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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
SUMMARY: Decay-accelerating factor (DAF or CD55) is one of a set of regulators that function to protect self cells from deposition of autologous C3b on their surfaces. Its relative importance in vivo, however, is incompletely understood. As one approach to address this issue, we induced nephrotoxic serum (NTS) nephritis in wild-type mice and Daf1 gene-floxed mice devoid of renal DAF expression. For these experiments NTS IgG was administered at a dose (0.5 mg iv) that requires complement for glomerular injury. After 18 hours, renal injury was assessed by proteinuria and by histologic, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic analyses of kidneys. Fifteen normal and 15 DAF-deficient mice were studied. Baseline albuminuria in the Daf1(-/-) mice was 115.9 +/- 41.4 microg/mg creatinine as compared with 85.7 +/- 32.3 microg/mg creatinine in their Daf1(+/+) littermates (p = 0.075). After administration of NTS IgG, albuminuria increased to 2001.7 +/- 688.7 microg/mg creatinine as compared with 799.7 +/- 340.5 microg/mg creatinine in the controls (p = 0.0003). Glomerular histology was similar in Daf1(-/-) and Daf1(+/+) mice, with essentially no infiltrating leukocytes. In contrast, electron microscopy revealed severe podocyte fusion in the Daf1(-/-) mice but only mild focal changes in the controls. Immunohistochemical staining showed equivalent deposition of the administered (sheep) NTS IgG in the Daf1(-/-) and Daf1(+/+) animals. This contrasted with marked deposition of autologous murine C3 in the former and minimal deposition in the latter. The results show that DAF is essential physiologically for protecting glomeruli against autologous complement attack initiated by the classical pathway.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0023-6837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
563-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Albuminuria, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Antigens, CD55, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Complement C3, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Complement Pathway, Classical, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Glomerulonephritis, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Kidney Glomerulus, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Proteinuria, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12003997-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Decay-accelerating factor confers protection against complement-mediated podocyte injury in acute nephrotoxic nephritis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.