass spectrometry of digested peptides, and validated the results by analysis of recombinant protein expression, immunoprecipitation, and immunohistochemical analysis. RESULTS Serum samples from 6 of 44 patients in a European cohort and 9 of 110 patients in a Boston cohort with anti-PLA2R1-negative idiopathic membranous nephropathy recognized a glomerular protein that was 250 kD in size. None of the serum samples from the 74 patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy who were seropositive for anti-PLA2R1 antibodies, from the 76 patients with other glomerular diseases, and from the 44 healthy controls reacted against this antigen. Although this newly identified antigen is clearly different from PLA2R1, it shares some biochemical features, such as N-glycosylation, membranous location, and reactivity with serum only under nonreducing conditions. Mass spectrometry identified this antigen as thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A). All reactive serum samples recognized recombinant THSD7A and immunoprecipitated THSD7A from glomerular lysates. Moreover, immunohistochemical analyses of biopsy samples from patients revealed localization of THSD7A to podocytes, and IgG eluted from one of these samples was specific for THSD7A. CONCLUSIONS In our cohort, 15 of 154 patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy had circulating autoantibodies to THSD7A but not to PLA2R1, a finding that suggests a distinct subgroup of patients with this condition. (Funded by the French National Center for Scientific Research and others.).
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- Nicola M Tomas
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
| | - Jon Klein
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
| | - David J Salant
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
| | - Rolf A K Stahl
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
| | - Gérard Lambeau
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France (N.M.T., B.S.-P., G.D., A.-S.D.-G., D.D., G.L.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (N.M.T., C.M.-S., G.Z., E.H., U.H., R.A.K.S.); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (L.H.B., H.M., D.J.S.); and the University of Louisville (M.M., J.K.) and Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center (J.K.) - both in Louisville, KY
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Tomas NM, Masur K, Piecha JC, Niggemann B, Zänker KS. Akt and phospholipase Cγ are involved in the regulation of growth and migration of MDA-MB-468 breast cancer and SW480 colon cancer cells when cultured with diabetogenic levels of glucose and insulin. BMC Res Notes 2012; 5:214. [PMID: 22554284 PMCID: PMC3393613 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Epidemiological studies revealed a strong correlation between the metabolic syndrome/diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) and higher incidence and faster progression of breast and colon cancer. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are widely unknown. Akt and phospholipase Cγ (PLCγ) are involved in tyrosine kinase signaling and promote tumor cell growth and migration. Therefore, we examined regulatory functions and expression of Akt and PLCγ in a simplified in vitro diabetogenic model. Findings Protein expression was determined by western blot analysis in MDA-MB-468 breast cancer and SW480 colon cancer cells previously cultured under physiologic (5.5 mM) and diabetogenic (11 mM) glucose concentrations (without and with 100 ng/ml insulin). We studied the culture effects on proliferation and migration of these cells, especially after inhibiting Akt and PLCγ. We found that Akt expression was up-regulated with high glucose and insulin in both cell lines, whereas PLCγ expression was enhanced in colon cancer cells only. High levels of glucose and insulin increased cell proliferation and migration in both cell lines in vitro, mediated by Akt and PLCγ, as shown through the specific pharmacological inhibitors A6730 and U73122. Conclusions Our molecular data explain glucose- and insulin-induced changes in a cancer cell and help to understand what might trigger tumor cell proliferation and migration in DM2 patients, too.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicola M Tomas
- Institute of Immunology and Experimental Oncology, Witten/Herdecke University, Stockumer Str, 10, D-58448, Witten, Germany.
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