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      Tenascin Is an Ubiquitous Extracellular Matrix Protein of Human Renal Interstitium in Normal and Pathologic Conditions

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          Tenascin, a large oligomeric glycoprotein, is a recent addition to a list of increasing extracellular matrix proteins. Previous studies have documented the strong expression of tenascin in embryonic kidney and in both normal and abnormal mature glomeruli implicating an important role of this extracellular matrix protein in nephrogenesis and glomerular scarring. Whether tenascin plays any role in interstitial fibrosis, a common final pathway of tubulointerstitial nephritis, is not known; on the other hand, a detailed knowledge of the structural components of interstitial fibrosis is essential for further studies on other fundamental aspects of this biologically and clinically important process. In this study, the expression of tenascin in the renal interstitium was immunohistochemically evaluated in 208 renal specimens including normal kidney (23 cases), acute tubular necrosis (8), acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (8), chronic primary tubulointerstitial nephritis (30), tubulointerstitial nephritis secondary to glomerular diseases of mild (46) and severe (55) degree, ischemic damage (24), and rejection (14). It was found that in normal kidney tenascin expression was limited to the medullary interstitium. In kidney with tubulointerstitial nephritis, tenascin was ubiquitously and constantly expressed in any areas with tubulointerstitial damage regardless of diagnosis, etiology, the cortical vs. medullary location of the lesions, stage of the fibrogenetic process, density of fibroblasts, or severity of interstitial inflammation in the affected areas. Indeed, strong tenascin expression was seen in areas where there was only interstitial edema or inflammation as judged by routine light microscopic preparations. In summary, this study systematically documents tenascin as a novel extracellular matrix protein selectively expressed in the medullary interstitium in normal kidney, and ubiquitously present in areas with interstitial fibrosis.

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          Journal
          NEF
          Nephron
          10.1159/issn.1660-8151
          Nephron
          S. Karger AG
          1660-8151
          2235-3186
          1996
          1996
          18 December 2008
          : 72
          : 4
          : 579-586
          Affiliations
          Departments of aPathology and bMedicine, Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, and cDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Tex., dDepartment of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., USA
          Article
          188943 Nephron 1996;72:579–586
          10.1159/000188943
          8730425
          4707df77-806d-41ac-a359-6011f96538e8
          © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 24 April 1995
          Page count
          Pages: 8
          Categories
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          Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
          Immunohistochemistry,Tubulointerstitial nephritis,Interstitial fibrosis

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