Laboratory Investigation

Kidney International (1985) 28, 28–35; doi:10.1038/ki.1985.114

Effect of leukocyte depletion on glomerular dynamics during acute glomerular immune injury

Bryan J Tucker, Leslie C Gushwa, Curtis B Wilson and Roland C Blantz

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, Department of Immunopathology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, and The Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA

Correspondence: B J Tucker, Nephrology Research (151), Veterans Administration Medical Center, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, California 92161 USA

Received 13 September 1984; Revised 11 January 1985.

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Abstract

Effect of leukocyte depletion on glomerular dynamics during acute glomerular immune injury. Large doses of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (AGBM-Ab) have been shown consistently to decrease both single nephron filtration rate (SNGFR) and the glomerular ultrafiltration coefficient (LpA) within 60 min of administration of the antibody. Both the decrease in SNGFR and LpA may be the result of infiltration of leukocytes blocking capillary loops and/or endothelial cell separation from the glomerular basement membrane through leukocyte dependent activated cytotoxic products or by mechanisms associated with leukocyte activation and infiltration. Administration of 2.5 microg/g body wt AGBM-Ab was performed in 10 control Munich-Wistar rats and in six Munich-Wistar rats in which 3 to 5 days prior to micropuncture experiments the rats were splenectomized and then irradiated to produce leukocyte depletion. Micropuncture measurements were performed in a condition of plasma volume expansion both prior to and after AGBM-Ab administration. In the control group, SNGFR decreased from 64 plusminus 3 to 48 plusminus 2 nl/min dot g kidney wt after AGBM-Ab administration due to a decrease in LpA from 0.13 to 0.06 nl dot sec-1 dot mm Hg-1dot g kidney wt-1. This decrease in either SNGFR or LpA did not occur in the leukocyte depleted group. Linear deposits of IgG and C3 were similar in both groups. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes were significantly decreased in glomerulus from 7.4 plusminus 0.7 in control vs. 0.7 plusminus 0.3 in leukocyte depletion >(P < 0.01). There was no difference in glomerular dynamics between controls and leukocyte depleted rats prior to AGBM-Ab administration. Therefore, reduction of leukocytes with irradiation prevented the decrease in LpA and SNGFR with AGBM-Ab administration, suggesting a role for leukocytes in mediating the LpA reduction.

Effet d'une déplétion leucocytaire sur la dynamique glomérulaire lors d'une atteinte glomérulaire aiguë immune. Il a constamment été montré que de grandes quantités d'anticorps anti-membrane basale glomérulaire (AGBM-Ab) diminuent le débit glomérulaire individuel (SNGFR) et le coefficient d'ultrafiltration glomérulaire (LpA) au bout de 60 min après administration de l'anticorps. La diminution de SNGFR et LpA pourraient résulter d'une infiltration de leucocytes bloquant les anses capillaires et/ou d'une séparation des cellules endothéliales à partir de la membrane basale glomérulaire par des produits cytoxiques activés dépendant des leucocytes, ou par des mécanismes associés d'une activation et une infiltration leucocytaire. L'administration de 2,5 microg/g poids corps d'AGBM-Ab a été effectuée chez 10 rats Munich-Wistar contrôles et chez six rats Munich-Wistar chez qui 3 à 5 jours avant des expériences de microponction une splénectomie avait été faite, suivie d'une irradiation pour entraïner une déplétion leucocytaire. Les mesures de microponction ont été faites en condition d'expansion volumique avant et après administration d'AGBM-Ab. Dans le groupe contrôle, SNGFR a diminué de 64 plusminus 3 á 48 plusminus 2 nl/min dot g poids rein après administration d'AGBM-Ab en raison d'une baisse de LpA de 0,13 à 0,06 nl dot sec-1 dot mm Hg-1 dot g poids rein-1. Cette diminution de SNGFR ou de LpA ne s'est pas produite dans le groupe déplété en leucocytes, Des dépôts linéaires d'IgG et de C3 étaient semblables dans les deux groupes. Les leucocytes polynucléaires étaient significativement diminués dans les glomérules, de 7,4 plusminus 0,7 chez les contrôles contre 0,7 plusminus 0,3 en déplétion leucocytaire (P < 0,01). Il n'y avait pas de différence de dynamique glomérulaire entre les rats contrôles ou déplétés en leucocytes avant administration d'AGBM-Ab. Ainsi, la réduction des leucocytes par irradiation a prévenu la baisse de LpA et de SNGFR par administration d'AGBM-Ab, suggérant un rôle des leucocytes dans la réduction de LpA.

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