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Selective planting of cationized, haptentized ovalbumin on the rat tubular basement membrane

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We developed an experimental protocol for planting exogenous antigens with different molecular weights and charges on the constituents of the renal tubulointerstitium. The cationized antigens were injected selectively into the left renal arteries of Wistar rats. Antigen localization was documented by immunohistochemistry on frozen sections. Cationized bovine serum albumin (BSA; 68 kDa, isoelectric point =9.5) localized almost exclusively along the glomerular capillary wall. After application of highly cationic polyethyleneimine, cationized BSA given subsequently was found in a linear distribution along the glomerular capillary wall and along the peritubular capillaries. The fate of highly cationized ovalbumin conjugated with trinitrophenol (TNP-OA), subjected to gel filtration to obtain monomers (42 kDa, isoelectric point >10) differed; it was deposited in a linear pattern on the tubular basement membrane (TBM) and Bowman's capsule, and remained up to 36 h after injection. Noncationized, monomeric TNP-OA (42 kDa, isolectnic point =4.6) showed fine granular deposition in the tubular epithelium exclusively. These findings indicate that the barrier of the glomerular BM acts selectively on antigens with different molecular weights. They either settle on the peritubular capillaries, after passing the glomerular, or reach the urinary space, after which they are reabsorbed by the tubular epithelial cells to reach the TBM.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, 105, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Joh & S. Aizawa

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Ohkawa

  3. Department of Immunology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan

    T. Morioka, T. Oite & F. Shimizu

  4. Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    S. Batsford & A. Vogt

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Joh, K., Aizawa, S., Ohkawa, K. et al. Selective planting of cationized, haptentized ovalbumin on the rat tubular basement membrane. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 424, 587–591 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195771

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