title: Functional interpretation of the kidney juxtaglomerular apparatus using renin immunohistochemistry in Bartter's, pseudo-Bartter's and Conn's syndromes.
abstract: A comparative study of renin immunoreactivity in the juxtaglomerular apparatus of the human kidney was performed using the indirect immunoperoxidase method on a random microscopic sections. In renal biopsies taken from a case of Bartter's syndrome and a case of pseudo-Bartter's syndrome, the number of renin-positive juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) and the number of renin-positive cells in each JGA were significantly greater than in five renal specimens from control autopsy cases. In Conn's syndrome, none of the glomeruli contained renin-immunoreactive JGA. The number of renin-positive cells/mm2 in the renal cortex in cases of Bartter's and pseudo-Bartter's syndromes were 17.5 and 20.3, respectively, while in the control group, the range was 0.78-1.77 (mean 1.08). Together with other histochemical findings routinely examined in renal specimens, renin immunohistochemistry on random sections may be helpful in diagnostic renal pathology.
authors: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Lertprasertsuke
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kakudo
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Osamura
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Nomoto
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Sakai
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001477:Bartter Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D008875:Middle Aged; D012083:Renin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012083:Renin