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Alterations in glomerular anionic sites in autologous immune complex nephritis.

Abstract
In the present study in Munich-Wistar rats during the initial stages of autologous immune complex nephritis (protein excretion 3 to 50 mg/24 hours) we examined the sequential changes in binding of cationized ferritin to anionic sites, as well as alterations in staining with colloidal iron of podocyte membrane sialoglycoprotein and correlated these with changes in glomerular basement membrane permeability to native ferritin. The results are compared with those obtained from rats with advanced autologous immune complex nephritis (protein excretion 100 to 350 mg/24 hours) and with normal control rats. The formation of the smallest detectable immune complex deposits was associated with a concomitant decrease in binding of cationized ferritin to anionic sites in the lamina rara externa in the area of the deposits. This was accompanied by a diminution in staining by colloidal iron of the epithelial cell coat overlying the deposits. The staining of the remainder of the epithelial cell glycocalyx, however, remained unaltered even in the presence of severe proteinuria. Alterations in the permeability of the glomerular basement membrane to native ferritin could not be documented until protein excretion exceeded 10 mg/24 hours. The gradual loss of staining of the epithelial cell glycocalyx adjacent to immune complexes supports the concept that, as immune complexes are formed in situ by the interaction of antibodies with a glycoprotein present on the epithelial cell surface, they are shed and gradually accumulate in the lamina rara externa. Furthermore, as the immune complex deposits enlarge they destroy and/or mask the heparan sulfate anionic sites in the lamina rara externa resulting in a decreased number of anionic binding sites for cationized ferritin.
AuthorsE E Schneeberger, G Stavrakis, K McCarthy
JournalLaboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology (Lab Invest) Vol. 49 Issue 4 Pg. 445-52 (Oct 1983) ISSN: 0023-6837 [Print] United States
PMID6620983 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Sialoglycoproteins
  • Ferritins
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex (analysis)
  • Capillary Permeability
  • Female
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Ferritins (metabolism)
  • Glomerulonephritis (complications, immunology, pathology)
  • Kidney Glomerulus (immunology, metabolism, ultrastructure)
  • Proteinuria (etiology, immunology, pathology)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Sialoglycoproteins (analysis)

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