HLA-DR display by renal tubular epithelium and phenotype of infiltrate in interstitial nephritis

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
H F ChengG Neild

Abstract

Renal tubular display of HLA-DR was estimated semi-quantitatively in 28 biopsies from 27 patients with various forms of tubulointerstitial nephritis (10 following use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) using a monoclonal anti-MHC class II non-polymorphic antibody (DK-22). Normal donor kidneys and biopsies from patients with minimal-change nephrotic syndrome were examined as controls. The phenotype of infiltrating cells was also studied quantitatively, using monoclonal antibodies on frozen biopsy tissue; the number of cells infiltrating the interstitium was counted per tubular cross-section. Display of HLA-DR was seen in up to 5% of control tubular cells, but up to 100% expressed HLA-DR in tubulointerstitial nephritis biopsies. There was a correlation between the expression of HLA-DR and the severity of both tubular atrophy and tubulointerstitial fibrosis judged semi-quantitatively by optical microscopy. In controls up to 50 leucocytes per tubular cross-section were evident, but in patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis up to 1500 were observed, approximately 50% being T-lymphocytes, the majority expressing the helper phenotype except in early, active drug-induced tubulointerstitial nephritis; the remainder were mostl...Continue Reading

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