Glomerular epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation in pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2003 Sep;18(9):1777-84.
doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfg231.
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Glomerular epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation in pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis
Jean Bariety et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2003 Sep.
Abstract
Background: Among the cellular changes occurring in renal fibrosis, epithelial-mesenchymal cell transdifferentiation or transition (EMT) is a phenomenon characterized in epithelial cells by loss of epithelial markers and acquisition of mesenchymal phenotype and of fibrosing properties.
Methods: To test the hypothesis that EMT is involved in human pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN), we studied 17 renal biopsies from 11 PICGN patients for: (i) proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and cell cycle inhibitors (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors) p27 and p57; (ii) cell lineage phenotype markers: podocalyxin, synaptopodin and GLEPP-1 for podocytes; CD68 for macrophagic epitope; CD3 for T lymphocytes; alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) for myofibroblasts; vimentin for mesenchymal cells; and cytokeratins (CKs) for parietal epithelial cells (PECs); (iii) glomerular fibrosis by labelling collagens I, III and IV, and heat-shock protein 47 (HSP47), a marker of collagen-synthesizing cells; and (iv) co-localization of alpha-SMA, CK and HSP47 using confocal laser microscopy.
Results: The crescent cells proliferated greatly. They did not express p27 and p57. Different cell lineage markers could be identified in crescents: the major component was made of 'dysregulated' PECs negative for CK, followed by PECs positive for CK, macrophagic cells and myofibroblasts. Furthermore, some cells co-expressed CK and alpha-SMA. This latter co-expression suggests a transitional phase in the dynamic phenomenon of EMT. Therefore, proliferative and dysregulated glomerular epithelial cells could be a possible cellular source of myofibroblasts via EMT. In addition, HSP47 labelled many crescent cells and frequently co-localized in CK-positive epithelial cells and in alpha-SMA-positive myofibroblasts, indicating that these cells were involved in glomerular accumulation of collagens.
Conclusion: EMT is a transient cellular phenomenon present in glomeruli in human PICGN contributing to the formation of myofibroblasts from epithelial cells and to glomerular fibrosis.
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