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Ultrastructural study of human glomerular capillary loops with IgA nephropathy using quick-freezing and deep-etching method. 2008

E Sawanobori, and N Terada, and Y Fujii, and K Higashida, and S Nakazawa, and S Ohno
Department of Pediatrics, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi, Japan.

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy shows great variability regarding the histological features of the lesions of human renal glomeruli. In the present study, the quick-freezing and deep-etching (QF-DE) method was used to analyze the glomerular ultrastructure of biopsied kidney tissues from children with IgA nephropathy. Biopsied renal tissues were routinely prepared for light microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy, conventional electron microscopy, and replica electron microscopy. The three-dimensional ultrastructure of glomeruli of the kidney was clearly observed by using the QF-DE method. Three layers of glomerular basement membranes, i.e., middle, inner and outer layers, were clearly detected in the replica electron micrographs. The middle layer was 343.0+/-24.2 nm (n=20) in width and formed polygonal meshwork structures. We also observed slit diaphragms, electron-dense mesangial deposits, and increased amounts of mesangial matrix and foot process effacement. Many delicate filaments were found to be distributed from the apical to the bottom portions between neighboring foot processes. The ultrastructural difference between the replica electron micrographs and conventional electron micrographs was found to be especially marked in the appearance of foot processes and connecting filaments between the neighboring foot processes. The examination of extracellular matrix changes, as revealed at high resolution by the QF-DE method, gave us some morphofunctional information relevant to the mechanism of proteinuria with IgA nephropathy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007678 Kidney Glomerulus A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue. Glomerulus, Kidney
D008297 Male Males
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D002196 Capillaries The minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules. Capillary Beds,Sinusoidal Beds,Sinusoids,Bed, Sinusoidal,Beds, Sinusoidal,Capillary,Capillary Bed,Sinusoid,Sinusoidal Bed
D002450 Cell Communication Any of several ways in which living cells of an organism communicate with one another, whether by direct contact between cells or by means of chemical signals carried by neurotransmitter substances, hormones, and cyclic AMP. Cell Interaction,Cell-to-Cell Interaction,Cell Communications,Cell Interactions,Cell to Cell Interaction,Cell-to-Cell Interactions,Communication, Cell,Communications, Cell,Interaction, Cell,Interaction, Cell-to-Cell,Interactions, Cell,Interactions, Cell-to-Cell
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003599 Cytoskeleton The network of filaments, tubules, and interconnecting filamentous bridges which give shape, structure, and organization to the cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic Filaments,Cytoskeletal Filaments,Microtrabecular Lattice,Cytoplasmic Filament,Cytoskeletal Filament,Cytoskeletons,Filament, Cytoplasmic,Filament, Cytoskeletal,Filaments, Cytoplasmic,Filaments, Cytoskeletal,Lattice, Microtrabecular,Lattices, Microtrabecular,Microtrabecular Lattices
D004730 Endothelium, Vascular Single pavement layer of cells which line the luminal surface of the entire vascular system and regulate the transport of macromolecules and blood components. Capillary Endothelium,Vascular Endothelium,Capillary Endotheliums,Endothelium, Capillary,Endotheliums, Capillary,Endotheliums, Vascular,Vascular Endotheliums
D005260 Female Females
D005613 Freeze Etching A replica technique in which cells are frozen to a very low temperature and cracked with a knife blade to expose the interior surfaces of the cells or cell membranes. The cracked cell surfaces are then freeze-dried to expose their constituents. The surfaces are now ready for shadowing to be viewed using an electron microscope. This method differs from freeze-fracturing in that no cryoprotectant is used and, thus, allows for the sublimation of water during the freeze-drying process to etch the surfaces. Etching, Freeze

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