Glomerulonephritis induced by heterologous anti‐GBM globulin as a planted foreign antigen

D Odobasic, JR Ghali, KM O'Sullivan… - Current Protocols in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
D Odobasic, JR Ghali, KM O'Sullivan, SR Holdsworth, AR Kitching
Current Protocols in Immunology, 2014Wiley Online Library
The glomerulonephritides are diseases characterized by immune‐mediated glomerular
inflammation. Most severe and rapidly progressive forms of glomerulonephritis feature the
participation of injurious leukocytes that localize to glomeruli. This unit describes classical
models of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in mice, induced by injecting heterologous
globulin (raised in sheep) that binds to the glomerular basement membrane. These models
have been particularly useful in defining the participation of effector leukocytes in severe …
Abstract
The glomerulonephritides are diseases characterized by immune‐mediated glomerular inflammation. Most severe and rapidly progressive forms of glomerulonephritis feature the participation of injurious leukocytes that localize to glomeruli. This unit describes classical models of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in mice, induced by injecting heterologous globulin (raised in sheep) that binds to the glomerular basement membrane. These models have been particularly useful in defining the participation of effector leukocytes in severe glomerular disease. In these models, injury typically occurs in two phases. In the initial, heterologous phase, injury is mediated by the globulin bound within the glomerulus acting as an antibody. The later, autologous phase of injury is mediated by the host's adaptive immunity to the heterologous globulin now functioning as a planted foreign antigen within glomeruli. As autologous phase injury is driven by immunity to sheep globulin, assessment of antigen‐specific systemic immunity to sheep globulin is critical when using this model. Curr. Protoc. Immunol. 106:15.26.1‐15.26.20. © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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