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Tacrolimus 투여 후 발생한 신병변의 초미세형태학적 변화와 Transforming Growth Factor-β1의 발현

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Author(s)
한승엽김현철정효순박관규
Keimyung Author(s)
Han, Seung YeupKim, Hyun ChulPark, Kwan Kyu
Department
Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학)
Dept. of Pathology (병리학)
Kidney Institute (신장연구소)
Journal Title
대한이식학회지
Issued Date
2002
Volume
16
Issue
1
Abstract
Purpose: Tacrolimus (FK506) is a new potent immunosuppressive agent which has been used as a primary immunosuppressive agent and rescue therapy for refractory rejection in kidney transplantation. In vitro, on a molecular basis, tacrolimus is 10 to 100 times more potent than cyclosporine. Complications associated with tacrolimus are similar to those seen in cyclosporine, including nephrotoxicity. An early marker of tacrolimus-induced nephropathy is tubular vacuolization, whereas long-term administration of tacrolimus is associated with striped interstitial fibrosis and arteriolar hyalinosis. However, morphological changes and pathogenesis of fibrosis in chronic tacrolimus-induced nephropathy remain poorly understood. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 has been implicated in the fibrosis of a number of chronic diseases of the kidney and other organs. This study was designed to clarify the ultrastructural changes of tacrolimus-induced nephropathy, and to evaluate the relationship between tacrolimus-induced nephropathy and expression of TGF-β1, Methods: Male ICR mice received tacrolimus daily at a dose of 2.5 mg/kg by intraperitoneal route for 12 weeks and sacrified 1, 4, 8, 10, and 12 weeks after the initiation of the study, respectively. The kidneys were removed, the cortex is carefully dissected from the medulla, and the tissues are processed for evaluation by light microscopy, electron microscopy, im-munohistochemistry and RT-PCR for RNA analysis. Results: Characteristic histological changes of tacrolimus-induced nephropathy were peritubular capillary and intraglomemlar capillary congestions, vacuolizations of the tubular epithelium, pericapillary focal fibrosis, arid tubular atrophy. Tacrolimus-treated kidneys had a progressive increase in the expression of TGF-β1, especially in the glomerular and interstitial capillary endothelial cells and atrophied tubular epithelial cells. TGF-β1 mRNA is expressed persistently in tacrolimus-treated mice for 12 weeks. Conclusion: It can be concluded that TGF-β1 may be involved in the fibrogenesis in the tacrolimus-induced nephropathy.
Alternative Title
Ultrastructural Changes and Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 in Tacrolimus-Induced Nephropathy
Keimyung Author(s)(Kor)
한승엽
김현철
박관규
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
한승엽 et al. (2002). Tacrolimus 투여 후 발생한 신병변의 초미세형태학적 변화와 Transforming Growth Factor-β1의 발현. 대한이식학회지, 16(1), 62–69.
Type
Article
ISSN
1598-1711
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/38400
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1. School of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학)
1. School of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pathology (병리학)
3. Research Institutues (연구소) > Kidney Institute (신장연구소)
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