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A novel chronic ANCA associated vasculitis model suitable for targeting reveals matrisomal changes

ABSTRACT: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are severe inflammatory disorders that often lead to rapid and irreversible organ failure. Rapid progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is a particularly frequent renal manifestation and often leads to extensive glomerular scarring and interstitial fibrosis, resulting in chronic kidney disease and end stage renal failure. Current management options of AAV and its sequelae are limited and common therapies have serious side effects that impair quality of life. A better understanding of the deleterious scarring process of AAV may help to identify novel mechanisms and potential targets for therapy. However, robust murine models of scarring RPGN are still lacking. Here, we present a novel murine model of severe RPGN that recapitulates both acute injury and the subsequent glomerular and interstitial scarring that is based on combined administration of antibodies against the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), and bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Renal injury presented with severe hematuria, glomerular necrosis and crescent formation at 12 days, and consequent glomerular scarring 29 days after initial treatment. We observed increased expression of matrisomal components such as collagens, fibronectin, tenascin-C, in accordance with human AAV as deduced from analysis of gene expression microarray data and tissue staining. Moreover, we observed tissue infiltration by neutrophils, macrophages, T cells and myofibroblasts upon injury. Inhibition of CXCR4 using AMD3100 led to histological and molecular changes in injury with reduced chemokine expression and lower immune cells activation. Using mass-spectrometric proteome analysis, we provide a comprehensive overview of molecular and cellular changes in our AAV model. Altogether, we demonstrate a novel RPGN model that enables the study of matrisomal changes both in disease and upon intervention, as exemplified via CXCR4 inhibition, which could prove to be a viable pharmacological tool and provide matrix as novel targeting opportunity.

INSTRUMENT(S): Exactive Plus

ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (ncbitaxon:10090)

SUBMITTER: Oliver Schilling

PROVIDER: MSV000088028 | MassIVE | Fri Aug 27 08:04:00 BST 2021

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD028173

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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