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- Title
Inhibition of complement factor C5 protects against anti-myeloperoxidase antibody-mediated glomerulonephritis in mice.
- Authors
Huugen, D; van Esch, A; Xiao, H; Peutz-Kootstra, C J; Buurman, W A; Tervaert, J W Cohen; Jennette, J C; Heeringa, P
- Abstract
In mice, administration of murine anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) IgG induces pauci-immune necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis. Recent studies in this model indicate a crucial role for complement activation in disease induction. Here, we investigated the effect of pretreatment or intervention with a C5-inhibiting monoclonal antibody (BB5.1) in the mouse model of anti-MPO IgG-induced glomerulonephritis. Mice received BB5.1 8 h before or 1 day after disease induction with anti-MPO IgG and lipopolysaccharide. Mice were killed after 1 or 7 days. Control antibody-pretreated mice developed hematuria, leukocyturia and albuminuria, and glomerulonephritis with a mean of 21.0+/-8.8% glomerular crescents and 12.8+/-5.5% glomerular capillary necrosis. BB5.1 pretreatment prevented disease development, as evidenced by the absence of urinary abnormalities, a marked reduction in glomerular neutrophil influx at day 1 and normal renal morphology at day 7. Importantly, BB5.1 administration 1 day after disease induction also resulted in a marked attenuation of urinary abnormalities and a more than 80% reduction in glomerular crescent formation. In conclusion, inhibition of C5 activation attenuates disease development in a mouse model of anti-MPO IgG-induced glomerulonephritis. These results favor further investigations into the role of complement activation in human MPO-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-mediated glomerulonephritis, and indicate that inhibition of C5 activation is a potential therapeutic approach in this disease.
- Publication
Kidney international, 2007, Vol 71, Issue 7, p646
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ki.5002103