PMID- 28940198 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171222 LR - 20231112 IS - 1365-2249 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9104 (Print) IS - 0009-9104 (Linking) VI - 191 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan TI - Complement regulatory proteins in kidneys of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. PG - 116-124 LID - 10.1111/cei.13051 [doi] AB - The complement system activation is involved in the development of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). The study aimed to investigate the expression of complement regulatory proteins (CRPs) CD46, CD55 and CD59 in kidneys of 51 AVV patients. The expression of CD46, CD55 and CD59 in kidneys was detected by immunohistochemistry and double immunofluorescence staining. The immunohistochemical examination revealed that expression of the three CRPs could be detected in the glomeruli and tubules of both AAV patients and normal controls. The expression levels of the three CRPs in glomeruli of patients with AAV were significantly lower than those of normal controls. The scores of CD46 and CD55 expression in the tubules of AAV patients were significantly lower than those of normal controls, while there was no significant difference between the scores of CD59 expression in tubules of AAV patients and those of normal controls. Among AAV patients, the expression level of CD46 in glomeruli correlated inversely with the proportion of normal glomeruli, while it correlated with tubular atrophy in renal interstitium (r = -0.305, P = 0.026; r = 0.330, P = 0.023, respectively). The expression levels of CD55 and CD59 in glomeruli correlated with the proportion of total crescents (r = 0.384, P = 0.006; r = 0.351, P = 0.011, respectively). Double immunofluorescence staining indicated that all three CRPs were expressed on endothelial cells, podocytes and mesangial cells in glomeruli. The expression levels of the three CRPs were dysregulated in kidneys of patients with AAV. The expression levels of CD46, CD55 and CD59 were associated with the severity of renal injury of AAV patients. CI - (c) 2017 British Society for Immunology. FAU - Cheng, L AU - Cheng L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6624-5906 AD - Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Gou, S-J AU - Gou SJ AD - Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Qiu, H-Y AU - Qiu HY AD - Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Ma, L AU - Ma L AD - Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Fu, P AU - Fu P AD - Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20171020 PL - England TA - Clin Exp Immunol JT - Clinical and experimental immunology JID - 0057202 RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (CD55 Antigens) RN - 0 (CD59 Antigens) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Cofactor Protein) RN - 9007-36-7 (Complement System Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis/*immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Autoantibodies/immunology MH - Biomarkers MH - Biopsy MH - CD55 Antigens/metabolism MH - CD59 Antigens/metabolism MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Complement Activation/immunology MH - Complement System Proteins/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Kidney/*immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Membrane Cofactor Protein/metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Transport PMC - PMC5721235 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody OT - complement regulate proteins OT - pathology EDAT- 2017/09/25 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/23 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2017/09/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CEI13051 [pii] AID - 10.1111/cei.13051 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Immunol. 2018 Jan;191(1):116-124. doi: 10.1111/cei.13051. Epub 2017 Oct 20.