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  • Title: Pathogenic role of NF-kappaB activation in tubulointerstitial inflammatory lesions in human lupus nephritis.
    Author: Zheng L, Sinniah R, Hsu SI.
    Journal: J Histochem Cytochem; 2008 May; 56(5):517-29. PubMed ID: 18285351.
    Abstract:
    In vitro and in vivo experimental studies suggest that the transcription factor NF-kappaB plays a role in tubulointerstitial injury. We investigated possible cellular and molecular mechanisms involving NF-kappaB activation in the progression of tubulointerstitial lesions in human lupus nephritis (LN). Paraffin-embedded renal biopsies from 50 patients with LN and six control patients with minimal change disease (MCD) were examined by Southwestern histochemistry for in situ detection of active NF-kappaB and AP-1. Immunohistochemistry was performed to examine the expression of NF-kappaB, AP-1, and NF-kappaB regulatory proteins (IkappaB-alpha, p-IkappaB-alpha, and IKK-alpha proteins), as well as NF-kappaB and AP-1 downstream target proinflammatory molecules (ICAM-1, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, and GM-CSF) and NF-kappaB upstream signaling molecules (CD40 and CD40L). We observed extensive upregulation of activated NF-kappaB in renal tubular cells and interstitial cells, in parallel with overactivation of transcription factor AP-1 in LN, as compared with normal controls and MCD. Tubular expression of activated NF-kappaB correlated well with the degree of tubulointerstitial histopathological indices and/or renal function. Tubulointerstitial IKK-alpha expression was specifically upregulated in LN. IkappaB-alpha and p-IkappaB-alpha were detected only in interstitial cells in LN. Tubulointerstitial expression levels of NF-kappaB and AP-1 downstream inflammatory molecules and NF-kappaB upstream signaling molecules CD40 and CD40L were markedly enhanced in LN as compared with MCD or normal controls and were associated with tubulointerstitial histopathological indices and/or renal function. The results suggest that altered IKK-alpha expression and NF-kappaB activation along with AP-1 overexpression may play a pathogenic role in tubulointerstitial injury in human LN mediated through a network of downstream proinflammatory molecules.
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