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J Am Soc Nephrol 14:317-326, 2003
© 2003 American Society of Nephrology

Bacterial CpG-DNA Aggravates Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis: Role of TLR9-Mediated Expression of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors

Hans-Joachim Anders*, Bernhard Banas*, Yvonne Linde*, Lars Weller*, Clemens D. Cohen*, Matthias Kretzler*, Stefan Martin{dagger}, Volker Vielhauer*, Detlef Schlöndorff* and Hermann-Josef Gröne{dagger}

*Nephrological Center, Medical Policlinic, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; {dagger}Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

Correspondence to Dr. Detlef Schlöndorff, Medizinische Poliklinik der LMU, Pettenkoferstr. 8a, 80336 München, Germany. Phone: 49-89-51603500; Fax: 49-89-51604439;

ABSTRACT. Immune complex glomerulonephritis (GN) often deteriorates during infection with viruses and bacteria that, in contrast to mammals, have DNA that contains many unmethylated CpG motifs. Balb/c mice with horse apoferritin-induced GN (HAF-GN) were treated with either saline, CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN), or control GpC-ODN. Only CpG-ODN exacerbated HAF-GN with an increase of glomerular macrophages, which was associated with massive albuminuria and increased renal MCP-1/CCL2, RANTES/CCL5, CCR1, CCR2, and CCR5 mRNA expression. CpG-ODN induced a Th1 response as indicated by serum anti-HAF IgG2a titers, mesangial IgG2a deposits, and splenocyte IFN-{gamma} secretion. Messenger RNA for the CpG-DNA receptor Toll-like reeptor 9 (TLR9) was present in kidneys with HAF-GN but not in normal kidneys. The source of TLR9 mRNA in HAF-GN could be infiltrating macrophages or intrinsic renal cells, e.g., mesangial cells; but, in vitro, only murine J774 macrophages expressed TLR9. In J774 cells, CpG-ODN induced the chemokines MCP-1/CCL2 and RANTES/CCL5 and the chemokine receptors CCR1 and CCR5. It is concluded that CpG-DNA can aggravate preexisting GN via a shift toward a Th1 response but also by a novel pathway involving TLR9-mediated chemokine and chemokine receptor expression by macrophages, which may contribute to the enhanced glomerular macrophage recruitment and activation. This mechanism may be relevant during infection-triggered exacerbation of human immune-complex GN and other immune-mediated diseases in general. E-mail: Detlef.Schloendorff@pk-i.med.uni-muenchen.de




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