Tacrolimus improves the proteinuria remission in patients with refractory IgA nephropathy.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus has been reported to be effective in refractory nephrotic syndrome, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and membranous nephropathy. Some IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients with massive proteinuria showed resistance to steroids and/or cytotoxic immunosuppressants based on the supportive therapy with renin- angiotensin system blockade. The efficacy and safety of tacrolimus in such refractory IgAN patients are extremely ambiguous, and the mechanism of tacrolimus improving proteinuria remission needs to be investigated. METHODS:14 refractory IgAN patients were enrolled. The patients received tacrolimus (0.05-0.1 mg/kg/day) and prednisone (0.5 mg/kg/day) for at least 6 months. Synaptopodin and calcineurin expression were detected in renal tissues of patients who received re-biopsy. A puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-induced human podocyte injury model was applied to investigate the possible role of tacrolimus in proteinuria remission. RESULTS:Of the 14 patients enrolled, 3 were withdrawn because serum creatinine increased over 30% baseline. In 11 patients treated with tacrolimus over 6 months, 9 showed complete or partial remission and 7 achieved remission within 1 month. In renal tissues, the expression of calcineurin increased while synaptopodin decreased and recovered partially after tacrolimus therapy. In an in vitro study, F-actin disrupted in human podocytes after stimulation of PAN, while calcineurin increased and synaptopodin decreased. After co-treatment with tacrolimus the reorganization of F-actin and the expression of calcineurin and synaptopodin recovered. CONCLUSIONS:Tacrolimus showed a rapid proteinuria remission in refractory IgAN patients. The possible mechanism of tacrolimus to proteinuria remission might be podocyte cytoskeleton stabilization through inhibition of calcineurin expression.

journal_name

Am J Nephrol

authors

Zhang Q,Shi SF,Zhu L,Lv JC,Liu LJ,Chen YQ,Zhang H,Wang HY

doi

10.1159/000337175

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-01-01 00:00:00

pages

312-20

issue

4

eissn

0250-8095

issn

1421-9670

pii

000337175

journal_volume

35

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