Scanning electron microscopy of podocytes of the renal glomerulus of rats with nephrotoxic serum nephritis.
Nephrotoxic serum nephritis was produced in rats by intraperitoneal injections of rabbit nephrotoxic serum. Heterologous and autologous phases of nephritis were demonstrated by immunofluorescence and ultrastructural studies. Scanning electron microscopy showed changes in the surface of the podocytes, swelling of the arm-like cytoplasmic processes, and disappearance of the pedicles. The podocyte alterations are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009393:Nephritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D012713:Serum Sickness / Q000473:pathology*