ST6Gal1 is up-regulated and associated with aberrant IgA1 glycosylation in IgA nephropathy: An integrated analysis of the transcriptome.

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Youxia LiuTiekun Yan

Abstract

Galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) plays a crucial role in the development of Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), however, the underlying pathogenic mechanisms driving Gd-IgA1 production in B cells are not well understood. In this study, RNA-seq analysis identified 337 down-regulated and 405 up-regulated genes in B cells from 17 patients with IgAN and 6 healthy controls. Among them, ST6Gal1, which was associated with IgAN in a previous genome-wide association study (GWAS), was up-regulated in IgAN and significantly positive correlated with elevated Gd-IgA1. In addition, we identified increased plasma ST6Gal1 levels in 100 patients with IgAN, which were associated with higher levels of proteinuria, plasma IgA, Gd-IgA1 levels, greater degrees of systemic complement activation including C3a, Bb, C4d, MAC and a lower proportion classified as C2 grade (crescent proportion ≥25%). Interesting, in vitro, recombinant ST6Gal1 (rST6Gal1) exposure reduced the production of Gd-IgA1 in cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells from IgAN patients. rST6Gal1 stimuli also increased expression of C1GALT1, which were well-known proportional to the decrease in galactose deficiency of IgA1. In conclusions, we identified increased plasma ST6Gal1 l...Continue Reading

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Jun 16, 2021·Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN·Viktoria DotzMario Falchi

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BETA
PRJNA563895

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biopsy
PCR
ELISA
density gradient centrifugation
glycosylation

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