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Interstitial alterations in renal cortex in acute tubular necrosis (ATN) post-renal transplantation and in patients with ATN not related to renal transplant.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of renal function with long-term implications can persist after acute tubular necrosis (ATN), probably because of permanent loss of nephrons. Residual areas of fibrosis are also observed in the renal cortex post-ATN. In this study, we investigate the interstitial alterations post-ATN using histological and immunohistochemical methods. METHODS:We studied 11 patients with ATN of different etiologies and 19 patients with ATN post-renal transplantation. Eleven patients with ATN post-renal transplantation and one with ATN not related to renal transplantation were submitted to more than one biopsy because of delayed renal function recovery. The immunohistochemical studies were performed using alpha-smooth muscle-actin (alpha-SM-actin), endothelin, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), Jun-N-terminal kinase (p-JNK) and fibronectin antibodies. We also analyzed the urinary content of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) during the acute phase of ATN. RESULTS:The immunohistochemical studies showed increased alpha-SM-actin, fibronectin, endothelin, p-JNK and NF-kappaB staining in the tubulointerstitium area from the renal cortex of all patients when compared with controls (p < 0.001), and these increase persisted in the patients submitted to sequential biopsies. One of the patients with ATN without renal transplant and six patients with ATN post-renal transplant developed chronic renal failure. There was a significant increase of TGF-beta excretion in the urine of patients with acute renal failure (p < 0.01) compared with control. CONCLUSIONS:Our data show that the enhancement of renal TGF-beta production and the persistent increase of myofibroblasts, fibronectin, endothelin, p-JNK and NF-kappaB in renal cortex tubulointerstitium post-ATN may explain the impaired recovery of renal function observed in patients post-ATN frequently observed in patients with ATN post-renal transplant.

journal_name

Clin Transplant

journal_title

Clinical transplantation

authors

Moyses Neto M,Costa RS,Volpini RA,Garcia TM,Rodrigues FF,Coimbra TM

doi

10.1046/j.1399-0012.2003.00140.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-04-01 00:00:00

pages

156-65

issue

eissn

0902-0063

issn

1399-0012

pii

CTR140

journal_volume

pub_type

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Interstitial alterations in renal cortex in acute tubular necrosis (ATN) post-renal transplantation and in patients with ATN not related to renal transplant.