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p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation and Cell Localization in Human Glomerulonephritis: Correlation with Renal Injury

Cosimo Stambe^*, David J. Nikolic-Paterson^*, Prudence A. Hill, John Dowling and Robert C. Atkins^*

*Department of Nephrology and Monash University Department of Medicine, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Anatomical Pathology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Anatomical Pathology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Correspondence to Dr. Cosimo Stambe, Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia, 3168. Phone: 61-3-9594-3568; Fax: 61-3-9594-3650; E-mail: cosimo.stambe{at}med.monash.edu.au

ABSTRACT. Activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction pathway plays an important role in the inflammatory response. It was postulated that p38 MAPK is important in the pathogenesis of human glomerulonephritis and contributes to the development of renal injury. p38 MAPK activation was examined by immunodetection for dual phosphorylated p38 (p-p38) in normal human kidney and 77 renal biopsy specimens encompassing a wide spectrum of glomerulonephritides. In normal kidney, p-p38 immunostaining was restricted to the nuclei of a small number of podocytes, parietal epithelial cells, and tubular cells. There was a dramatic increase in the number of p-p38–positive cells in glomeruli and tubules in nonproliferative and proliferative glomerulonephritis and a substantial increase in the number of interstitial p-p38–positive cells in proliferative glomerulonephritis. Double immunostaining identified p38 activation in intrinsic renal cells (podocytes and endothelial and tubular cells), infiltrating macrophage and neutrophils, and myofibroblasts. Renal failure correlated with the number of p-p38–positive glomerular, tubular, and interstitial cells. Proteinuria correlated with the number of p-p38–positive tubular and interstitial cells and the number of p-p38–positive podocytes in nonproliferative glomerulonephritis. Furthermore, glomerular p38 activation correlated with segmental proliferative and necrotic lesions, and interstitial p38 activation correlated with the degree of interstitial inflammation. In conclusion, activation of p38 MAPK in intrinsic renal cells and infiltrating leukocytes correlated with renal dysfunction and histopathology, suggesting an important pathogenic role for p38 MAPK activation in human glomerulonephritis.

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