In vivo treatment of Heymann's Nephritis using a cytotoxic protein‐toxin conjugate
- 9 October 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 373 (2), 151-154
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)01026-b
Abstract
In this study we investigated the possibility of treating Heymann's Nephritis (HN) by destroying antibody producing cells by targetting a toxin, gelonin - conjugated to gp330, the renal brush border antigen. HN was induced in rats by immunizing them with purified gp330. The gelonin-gp330 conjugate was administered 12 days after the antigenic challenge. Serum was screened for circulating antibodies. Proteinurea was estimated. The gp330-gelonin conjugate-treated animals had a circulating antibody titre in the serum much lower than that of diseased (untreated) animals. Proteinurea seen in diseased animals was not observed in treated animals. This work suggests the possibility of using a toxin-antigen conjugate for immunomodulating antibody mediated autoimmune renal diseaseKeywords
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