GELATINASE SECRETION BY GLOMERULAR EPITHELIAL-CELLS
GELATINASE SECRETION BY GLOMERULAR EPITHELIAL-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1159/000186184
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发表时间:
1990-12-01
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
NAKAGAWA, H
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作者:
WATANABE, K;KINOSHITA, S;NAKAGAWA, H
A significant increase in gelatinolytic activity was observed in cultures of glomeruli from Heymann nephritic rats. Zymography of the culture medium indicated that the main gelatinase species has a molecular weight of 98 kilodaltons (kDa) and the characteristics of metalloproteinase. The 98-kDa gelatinase was detected in the culture medium of glomerular epithelial cells but not in those of endothelial and mesangial cells. Interleukin-1.beta., tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. and lipopolysaccharide dose-dependently increased gelatinase production by epithelial cells. These results suggest that the gelatinase secreted by cytokine-stimulated glomerular epithelial cells participates in the pathological process of Heymann nephritis.