AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 6 984-F993, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Slit diaphragm-reactive nephritogenic MAb 5-1-6 alters expression of ZO-1 in rat podocytes

H. Kawachi, H. Kurihara, P. S. Topham, D. Brown, M. A. Shia, M. Orikasa, F. Shimizu and D. J. Salant
Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA.

Monoclonal antibody (MAb) 5-1-6 identifies a 51-kDa protein (p51) on rat podocyte foot processes and causes severe complement- and leukocyte-independent proteinuria when injected into rats. In the studies reported here, we used various immunohistological techniques to define the precise location of p51 and its relationship to ZO-1, a known component of the podocyte slit diaphragm in adult rat glomeruli. Our results demonstrate that p51 and ZO-1 lie close to each other on opposite sides of the podocyte plasma membrane at the point of insertion of the slit diaphragm: ZO-1 on the cytoplasmic face and p51 on the slit diaphragm and adjoining outer leaflet of the plasma membrane bordering the filtration slits. In addition to their geographic proximity, there appears to be a relationship between p51 and ZO-1. After MAb 5-1-6 injection, there was a progressive decline in stainable ZO-1 in the podocytes of heavily proteinuric rats. In addition, Western blot analysis of glomerular lysates showed that the decline in staining was due to a loss of immunoreactive ZO-1 rather than redistribution or diffusion of the protein. Simultaneously, the distribution of glomerular-bound MAb 5-1-6 became more clumped, apparently because of partial endocytosis into a lysosomal compartment, while the slit diaphragms remained morphologically intact. These findings suggest that MAb 5-1-6 alters the molecular composition of the slit diaphragm and thereby affects the glomerular permeability barrier.

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