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ABSTRACT. We have previously shown a significant increase in 35sulfate uptake in rat glomerular basement membrane (GBM) when glomeruli were cocultured with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with idiopathic minimal lesion nephrotic syndrome (IMLNS) in relapse, but an uptake not different than normal controls if glomeruli were incubated with PBMC of patients in remission. In the present study we examined 35sulfate uptake by GBM after PBMC from 12 IMLNS patients in remission were stimulated with Concanavalin A (Con A) (10 µg/ml of culture media). There was a significant increase in 35sulfate GBM uptake when glomeruli were cocultured with Con A-stimulated IMLNS PBMC (geometric mean), 331 cpm/mg dry glomerular weight) as compared to glomeruli cocultured with IMLNS PBMC (geometric mean, 200) (p = 0.048); glomeruli alone stimulated with Con A (geometric mean, 182) (p = 0.008) or glomeruli alone (geometric mean, 146) (p = 0.002). No significant differences were seen between the groups when glomeruli were cocultured with PBMC from 12 normal adults. These data show that Con A stimulated PBMC from IMLNS patients in remission alter the sulfate metabolism of rat GBM. The stimulation of PBMC with Con A reproduces the increase in 35sulfate uptake observed when glomeruli are cocultured with PBMC from IMLNS in relapse. Sulfated compounds in the GBM may play a role in glomerular permeability. Since stimulated nephrotic PBMC alter the metabolism of GBM sulfated compounds, these findings may have pathogenic significance.
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Garin, E., Boggs, K. Effect of Concanavalin A on Nephrotic Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Mediated Increased 35Sulfate Uptake in Rat Glomerular Basement Membrane. Pediatr Res 20, 321–323 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198604000-00008
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