PMID: 2483255Jan 1, 1989Paper

The glomerular basement membrane defect in Alport-type hereditary nephritis: absence of cationic antigenic components.

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
L P Van den HeuvelC M Lockwood

Abstract

Alport-type hereditary nephritis is a familial disorder which results in progressive renal insufficiency and sensorineural hearing loss. It is thought to result from a biochemical defect affecting basement membranes. To study this further, non-collagenous components of type IV collagen were prepared from the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) by collagenase digestion from three male patients with hereditary nephritis. The normal Goodpasture antigenicity of the 28 and 26 kD monomers and 54 and 50 kD dimers which may be isolated from the GBM was absent on one-dimensional immunoblots. Two-dimensional electrophoresis and immunoblotting studies showed absence of Goodpasture antigenicity of these molecular weight components as well as all cationic monomeric and dimeric spots. It is concluded that the expression of the Goodpasture antigen is altered in basement membranes of hereditary nephritis patients. The altered antigenicity thus acts as a marker for the underlying abnormality.

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