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Background/aims: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) such as cyclosporine A (CsA) and tacrolimus are immunosuppressants that are frequently used as "key drugs" in the fields of transplantation, steroid resistance, refractory nephrotic syndrome, and autoimmune disease. However, long-term CNI use causes nephrotoxicity, the features of which are arteriolar hyalinosis, tubular atrophy, striped interstitial fibrosis, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). We investigated whether FSGS in CNI-induced nephrotoxicity is associated with CD44-positive glomerular parietal epithelial cells (PECs), which play a significant role in experimental and human FSGS pathogenesis.
Methods: We utilized the mouse model of CsA-induced nephrotoxicity, as well as controls. Histopathological and functional data were sequentially collected from 1 to 25 weeks after CsA injection. Glomerular expression of CD44 was immunohistochemically evaluated, as were markers for glomerular podocytes and PECs.
Results: Glomerular CD44 expression occurred from 2 weeks after CsA injection and gradually increased in the CsA group. CD44-positive glomerular cells showed coexpression of claudin-1 (PEC marker) but not of synaptopodin (podocyte marker). From 20 weeks after CsA injection, the cells formed a bridge between Bowman's capsule and the capillary tuft. These features are compatible with those of activated PECs, in which increased foot process effacement leads to bridge formation, and subsequently to an increase in glomerulosclerosis and a decrease in the expression of podocyte markers from 20 weeks.
Conclusion: CD44-positive (activated) PECs reflect extremely early podocyte injury in the progression of FSGS formation and may be a good marker for early detection of CNI-induced nephrotoxicity.
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