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Monocyte recruitment in cryoglobulinemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: a pathogenetic role for monocyte chemotactic peptide-1.

Monocyte chemotactic peptide-1 (MCP-1) belongs to a large family of cytokines known as chemokines. It is a potent mediator of inflammatory response and is thought to play a major role in recruiting monocytes into the site of inflammation. Mixed cryoglobulinemia is a systemic vasculitis characterized in 10 to 30% of the cases by renal involvement. Monocyte infiltration into the glomerulus, and in the periglomerular and perivascular areas is a common histopathological feature of this form of glomerulonephritis. We sought to determine, by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, the renal gene and protein expression of MCP-1 in cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis compared to normal kidney, and to correlate it with macrophage infiltration. Kidney biopsy specimens were obtained from 9 patients with cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis and 9 control kidneys. The distribution and intensity of MCP-1 gene and protein expression, and the macrophage infiltration (CD68 positive cells) were evaluated and quantitated by a computerized image analysis system. In normal kidneys, MCP-1 was weakly expressed, both at the gene as well as at the protein level. In diseased kidneys, a statistically significant (P < 0.001) up-regulation of MCP-1 gene and protein expression was found, particularly within the areas of tubulointerstitial damage and the glomeruli. By means of CD68 positive cells, a significant correlation (P < 0.001) was found between glomerular, tubulointerstitial macrophage infiltration and MCP-1 expression. Moreover, by combining immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, we observed the presence of CD68 positive cells mainly, if not exclusively, around the cells expressing MCP-1 mRNA. Interestingly, a striking increase in MCP-1 urinary concentration was found in cryoglobulinemic patients. In conclusion, our data suggest that MCP-1 may play a major role in modulating the inflammatory process observed in cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis.[1]

References

  1. Monocyte recruitment in cryoglobulinemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: a pathogenetic role for monocyte chemotactic peptide-1. Gesualdo, L., Grandaliano, G., Ranieri, E., Monno, R., Montinaro, V., Manno, C., Schena, F.P. Kidney Int. (1997) [Pubmed]
 
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