Browsing by Subject "IgA nephropathy"

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    Triptolide inhibits tonsillar IgA production by upregulating FDC-SP in IgA nephropathy
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia, 2020) Li, Huining; Yang, Xinxin; Yao, Guodong; Zhang, Yanxiang; Xu, Yangyang; Cao, Yan; An, Xushu; Li, Haibo; Chen, Hui; Geng, Jingshu; Yuan, Dawei; Jin, Xiaoming; Meng, Hongxue
    IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is primarily resulted of qualitative abnormality of IgA. The occurrence of IgAN is associated with affected tonsils which enhances the IgA production via IgA class switching and immuno-activation. Follicular dendritic cell-secreted protein (FDC-SP) was found to be a negative effect for IgA production in tonsil. The previous studies suggested that Triptolide might reduce IgA production by its immunosuppression role. Given this background, this study investigated the mechanisms underlying the role of Triptolide and FDC-SP in the generation of IgA and IgA class switching in tonsil of IgAN patients. Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction revealed that the expression of FDC-SP was increased in the tonsils of IgAN patients with Triptolide treatment compared with those without treatment. Meanwhile, the expression of FDC-SP was negatively correlated with IgA inducing cytokines in the tonsils of IgAN patients treated with Triptolide, due to the significant decreased IgA-bearing cells. The expression of FDC-SP in tonsillar tissue was confirmed by double immunofluorescence. Importantly, Triptolide promoted FDC-SP secretion, and correlated negatively with decreased IgA production in isolated FDC-associated clusters, which had been isolated from patients without TW treatment previously. Our study demonstrated that Triptolide might have an impact on FDC-SP production and downregulation of IgA synthesis in the tonsils of IgAN patients, which could be a promising strategy for therapeutic intervention in IgAN patients.
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    Ultrastructural study of human glomerular capillary loops with IgA nephropathy using quick-freezing and deep-etching method
    (Murcia : F. Hernández, 2008) Sawanobori, E.; Terada, N.; Fuji, Y.; Higashida, K.; Nakazawa, S.; Ohno, S.
    Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy shows great variability regarding the histological features of the lesions of human renal glomeruli. In the present study, the quick-freezing and deep-etching (QF-DE) method was used to analyze the glomerular ultrastructure of biopsied kidney tissues from children with IgA nephropathy. Biopsied renal tissues were routinely prepared for light microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy, conventional electron microscopy, and replica electron microscopy. The three-dimensional ultrastructure of glomeruli of the kidney was clearly observed by using the QF-DE method. Three layers of glomerular basement membranes, i.e., middle, inner and outer layers, were clearly detected in the replica electron micrographs. The middle layer was 343.0±24.2 nm (n=20) in width and formed polygonal meshwork structures. We also observed slit diaphragms, electrondense mesangial deposits, and increased amounts of mesangial matrix and foot process effacement. Many delicate filaments were found to be distributed from the apical to the bottom portions between neighboring foot processes. The ultrastructural difference between the replica electron micrographs and conventional electron micrographs was found to be especially marked in the appearance of foot processes and connecting filaments between the neighboring foot processes. The examination of extracellular matrix changes, as revealed at high resolution by the QF-DE method, gave us some morphofunctional information relevant to the mechanism of proteinuria with IgA nephropathy.