Effect of interleukin-10 treatment on crescentic glomerulonephritis in rats

Kidney International
S J ChadbanDavid J Nikolic-Paterson

Abstract

This study examined the utility of interleukin-10 (IL-10), a cytokine with potent anti-macrophage and anti-Th1 activity, in the treatment of experimental anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) nephritis in the rat. Accelerated anti-GBM disease was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by immunization with rabbit IgG, followed five days later by an i.v. injection of anti-GBM serum. Groups of four rats received daily s.c. injections of recombinant mouse IL-10 (500, 10 or 0.2 microgram/kg/day) or saline (control) from the time of anti-GBM serum administration until being killed on day 14. IL-10 treatment suppressed the skin DTH response as measured by skin thickness (44 to 62% decrease vs. control, p < 0.05). Compared to saline controls, IL-10 treatment had no beneficial effect on renal function, proteinuria or histological damage (including crescent formation) at any dose examined. A detailed analysis of high dose IL-10 (500 micrograms/kg/day) and saline treated animals was undertaken. Saline controls had marked glomerular macrophage accumulation and proliferation, which was augmented by IL-10 treatment (46 to 99% increases and 44 to 143% increases, respectively; p < 0.05). Immunohistochemical staining found no difference in the state ...Continue Reading

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