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  1. Article: Biopsie rénale: techniques de prélèvement, contre-indications, complications.

    Lefaucheur, Carmen / Nochy, Dominique / Bariety, Jean

    Nephrologie & therapeutique

    2009  Volume 5, Issue 4, Page(s) 331–339

    Abstract: Renal biopsy plays a central role in the investigational approach of the nephrologist. The technique has significantly improved over the past two decades as a result of the introduction of ultrasonography and automated-gun biopsy devices. Percutaneous ... ...

    Title translation Renal biopsy: procedures, contraindications, complications.
    Abstract Renal biopsy plays a central role in the investigational approach of the nephrologist. The technique has significantly improved over the past two decades as a result of the introduction of ultrasonography and automated-gun biopsy devices. Percutaneous renal biopsy has become a relatively safe procedure with life-threatening complications occurring in less than 0.1% of biopsies in recent reports. However, percutaneous kidney biopsy is not without risk. Overt complications occurring in up to 13% of the cases, and 6 to 7% of complications were considered major, needing for an intervention such as transfusion of blood product or invasive procedure (radiographic or surgical). Major complications were apparent in more than 90% of patients by 24 hours. In situations in which the potential benefit of obtaining renal histology outweighs the risks of the procedure, transjugular kidney biopsy or surgical biopsy offers an attractive alternative. At present, we have no definite predictive indicators of postbiopsy bleeding complication, with the exception of age, gender, advanced renal insufficiency and the baseline partial thromboplastin time. Bleeding time is not significantly predictive and has been reported to have substantial limitations as a screening test. The use of the PFA-100 may replace the bleeding time and is now considered as a more valuable screening test for prebiopsy identification and management of patients with impaired haemostasis. Four groups of patients benefit from the findings of renal biopsy: those with a nephrotic syndrome, those with a renal disease in a context of systemic disorder, those with acute renal failure and those with a renal transplant. Some patients with non-nephrotic proteinuria, hematuria and chronic renal failure may also benefit from the procedure.
    MeSH term(s) Anticoagulants/therapeutic use ; Automation ; Biopsy/adverse effects ; Biopsy/methods ; Bleeding Time ; Blood Transfusion ; Humans ; Kidney/cytology ; Kidney/pathology ; Kidney Diseases/classification ; Kidney Diseases/diagnosis ; Kidney Diseases/pathology ; Nephrology/methods ; Nephrotic Syndrome/diagnosis ; Nephrotic Syndrome/pathology ; Renal Circulation ; Risk Assessment
    Chemical Substances Anticoagulants
    Language French
    Publishing date 2009-07
    Publishing country France
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2229575-6
    ISSN 1872-9177 ; 1769-7255
    ISSN (online) 1872-9177
    ISSN 1769-7255
    DOI 10.1016/j.nephro.2009.02.005
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  2. Article: Biopsie rénale: les différentes techniques.

    Nochy, Dominique / Lefaucheur, Carmen / Bariety, Jean

    Nephrologie & therapeutique

    2009  Volume 5, Issue 4, Page(s) 314–330

    Abstract: Due to its structure, the glomerular capillary has a filtration function since it is interposed between the blood stream and the urinary space exposed to circulating plasma proteins, which are likely to form a deposit. The role of renal biopsy is to ... ...

