title: Proto-oncogene expression in human glomerular diseases.
abstract: The expression of the protein products and mRNA of c-fos, c-myc, p53, and c-raf was examined in normal renal tissues and biopsy specimens from 73 patients with various glomerular diseases. Immunofluorescent staining showed that there were cell nuclei stained for c-Fos, c-Myc, and p53, and cytoplasm positive for c-Raf, in the glomeruli of patients with proliferative types of glomerulonephritis, including IgA nephritis and lupus nephritis, and in patients with focal glomerular sclerosis. Glomerular expression of c-fos and c-myc mRNA was detected by in situ hybridization. The number of proto-oncogene-positive glomerular cells was significantly higher in lupus nephritis, IgA nephritis, and focal segmental sclerosis, as compared with minimal change nephrotic syndrome and normal specimens. In IgA nephritis, the population of glomerular cells positive for c-Fos and c-Myc and the grade of c-Raf immunoreactivity were significantly correlated with the proportion of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-positive glomerular cells, with histological grading of mesangial hypercellularity and matrix increase, and with the magnitude of proteinuria. These data indicate that proto-oncogene expression is associated with mesangial proliferation and matrix expansion in proliferative types of glomerulonephritis and in focal glomerular sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takekoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression; D016762:Genes, fos; D016259:Genes, myc; D016158:Genes, p53; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000235:genetics; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000235:genetics; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf