| Autor: |
Clayman, M D, Martinez-Hernandez, A, Michaud, L, Alper, R, Mann, R, Kefalides, N A, Neilson, E G |
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The Journal of Experimental Medicine; February 1985, Vol. 161 Issue: 2 p290-305, 16p |
| Abstrakt: |
Using monoclonal antibody affinity chromatography, we isolated a 48,000 mol wt, glucose-rich glycoprotein (3M-1) from collagenase-solubilized rabbit renal tubular basement membrane (SRTA). The purified 3M-1 protein is noncollagenous, and is capable of inducing anti-TBM (tubular basement membrane) antibodies and interstitial nephritis in susceptible hosts. Further, when SRTA, at a normally nephritogenic dose, was selectively depleted of 3M-1, it lost its ability to induce disease. As shown by immunofluorescent techniques, 3M-1 appears to be localized on rodent TBM to the exclusion of the glomerular basement membrane, but was lacking in the TBM of the LEW rat, a strain devoid of the relevant antigen of anti-TBM disease. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that 3M-1 was associated with the most lateral aspect of the TBM, which borders, and lies in the interstitium. These results indicate that 3M-1 is the nephritogenic antigen producing experimental anti-TBM disease. |
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