The long pentraxin Ptx3 is synthesized in IgA glomerulonephritis and activates mesangial cells

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Bussolati, B
Peri, G
Salvidio, G
Verzola, D
Mantovani, A
Camussi, G
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[1] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Med Interna, Cattedra Nefrol, I-10124 Turin, Italy
[2] Osped San Giovanni Battista, Ctr Ric Med Sperimentale, Turin, Italy
[3] Ist Ric Farmacol Mario Negri, Dipartimento Immunol & Biol Cellulare, Milan, Italy
[4] Univ Genoa, Cattedra Nefrol, Dipartimento Med Interna, Genoa, Italy
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10.4049/jimmunol.170.3.1466
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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The long pentraxin PTX3 has been recently involved in amplification of the inflammatory reactions and regulation of innate immunity. In the present study we evaluated the expression and role of PTX3 in glomerular inflammation. PTX3 expression was investigated in the IgA, type I membranoproliferative, and diffuse proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis, which are characterized by inflammatory and proliferative lesions mainly driven by resident mesangial cells, and in the membranous glomerulonephritis and the focal segmental glomerular sclerosis, where signs of glomerular inflammation are usually absent. We found an intense staining for PTX3 in the expanded mesangial areas of renal biopsies obtained from patients with IgA glomerulonephritis. The pattern of staining was on glomerular mesangial and endothelial cells. Scattered PTX3-positive cells were also detected in glomeruli of type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. The concomitant expression of CD14 suggests an inflammatory origin of these cells. Normal renal tissue and biopsies from patients with the other glomerular nephropathies studied were mainly negative for PTX3 expression in glomeruli. However, PTX3-positive cells were detected in the interstitium of nephropathies showing inflammatory interstitial injury. In vitro, cultured human mesangial cells synthesized PTX3 when stimulated with TNF-alpha and IgA and exhibited specific binding for recombinant PTX3. Moreover, stimulation with exogenous PTX3 promoted mesangial cell contraction and synthesis of the proinflammatory lipid mediator platelet-activating factor. In conclusion, we provide the first evidence that mesangial cells may both produce and be a target for PTX3. The detection of this long pentraxin in the renal tissue of patients with glomerulonephritis suggests its potential role in the modulation of glomerular and tubular injury.
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