    Title translation Renal biopsy: methods.
    Abstract Due to its structure, the glomerular capillary has a filtration function since it is interposed between the blood stream and the urinary space exposed to circulating plasma proteins, which are likely to form a deposit. The role of renal biopsy is to diagnose glomerulonephritis and systemic autoimmune diseases, on the basis of two samples: one for light microscopy and the other for immunofluorescence (IF). Electron microscopy has specific indications. IF is necessary to identify immune deposits. Renal biopsy has made possible the identification and characterization of lesions such as those related to the new viral diseases that emerged over the last decade: cryoglobulinemia and hepatitis C virus (HCV), the BK virus, the positivity of the C4d marker in humoural rejection of transplants, glomerular lesions due to monoclonal immunoglobulin. Besides, the recent molecular biology techniques as applied in renal transplantation are likely to improve the matching donors/recipients, and to treat graft rejections as revealed by gene expression in the renal tissue.
    MeSH term(s) Autoimmune Diseases/diagnosis ; Autoimmune Diseases/pathology ; Biopsy/methods ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Glomerulonephritis/diagnosis ; Glomerulonephritis/pathology ; Humans ; Kidney/cytology ; Kidney/pathology ; Kidney Diseases/diagnosis ; Kidney Diseases/pathology ; Kidney Glomerulus/cytology ; Kidney Glomerulus/pathology ; Kidney Transplantation/methods ; Molecular Biology/methods
    Language French
    Publishing date 2009-07
    Publishing country France
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2229575-6
    ISSN 1872-9177 ; 1769-7255
    ISSN (online) 1872-9177
    ISSN 1769-7255
    DOI 10.1016/j.nephro.2009.01.004
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  3. Article: Morphometric study of arterioles and glomeruli in the aging kidney suggests focal loss of autoregulation.

    Hill, Gary S / Heudes, Didier / Bariéty, Jean

    Kidney international

    2003  Volume 63, Issue 3, Page(s) 1027–1036

    Abstract: Background: In the past it was widely assumed that hyaline afferent arteriolosclerosis was responsible for ischemic glomerulosclerosis in the aging and hypertensive kidney. However, glomerular lesions of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis are now ... ...

    Abstract Background: In the past it was widely assumed that hyaline afferent arteriolosclerosis was responsible for ischemic glomerulosclerosis in the aging and hypertensive kidney. However, glomerular lesions of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis are now recognized in essential hypertension. Experimentally, such lesions are associated with loss of autoregulation of blood flow and glomerular hyperperfusion, as well as initial glomerular hypertrophy. These observations challenge the notion of ischemia as a unitary explanation for glomerulosclerosis.
    Methods: A morphometric study was performed on normal portions of eight kidneys removed for tumors in aging, normotensive patients. Measurements were made of 126 pairs of afferent arterioles and their associated glomeruli. In addition, the amount of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the immediate periglomerular region was quantitated.
    Results: Afferent arterioles were divided into three types according to the presence or absence of hyaline deposits and whether these did or did not obstruct the lumen. Arterioles with nonobstructive hyaline deposits had lumens over twice as large as those without deposits (482 +/- 240 micro2 vs. 204 +/- 160 micro2, P=0.0000). Their associated glomeruli had significantly greater total capillary area, particularly the hilar capillaries (1276 +/- 797 micro2 vs. 667 +/- 492 micro2, P=0.002), but with larger individual capillaries elsewhere as well (P=0.03). Arterioles with obstructive deposits differed from those with nonobstructive deposits by their smaller lumens (P=0.001) and walls (P=0.004), with a higher proportion of ECM in the periglomerular region (P=0.001), all consistent with a later stage of lesion. Glomeruli were divided into four basic types: normal, hypertrophic, glomeruli with features of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS-type), and ischemic. Compared to normal glomeruli, hypertrophic glomeruli were larger, with greater total capillary area (P=0.0005), particularly the hilar capillaries (P=0.0000), and larger capillaries in the remainder of the tuft (P=0.003), but showed no evident lesions. FSGS-type glomeruli were also larger, with larger hilar capillaries (P=0.0005), but showed an increase in ECM due to sclerotic lesions (P=0.004). The remaining capillaries showed an inverse relation with the amount of mesangial matrix, showing a spectrum of sizes from enlarged to shrunken. As anticipated, ischemic glomeruli were significantly smaller than normal ones in every parameter measured. There was a strong association between hypertrophic/FSGS-type glomeruli and hyaline arteriolosclerosis, found in 90.3% of such glomeruli, versus 29.1% for the remaining glomeruli (P=0.0001). The great majority of hyaline deposits were of the nonobstructive variety (86.2%), but some were obstructive (13.8%), particularly in FSGS-type glomeruli, consistent with a more advanced lesion.
    Conclusions: We believe we have demonstrated in the aging kidney of humans the morphologic correlates of loss of autoregulation, occurring on a focal basis, with afferent arteriolar dilatation and increase in glomerular capillary size and subsequent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Hyaline arteriolosclerosis of the nonobstructive sort is strongly associated with these changes and may play a role in their pathogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Aging/pathology ; Aging/physiology ; Arterioles/metabolism ; Arterioles/pathology ; Arterioles/physiopathology ; Arteriosclerosis/metabolism ; Arteriosclerosis/pathology ; Arteriosclerosis/physiopathology ; Capillaries/metabolism ; Capillaries/pathology ; Capillaries/physiopathology ; Extracellular Matrix/metabolism ; Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/pathology ; Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/physiopathology ; Homeostasis/physiology ; Humans ; Hyalin/metabolism ; Kidney Glomerulus/blood supply ; Kidney Glomerulus/metabolism ; Kidney Glomerulus/physiopathology ; Male ; Middle Aged
    Language English
    Publishing date 2003-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120573-0
    ISSN 1523-1755 ; 0085-2538
    ISSN (online) 1523-1755
    ISSN 0085-2538
    DOI 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00831.x
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  4. Article: Class IV-S versus class IV-G lupus nephritis: clinical and morphologic differences suggesting different pathogenesis.

