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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 262: F1083-F1091, 1992;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 262, Issue 6 1083-F1091, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Nephrotoxic antiserum identifies a beta 1-integrin on rat glomerular epithelial cells

Y. M. O'Meara, Y. Natori, A. W. Minto, D. J. Goldstein, E. C. Manning and D. J. Salant
Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02118.

A postulated mechanism of immune glomerular injury is a direct interaction between antibody and glomerular epithelial cell (GEC) surface antigens. To explore this hypothesis, we examined the interaction of the noncomplement-fixing gamma 2-subclass of sheep anti-rat nephrotoxic serum (NTS), which causes immediate complement- and neutrophil-independent proteinuria in vivo, with rat GECs in culture. Reactivity of NTS with GEC surface antigens was determined by positive immunofluorescence of GEC plasma membranes and by the ability of NTS-coated tissue culture wells to provide an adhesive substrate for GECs. NTS immunoprecipitated two proteins (135 and 118 kDa) from surface-labeled GECs. Proteins of similar molecular mass were precipitated by a polyclonal rabbit antibody that identifies the beta 1-integrin chain of the mouse fibronectin receptor (anti-FnR). In addition, NTS identified similarly sized bands on Western blot analysis of cell membranes from isolated rat glomeruli. Similar reactivity was eluted from the glomeruli of proteinuric rats injected with NTS. NTS significantly inhibited GEC adhesion to laminin, types I and IV collagen, and fibronectin and prevented GEC spreading on types I and IV collagen. Anti-FnR similarly inhibited GEC adhesion. Cell viability was not affected. These results show that NTS recognizes a pair of GEC surface proteins that have the characteristics of an alpha- and beta 1-integrin and, at low concentrations, disrupt cell-matrix interactions.


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