Prominent hyperplasia of renin-producing juxtaglomerular apparatus after chronic and complete blockade of the renin-angiotensin system in adult IgA nephropathy

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Michiaki AbeSadayoshi Ito

Abstract

Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) hyperplasia rarely happened in renal biopsy and has been controversial clinically, because synthesis and secretion of renin were susceptible to the effect of clinical condition and medication. Here we present the case of a 39-year-old who got JGA hyperplasia of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) after long-term inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), and a direct renin inhibitor (DRI) in combination with a diuretic. He was diagnosed with IgAN in his first renal biopsy, and was treated with supra-maximal dosages of ARB, DRI and a diuretic. In the second biopsy, because of the massive proteinuria and occurrence of steroid-induced diabetes, it was revealed that the area and the number of JGA cells were strikingly increased in observed glomeruli. Immunohistopathologically, the both specimens were stained by human renin antibody. The hyperplastic JG cells contained a large amount of renin granules. Putative renin granules were observed in some interstitial cells adjacent to an afferent arteriole by electron microscopy. The increasing response of renin granules co-localized in prominent JGA hyperplasia should be worried while physicians treat hypertensive patien...Continue Reading

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