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The origin of Ia antigen-expressing cells in the rat kidney. 1987

A C Gurner, and J Smith, and V Cattell

The lineage of Ia antigen expressing (Ia+) cells that have been detected in the parenchyma and interstitium of the rat kidney has not been defined. The authors have studied the origins of Ia+ cells in chimeric rats using monoclonal antibodies to define cells of bone marrow and parenchymal origin. PVGc RTI rats (recipients) received intravenously 2 X 10(6) bone marrow cells from F1 hybrid PVG RTIc/RTIu rats (donors) 1 day after 1000 rads whole body irradiation. Ia chimerism was monitored in blood and isolated glomeruli by immunofluorescence and in frozen sections by immunoperoxidase, using monoclonal antibodies MRC OX3 (anti-Ia RTIu), MRC OX4 (anti-RTIc and u), and MRC OXI (anti-rat leukocyte common antigen). In normal F1 hybrid kidneys, glomerular cell counts were as follows: OXI+, 7.19 +/- 0.23/gl; OX4+, 3.03 +/- 0.14; OX3+, 2.34 +/- 0.1 (76% detectable expression of RTIu). OXI+, OX4+, and OX3+ cells were codistributed in cells in the interstitium between renal tubules. Proximal tubules were weakly OX4+, OX3+. In chimeric rats 5 days after irradiation, blood leukocytes, and renal OX1+ and OX4+ cells were depleted; OX3+ cells were not detected; by 4 weeks blood leukocytes were restored to normal numbers, and 85% of Ia+ cells were OX3+. By 6 weeks OXI+ and OX4+ cells were restored in glomeruli and interstitium, with increasing expression of OX3+ cells; at 10 weeks 75% of glomerular Ia+ cells were OX3+ (equivalent to detectable level of OX3+ cells in normal F1 hybrids) and OX1+, OX4+, and OX3+ cells appeared in equivalent numbers in the interstitium. Groups of proximal tubules were OX4+ and OX3-. These results in established bone marrow chimeras show that in the normal rat kidney bone marrow derived leukocytes expressing Ia antigen are present in the glomerulus and interstitium. Ia antigen is also expressed on some proximal tubular cells. There is no evidence for endothelial Ia positivity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007668	Kidney	Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.	Kidneys
D007958	Leukocyte Count	The number of WHITE BLOOD CELLS per unit volume in venous BLOOD. A differential leukocyte count measures the relative numbers of the different types of white cells.	Blood Cell Count, White,Differential Leukocyte Count,Leukocyte Count, Differential,Leukocyte Number,White Blood Cell Count,Count, Differential Leukocyte,Count, Leukocyte,Counts, Differential Leukocyte,Counts, Leukocyte,Differential Leukocyte Counts,Leukocyte Counts,Leukocyte Counts, Differential,Leukocyte Numbers,Number, Leukocyte,Numbers, Leukocyte
D007962	Leukocytes	White blood cells. These include granular leukocytes (BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and NEUTROPHILS) as well as non-granular leukocytes (LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES).	Blood Cells, White,Blood Corpuscles, White,White Blood Cells,White Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, White,Blood Corpuscle, White,Corpuscle, White Blood,Corpuscles, White Blood,Leukocyte,White Blood Cell,White Blood Corpuscle
D008297	Male		Males
D001854	Bone Marrow Cells	Cells contained in the bone marrow including fat cells (see ADIPOCYTES); STROMAL CELLS; MEGAKARYOCYTES; and the immediate precursors of most blood cells.	Bone Marrow Cell,Cell, Bone Marrow,Cells, Bone Marrow,Marrow Cell, Bone,Marrow Cells, Bone
D002678	Chimera	An individual that contains cell populations derived from different zygotes.	Hybrids,Chimeras,Hybrid
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000939	Epitopes	Sites on an antigen that interact with specific antibodies.	Antigenic Determinant,Antigenic Determinants,Antigenic Specificity,Epitope,Determinant, Antigenic,Determinants, Antigenic,Specificity, Antigenic
D000949	Histocompatibility Antigens Class II	Large, transmembrane, non-covalently linked glycoproteins (alpha and beta). Both chains can be polymorphic although there is more structural variation in the beta chains. The class II antigens in humans are called HLA-D ANTIGENS and are coded by a gene on chromosome 6. In mice, two genes named IA and IE on chromosome 17 code for the H-2 antigens. The antigens are found on B-lymphocytes, macrophages, epidermal cells, and sperm and are thought to mediate the competence of and cellular cooperation in the immune response. The term IA antigens used to refer only to the proteins encoded by the IA genes in the mouse, but is now used as a generic term for any class II histocompatibility antigen.	Antigens, Immune Response,Class II Antigens,Class II Histocompatibility Antigen,Class II Major Histocompatibility Antigen,Ia Antigens,Ia-Like Antigen,Ia-Like Antigens,Immune Response Antigens,Immune-Associated Antigens,Immune-Response-Associated Antigens,MHC Class II Molecule,MHC II Peptide,Class II Antigen,Class II Histocompatibility Antigens,Class II MHC Proteins,Class II Major Histocompatibility Antigens,Class II Major Histocompatibility Molecules,I-A Antigen,I-A-Antigen,IA Antigen,MHC Class II Molecules,MHC II Peptides,MHC-II Molecules,Antigen, Class II,Antigen, I-A,Antigen, IA,Antigen, Ia-Like,Antigens, Class II,Antigens, Ia,Antigens, Ia-Like,Antigens, Immune-Associated,Antigens, Immune-Response-Associated,I A Antigen,II Peptide, MHC,Ia Like Antigen,Ia Like Antigens,Immune Associated Antigens,Immune Response Associated Antigens,MHC II Molecules,Molecules, MHC-II,Peptide, MHC II,Peptides, MHC II
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus