Clinical Investigation

Kidney International (1989) 35, 1195–1202; doi:10.1038/ki.1989.110

Basement membrane collagen in the kidney: Regional localization of novel chains related to collagen IV

Ralph J Butkowski, Jörgen Wieslander, Mary Kleppel, Alfred F Michael and Alfred J Fish

Departments of Pediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and BioCarb AB, Lund, Sweden

Correspondence: Ralph J Butkowski PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, 515 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

Received 18 April 1988; Revised 15 November 1988; Accepted 29 November 1988.

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Abstract

Basement membrane collagen in the kidney: Regional localization of novel chains related to collagen IV. Variability in the collagen chain composition of renal basement membranes was demonstrated by immunofluorescent microscopy using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies and correlating with imaging of the glomerular basement membrane by phase microscopy. Antibodies toward the globular domains of alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) collagen chains, triple helical and 7S domains of collagen IV bind within the glomerulus to mesangial matrix, along the subendothelial region of the glomerular capillary wall, and to all tubular and vascular basement membranes. The portion of glomerular basement membrane corresponding to the phase dense image is not reactive with these antibodies (pattern 1). A different binding pattern is seen with antibodies against two novel globular regions of basement membrane collagen chains which bind to the phase dense aspect of glomerular basement membrane and to Bowman's capsule (pattern 2). Human tubular basement membrane is not reactive, except along portions of the distal tubule, whereas bovine tubular basement membrane is diffusely reactive; mesangial matrix and extraglomerular vascular basement membranes are not reactive. Although a possible explanation for the regional distribution of basement membrane collagen antigens in the glomerulus may relate to antigen exposure, a more likely reason is that collagen chains are regionally expressed. The staining patterns suggest that the novel collagen chains have a selective tissue distribution compared with alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) chains and that the glomerular cells of origin of these collagen IV chains may differ.

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