Apoptosis of human fetal glomerular endothelial cell induced by neutrophil proteinase 3 from ANCA positive children with SLE / 中华风湿病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate whether the neutrophil serine proteinase 3 (PR 3),a specific autoantigen of C ANCA,could induce human fetal glomerular endothelial cell apoptosis in vitro .Methods PR 3 was isolated from polymorphonuclear leukocytes obtained from C ANCA positive children with SLE.The cultured glomerular endothelial cells from human fetal kidneys were treated with PR 3 and apoptosis was assessed by different methods including the propidium iodide staining,DNA fragmentation analysis,and morphology observation.Results Percentage of apoptotic cells significantly increased ( P