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- Title
Renal Alterations in Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)-Infected Cats: A Natural Model of Lentivirus-Induced Renal Disease Changes.
- Authors
Poli, Alessandro; Tozon, Natasa; Guidi, Grazia; Pistello, Mauro
- Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with several renal syndromes including acute and chronic renal failures, but the underlying pathogenic mechanisms are unclear. HIV and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) share numerous biological and pathological features, including renal alterations. We investigated and compared the morphological changes of renal tissue of 51 experimentally and 21 naturally infected cats. Compared to the latter, the experimentally infected cats exhibited some mesangial widening and glomerulonephritis, milder proteinuria, and lower tubular and interstitial alterations. The numbers of giant protein tubular casts and tubular microcysts were also lower. In contrast, diffuse interstitial infiltrates and glomerular and interstitial amyloidosis were detected only in naturally infected cats. Similar alterations are found in HIV infected patients, thus supporting the idea of a causative role of FIV infection in renal disease, and underlining the relevance of the FIV and its natural host as an animal model for investigating lentivirus-associated nephropathy.
- Subjects
HIV; FELINE immunodeficiency virus; KIDNEY disease diagnosis; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE disorders; KIDNEY glomerulus diseases
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2012, Vol 4, Issue 9, p1372
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v4091372