1996年7月
Nephritogenicity and alpha-chain composition of NC1 fractions of type IV collagen from bovine renal basement membrane.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology
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- 428
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- 4-5
- 開始ページ
- 281
- 終了ページ
- 8
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- 英語
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
Nephritogenicity (anti-GBM-nephritis-inducing activity) and alpha-chain composition of globular-do-main (NCI) fractions of type IV collagen from bovine renal, pulmonary, and placental basement membranes (BMs) was examined by injecting these fractions with adjuvant into WKY/NCrj rats and by Western blotting using epitope-defined monoclonal antibodies to the six different alpha chains of type IV collagen. A purified nephritogenic fraction from renal BM contained alpha 1-alpha 6(IV)NCI, whereas a non-nephritogenic fraction contained only alpha 1-alpha 2(IV)NCI. Renal and pulmonary NCI had strong nephritogenic activity: placental NCI had weak activity. The renal and pulmonary fractions contained alpha 1-alpha 6(IV)NCI, and the placental fraction had a large amount of alpha 1-alpha 2(IV)NCI and a very small amount of alpha 3-alpha 6(IV)NCI. Immunohistochemical study of bovine renal BM with the monoclonal antibodies revealed that bovine glomerular BM contained alpha 1-alpha 5(IV) chains, but not the alpha 6(IV) chain. The absence of alpha 6(IV) chain in glomerular BM in bovine and in humans indicates that alpha 6(IV) chain is not a target antigen of anti-GBM nephritis. Nephritogenicity is apparently a property of alpha 3-alpha 5(IV)NCI.
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- ISSN : 0945-6317
- PubMed ID : 8764938