    Hill, Gary S / Delahousse, Michel / Nochy, Dominique / Bariéty, Jean

    Kidney international

    2005  Volume 68, Issue 5, Page(s) 2288–2297

    Abstract: Background: A recently proposed reclassification of lupus nephritis divides class IV (diffuse proliferative) lupus nephritis into those cases with predominantly segmental proliferative lesions (class IV-S) and those with predominantly global ... ...

    Abstract Background: A recently proposed reclassification of lupus nephritis divides class IV (diffuse proliferative) lupus nephritis into those cases with predominantly segmental proliferative lesions (class IV-S) and those with predominantly global proliferative lesions (class IV-G). This report explores the validity of this distinction and possible differences in pathogenesis between the 2 types of lesions.
    Methods: Patients from a previously reported series of severe lupus nephritis, with initial biopsies (Bx1) and control biopsies (Bx2) at 6 months after induction therapy were reclassified according to the newly proposed classification. From the original series of 65 patients, 15 patients were reclassified as having class IV-S lesions and 31 patients class IV-G lesions. Clinical data at both biopsies and follow-up were available on all patients selected.
    Results: Patients with IV-G lesions had worse proteinuria, lower serum hemoglobins, lower CH50s, and likely higher SCrs (P = .06) and lower C3s (P = .08) than class IV-S patients. Serum CH50 and C3 correlated negatively with severity of class IV-G lesions, but not at all with class IV-S lesions. Patients with class IV-G lesions had greater overall immune deposits and subendothelial deposits on IF and greater hyaline deposits on light microscopy. By contrast, class IV-S showed predominant mesangial deposits and a much higher rate of glomerular fibrinoid necroses (13.3 +/- 15.3% vs. 5.6 +/- 8.0% of viable glomeruli, P = .03). Other distinctions included the fact that membranoproliferative features were found only in class IV-G lesions, and glomerular monocyte/macrophages were much more frequent in this group than in class IV-S lesions (1.77 +/- 0.92 vs. 0.86 +/- 0.77, P = .008). Finally, class IV-G frequently involved all viable glomeruli (74.2% of cases), whereas segmental proliferative lesions never did (P < .0001). Survivals from doubling of SCr at 10 years did not differ between the 2 types at Bx1: 72.5% segmental versus 60.4% global, P= .53. However, among those with persistent lesions at Bx 2 (11 IV-S and 9 IV-G), there was a dramatic difference in 10-year survivals between IV-S lesions (63.6%) and IV-G lesions (0%), P = .08.
    Conclusion: There are definite clinical and morphologic differences between class IV-S and IV-G lesions. Data suggest that class IV-G lesions behave as an immune complex disease, having positive correlations with extent of immune deposits and negative correlations with serum complement levels, the model traditionally assumed for lupus nephritis as a whole. However, in class IV-S lesions, the presence of proportionally greater glomerular fibrinoid necroses and lack of correlation with extent of immune deposits suggest that these lesions may have a different pathogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Antigen-Antibody Complex/metabolism ; Biopsy ; Creatinine/blood ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney Glomerulus/pathology ; Lupus Nephritis/classification ; Lupus Nephritis/mortality ; Lupus Nephritis/pathology ; Macrophages/pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Monocytes/pathology ; Necrosis ; Recurrence ; Survival Analysis
    Chemical Substances Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Creatinine (AYI8EX34EU)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120573-0
    ISSN 1523-1755 ; 0085-2538
    ISSN (online) 1523-1755
    ISSN 0085-2538
    DOI 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00688.x
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  5. Article: Renewal of FSP1: a marker of fibrogenesis on human renal biopsies.

