Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 8 pp 10920—10933
Pentraxin-3-mediated complement activation in a swine model of renal ischemia/reperfusion injury
- 1 Renal, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 2 Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 3 Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 4 Clinical Pathology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
- 5 Veterinary Surgery Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 6 Urology, Andrology and Renal Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 7 Department of Nephrology, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
- 8 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- 9 Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Advanced Research center on Kidney Aging (A.R.K.A.), Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Received: May 9, 2020 Accepted: March 26, 2021 Published: April 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.202992How to Cite
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Abstract
Pentraxins are a family of evolutionarily conserved pattern recognition molecules with pivotal roles in innate immunity and inflammation, such as opsonization of pathogens during bacterial and viral infections. In particular, the long Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has been shown to regulate several aspects of vascular and tissue inflammation during solid organ transplantation.
Our study investigated the role of PTX3 as possible modulator of Complement activation in a swine model of renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.
We demonstrated that I/R injury induced early PTX3 deposits at peritubular and glomerular capillary levels. Confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed PTX3 deposits co-localizing with CD31+ endothelial cells. In addition, PTX3 was associated with infiltrating macrophages (CD163), dendritic cells (SWC3a) and myofibroblasts (FSP1). In particular, we demonstrated a significant PTX3-mediated activation of classical (C1q-mediated) and lectin (MBL-mediated) pathways of Complement. Interestingly, PTX3 deposits co-localized with activation of the terminal Complement complex (C5b-9) on endothelial cells, indicating that PTX3-mediated Complement activation occurred mainly at the renal vascular level. In conclusion, these data indicate that PTX3 might be a potential therapeutic target to prevent Complement-induced I/R injury.
Abbreviations
I/R: ischemia/reperfusion; EC: endothelial cells; PTX3: pentraxin 3; FSP-1: fibroblast-specific protein 1; N-cadherin: neuronal cadherin; alpha-SMA: alpha-smooth muscle actin.