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ArticleJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2026

Erythroid Atypical Chemokine Receptor 1 Deficiency Aggravates Immune-Mediated Kidney Disease.

Katharina Artinger, Igor Novitzky-Basso, Konstantin A Klötzer, Nathaly Anto-Michel, Corinna Schabhüttl, Julia Christine Gutjahr, Maryna Samus, Elin Hub, Alexander H Kirsch, Daniel Leitinger and 12 more

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Katharina ArtingerClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5677-3171
Igor Novitzky-BassoHans Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3748-3117
Konstantin A KlötzerClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0009-0005-5022-2706
Nathaly Anto-MichelClinical Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Corinna SchabhüttlClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1361-4015
Julia Christine GutjahrFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9193-8402
Maryna SamusFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5397-2183
Elin HubFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Alexander H KirschClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6711-7834
Daniel LeitingerClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0009-0000-2258-3620
Stefan WernitznigDivision of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8547-5456
Theophilus UmeizudikeNephrology Unit, Medicine Department, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-0514-0972
Marion PollheimerInstitute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Maria H UlvmarDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9050-0978
Agnes A MooslechnerClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3266-3293
Andrea BaconInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom.
Philipp EllerIntensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5537-3646
Thomas KroneisDivision of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4761-9340
Dagmar KratkyGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1357-7573
Alexander R RosenkranzClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4838-2944
Kathrin EllerClinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6214-5008
Antal RotFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9730-6166

Funding

Austrian Science Fund J4606Medizinische Universität Graz Vasc-Health FlagshipWelcome Trust Investigator Award 200817/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsSelective erythroid atypical chemokine receptor 1 deficiency exacerbated disease activity in experimental GN via changes of the myeloid lineage. Activated monocytes and profibrogenic phenotypes of macrophages underlaid the kidney phenotype observed in erythroid-silent individuals. Genetically modified mouse models showed pathomechanisms of kidney diseases in patients of West African ancestry with erythroid atypical chemokine receptor 1 deficiency.

backgroundSingle-nucleotide polymorphisms of the atypical chemokine receptor 1 ( ACKR1 ) gene encode human Duffy antigen blood groups. Most individuals of West African ancestry carry a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the ACKR1 gene that disrupts its transcription in erythroid cells but not in venular endothelial cells, leading to an erythroid-silent, FyBES Duffy phenotype.

methodsWe used two mouse models of erythroid-selective ACKR1 deficiency to delineate the fundamental role of this receptor in the erythroid compartment in regulating the development of experimental immune-mediated kidney disease.

resultsHumanized transgenic Duffy erythroid-silent Duffy-negative transgene mice and chimeric wild-type mice transplanted with ACKR1-deficient bone marrow, both selectively lacking erythroid ACKR1, showed increased disease activity and fibrosis after induction of nephrotoxic serum nephritis, as compared with their respective controls. Mice lacking erythroid ACKR1 exhibited altered serum chemokine levels and bone marrow monocytes displaying activated and promigratory phenotypes. Moreover, they showed an increase in kidney-infiltrating macrophages that were characterized by a profibrotic transcriptome signature. No changes in ACKR1 expression in kidney vascular endothelial cells were seen in erythroid ACKR1-deficient mice with or without nephrotoxic serum nephritis.

conclusionsOur data demonstrates that erythroid-specific ACKR1 deficiency led to an increased infiltration of the kidney by macrophages with an altered profibrotic phenotype in nephrotoxic serum nephritis, resulting in aggravated kidney disease.

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GlomerulonephritisReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, ChemokineAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDuffy Blood-Group SystemFibrosisHumansKidneyMacrophagesMiceMice, TransgenicPolymorphism, Single NucleotideACKR1 protein, humanAckr1 protein mouseDuffy Blood-Group SystemReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, ChemokineGNimmune complexes

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PMCPMC13065172

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