    Bruneval, Patrick / Rossert, Jerome / Bariety, Jean

    Kidney international

    2005  Volume 68, Issue 3, Page(s) 1366–1367

    MeSH term(s) Biomarkers ; Biopsy ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Kidney/metabolism ; Kidney/pathology ; Kidney Diseases/metabolism ; Kidney Diseases/pathology
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; Calcium-Binding Proteins ; S100A4 protein, human (142662-27-9)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-04-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 120573-0
    ISSN 1523-1755 ; 0085-2538
    ISSN (online) 1523-1755
    ISSN 0085-2538
    DOI 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00546.x
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  6. Article: Podocytose et transdifférenciation des podocytes dans les glomérulonéphrites humaines. Une etude immunomorphologique.

    Bariety, Jean / Bruneval, Patrick / Meyrier, Alain / Jacquot, Christian

    Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine

    2005  Volume 189, Issue 3, Page(s) 535–45; discussion 545–6

    Abstract: Transdifferentiation is characterized by a loss of normal epitopes by differentiated cells, accompanied by the acquisition of new epitopes and new functions. Podocytes are differentiated epithelial cells that cover and adhere to the outer surface of the ... ...

    Title translation Podocytopathie and transdifferentiation of the podocytes in human glomerulonephritis. An immunomorphological study.
    Abstract Transdifferentiation is characterized by a loss of normal epitopes by differentiated cells, accompanied by the acquisition of new epitopes and new functions. Podocytes are differentiated epithelial cells that cover and adhere to the outer surface of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). The podocyte/GBM complex contributes to the selective filter function of the glomerular tuft. We have shown that, in various human glomerulonephritides, "dysregulated" podocytes acquire the potential to proliferate and multiply, undergo profound morphologic changes, detach from the GBM, and show phenotypic changes indicative of transdifferentiation. In the course of these events they lose their original epitopes and acquire macrophagic markers.
    MeSH term(s) Basement Membrane ; Cell Adhesion ; Cell Differentiation ; Epithelial Cells/physiology ; Glomerulonephritis/physiopathology ; Humans ; Phenotype
    Language French
    Publishing date 2005-03
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 213227-8
    ISSN 0001-4079
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  7. Article: Podocyte involvement in human immune crescentic glomerulonephritis.

    Bariéty, Jean / Bruneval, Patrick / Meyrier, Alain / Mandet, Chantal / Hill, Gary / Jacquot, Christian

    Kidney international

    2005  Volume 68, Issue 3, Page(s) 1109–1119

    Abstract: Background: The role of podocytes in human crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) has been underestimated. This may be due to the confounding fact that "dysregulated" podocytes are able to proliferate, lose their markers, and acquire new epitopes. Moreover, ...

