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Publication : Colony stimulating factor-1 in the induction of lupus nephritis.

First Author  Bloom RD Year  1993
Journal  Kidney Int Volume  43
Issue  5 Pages  1000-9
PubMed ID  8510378 Mgi Jnum  J:15776
Mgi Id  MGI:63888 Doi  10.1038/ki.1993.141
Citation  Bloom RD, et al. (1993) Colony stimulating factor-1 in the induction of lupus nephritis. Kidney Int 43(5):1000-9
abstractText  In this study we examine the role of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) in the induction of lupus nephritis. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship of CSF-1 to the prominent influx of macrophages (M phi) in the glomeruli of MRL-lpr mice with autoimmune lupus nephritis. The kidneys of MRL-lpr mice were examined before (< 12 weeks of age) and after (> 12 weeks of age) renal injury for CSF-1 transcripts by in situ hybridization. CSF-1 mRNA was detected at four weeks of age within glomeruli and increased with disease severity. To examine whether glomerular M phi (glom M phi) required CSF-1 we isolated M phi from the kidneys of MRL-lpr mice. Two types of glom M phi (with morphological and growth characteristics which correlated with the presence or absence of proteinuria) were isolated. Under CSF-1-free culture conditions, where the viability of glom M phi from proteinuric mice was maintained, glom M phi from pre-proteinuric mice were unable to survive. Neutralization of CSF-1 in the media reduced viability of pre-proteinuric glom M phi (5 to 6 x), while viability of proteinuric glom M phi was diminished < 1.5 x. Additionally, CSF-1 supplementation induced a 10 x proliferation of pre-proteinuric glom M phi when compared to CSF-1-free medium. In contrast, proteinuric glom M phi did not proliferate in response to CSF-1. These studies suggest that CSF-1 induces macrophage proliferation and differentiation within glomeruli and, in turn, renal injury.
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