TY - JOUR
T1 - The clinicopathologic characteristics and outcome of atypical anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis
AU - Nasr, Samih H.
AU - Collins, A. Bernard
AU - Alexander, Mariam Priya
AU - Schraith, Daniel F.
AU - Herrera Hernandez, Loren
AU - Fidler, Mary E.
AU - Sethi, Sanjeev
AU - Leung, Nelson
AU - Fervenza, Fernando C.
AU - Cornell, Lynn D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 International Society of Nephrology.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Classic anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease presents with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (GN) with or without pulmonary hemorrhage. On biopsy typical disease displays bright polytypic linear GBM staining for IgG by immunofluorescence and diffuse crescentic/necrotizing GN on light microscopy. Here, we studied 20 patients with atypical anti-GBM nephritis typified by bright linear GBM staining for immunoglobulins but without a diffuse crescentic phenotype. Patients had hematuria, proteinuria, and mild renal insufficiency, without pulmonary hemorrhage. Light microscopy showed endocapillary proliferative GN in 9 patients, mesangial proliferative GN in 6, membranoproliferative GN in 3, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with mesangial hypercellularity in 2. Eight of the 20 showed features of microangiopathy. Crescents/necrosis were absent in 12 and were focal in 8 patients. Bright linear GBM staining for IgG was seen in 17 patients, IgM in 2, and IgA in 1 patient, which was polytypic in 10 patients and monotypic in 10 patients. No circulating α3NC1 antibodies were detected by commercial ELISA. The 1-year patient and renal survival rates were 93% and 85%, respectively. Thus, atypical anti-GBM nephritis is a rare variant of anti-GBM disease characterized clinically by an indolent course, no pulmonary involvement, and undetectable circulating α3NC1 antibodies. Further studies are needed to characterize the molecular architecture of GBM autoantigens in these patients and establish optimal therapy.
AB - Classic anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease presents with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (GN) with or without pulmonary hemorrhage. On biopsy typical disease displays bright polytypic linear GBM staining for IgG by immunofluorescence and diffuse crescentic/necrotizing GN on light microscopy. Here, we studied 20 patients with atypical anti-GBM nephritis typified by bright linear GBM staining for immunoglobulins but without a diffuse crescentic phenotype. Patients had hematuria, proteinuria, and mild renal insufficiency, without pulmonary hemorrhage. Light microscopy showed endocapillary proliferative GN in 9 patients, mesangial proliferative GN in 6, membranoproliferative GN in 3, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with mesangial hypercellularity in 2. Eight of the 20 showed features of microangiopathy. Crescents/necrosis were absent in 12 and were focal in 8 patients. Bright linear GBM staining for IgG was seen in 17 patients, IgM in 2, and IgA in 1 patient, which was polytypic in 10 patients and monotypic in 10 patients. No circulating α3NC1 antibodies were detected by commercial ELISA. The 1-year patient and renal survival rates were 93% and 85%, respectively. Thus, atypical anti-GBM nephritis is a rare variant of anti-GBM disease characterized clinically by an indolent course, no pulmonary involvement, and undetectable circulating α3NC1 antibodies. Further studies are needed to characterize the molecular architecture of GBM autoantigens in these patients and establish optimal therapy.
KW - anti-GBM disease
KW - glomerulonephritis
KW - kidney biopsy
KW - nephrotic syndrome
KW - renal pathology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 26994577
AN - SCOPUS:84964621641
SN - 0085-2538
VL - 89
SP - 897
EP - 908
JO - Kidney international
JF - Kidney international
IS - 4
ER -