    Abstract Background: The role of podocytes in human crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) has been underestimated. This may be due to the confounding fact that "dysregulated" podocytes are able to proliferate, lose their markers, and acquire new epitopes. Moreover, in experimental anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) crescentic GN, podocytes participate in the crescent formation. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of podocytes in human immune crescentic GN.
    Methods: Renal biopsies from 12 patients with anti-GBM disease and 14 with class IV lupus GN were studied by immunohistochemistry for the following markers: (1) synaptopodin, GLEPP1, podocalyxin, podocin, alpha-actinin-4, and vimentin for podocyte identification; (2) PCNA, Ki-67, and p57 for cell cycle assessment; (3) cytokeratins for identifying epithelial cells but not normal podocytes; (4) CD68 for tagging a macrophagic epitope; (5) alpha-smooth-muscle actin (alpha-SMA), a phenotypic marker of myofibroblasts.
    Results: "True" (capsular) crescents lining Bowman's capsule and (tuft) "pseudocrescents" covering the glomerular tuft with a persistent patent urinary space were present in the 2 types of crescentic GN in similar percentages. Several features indicated that podocytes were involved in the formation of the both crescent types. Identifiable podocytes expressed proliferation markers. Podocyte cytoplasmic expansions and racket-like podocytes bridged between the tuft and Bowman's capsule. True and pseudocrescents contained labeled podocytes. In addition, podocytes located outside of the crescents had often lost their markers (dedifferentiation) and acquired new epitopes (cytokeratins and CD68).
    Conclusion: In human immune crescentic GN, podocytes undergo proliferation and dysregulation that are indicative of a podocytopathy. Podocytes contribute to crescent formation.
    MeSH term(s) Actins/metabolism ; Adult ; Aged ; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/immunology ; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/pathology ; Antigens, CD/metabolism ; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism ; Biomarkers/metabolism ; Biopsy ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57/metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Keratins/metabolism ; Ki-67 Antigen/metabolism ; Lupus Nephritis/immunology ; Lupus Nephritis/pathology ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Podocytes/immunology ; Podocytes/metabolism ; Podocytes/pathology ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen/metabolism ; Vimentin/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Actins ; Antigens, CD ; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic ; Biomarkers ; CD68 antigen, human ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57 ; Ki-67 Antigen ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ; Vimentin ; Keratins (68238-35-7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120573-0
    ISSN 1523-1755 ; 0085-2538
    ISSN (online) 1523-1755
    ISSN 0085-2538
    DOI 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00503.x
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  8. Article: Transdifferentiation of epithelial glomerular cells.

    Bariéty, Jean / Bruneval, Patrick / Hill, Gary S / Mandet, Chantal / Jacquot, Christian / Meyrier, Alain

    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

    2003  Volume 14 Suppl 1, Page(s) S42–7

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Differentiation/physiology ; Epithelial Cells/cytology ; Epithelial Cells/physiology ; Glomerulonephritis/pathology ; Glomerulonephritis/physiopathology ; Humans ; Kidney Glomerulus/cytology ; Kidney Glomerulus/embryology ; Kidney Glomerulus/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2003-05-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1085942-1
    ISSN 1533-3450 ; 1046-6673
    ISSN (online) 1533-3450
    ISSN 1046-6673
    DOI 10.1097/01.asn.0000067651.34743.b0
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  9. Article: Parietal podocytes in normal human glomeruli.

    Bariety, Jean / Mandet, Chantal / Hill, Gary S / Bruneval, Patrick

    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

    2006  Volume 17, Issue 10, Page(s) 2770–2780

    Abstract: Although parietal podocytes along the Bowman's capsule have been described by electron microscopy in the normal human kidney, their molecular composition remains unknown. Ten human normal kidneys that were removed for cancer were assessed for the ... ...

    Abstract Although parietal podocytes along the Bowman's capsule have been described by electron microscopy in the normal human kidney, their molecular composition remains unknown. Ten human normal kidneys that were removed for cancer were assessed for the presence and the extent of parietal podocytes along the Bowman's capsule. The expression of podocyte-specific proteins (podocalyxin, glomerular epithelial protein-1, podocin, nephrin, synaptopodin, and alpha-actinin-4), podocyte synthesized proteins (vascular endothelial growth factor and novH), transcription factors (WT1 and PAX2), cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p57, and intermediate filaments (cytokeratins and vimentin) was tested. In addition, six normal fetal kidneys were studied to track the ontogeny of parietal podocytes. The podocyte protein labeling detected parietal podocytes in all of the kidneys, was found in 76.6% on average of Bowman's capsule sections, and was prominent at the vascular pole. WT1 and p57 were expressed in some parietal cells, whereas PAX2 was present in all or most of them, so some parietal cells coexpressed WT1 and PAX2. Furthermore, parietal podocytes coexpressed WT1 and podocyte proteins. Cytokeratin-positive cells covered a variable part of the capsule and did not express podocyte proteins. Tuft-capsular podocyte bridges were present in 15.5 +/- 3.7% of the glomerular sections. Parietal podocytes often covered the juxtaglomerular arterioles and were present within the extraglomerular mesangium. Parietal podocytes were present in fetal kidneys. Parietal podocytes that express the same epitopes as visceral podocytes do exist along Bowman's capsule in the normal adult kidney. They are a constitutive cell type of the Bowman's capsule. Therefore, their role in physiology and pathology should be investigated.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Biomarkers/metabolism ; Bowman Capsule/metabolism ; Bowman Capsule/pathology ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism ; Epithelial Cells/pathology ; Female ; Fetus ; Humans ; Kidney Glomerulus/metabolism ; Kidney Glomerulus/pathology ; Middle Aged ; Podocytes/metabolism ; Podocytes/pathology ; Pregnancy
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2006-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1085942-1
    ISSN 1533-3450 ; 1046-6673
    ISSN (online) 1533-3450
    ISSN 1046-6673
    DOI 10.1681/ASN.2006040325
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  10. Article: Mesangial expansion associated with glomerular endothelial cell activation and macrophage recruitment is developing in hyperlipidaemic apoE null mice.

    Bruneval, Patrick / Bariéty, Jean / Bélair, Marie-France / Mandet, Chantal / Heudes, Didier / Nicoletti, Antonino

    Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association

    2002  Volume 17, Issue 12, Page(s) 2099–2107

    Abstract: Background: Lipids are involved in the onset and/or the progression of renal diseases. ApoE null mice are hyperlipidaemic and thus represent an experimental model for the study of the effect of severe hypercholesterolaemia on renal lesion development.!## ...

    Abstract Background: Lipids are involved in the onset and/or the progression of renal diseases. ApoE null mice are hyperlipidaemic and thus represent an experimental model for the study of the effect of severe hypercholesterolaemia on renal lesion development.
    Methods: ApoE null mice were studied at 6 weeks of age fed a normal chow, after 20 weeks on a normal chow (mild hypercholesterolaemia), or a 0.15% cholesterol Western diet (WD; severe hypercholesterolaemia). Age- and diet-matched C57/B6 mice were used as controls. Glomerular structure was assessed by histology, electron microscopy and computerized morphometry. Glomerular macrophage recruitment and alpha-smooth-muscle actin, PCNA, VCAM-1 and MHC class II (I-A(b)) expressions were assessed by immunohistochemistry.
    Results: ApoE null mice fed the WD developed mesangial expansion characterized by an increase in mesangial area (P<0.05 vs C57BL/6 mice at 20 weeks). In apoE null mice, this was accompanied by a glomerular inflammatory process as demonstrated by (i) the presence of foam cells, (ii) macrophage recruitment, (iii) a higher expression of the I-A(b) activation marker and (iv) endothelial-cell activation (VCAM-1 expression in 100% of glomeruli and electron microscopy showing cytoplasmic foldings protruding in the capillary lumina). This might explain why we also observed blood monocytes adhering to glomerular endothelial cells.
    Conclusions: In apoE null mice, severe hyperlipidaemia leads to glomerular injury characterized by glomerular endothelial cell activation and macrophage recruitment.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Apolipoproteins E/deficiency ; Apolipoproteins E/genetics ; Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology ; Foam Cells/pathology ; Glomerular Mesangium/pathology ; Hyperlipidemias/pathology ; Hyperlipidemias/physiopathology ; Kidney/pathology ; Kidney Glomerulus/pathology ; Kidney Glomerulus/physiopathology ; Macrophages/physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout/genetics
    Chemical Substances Apolipoproteins E
    Language English
    Publishing date 2002-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 90594-x
    ISSN 1460-2385 ; 0931-0509
    ISSN (online) 1460-2385
    ISSN 0931-0509
    DOI 10.1093/ndt/17.12.2099
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