The pathogenetic role of glycoproteins and proteoglycans in dog glomerulonephritis

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-8025.2022.266237

Keywords:

dogs, pathogenesis, glomerulonephritis, glycosaminoglycans, glycoproteins, oxyproline, uronic acids

Abstract

The aim: to determine the main pathogenetic links of glomerulonephritis in dogs with the participation of connective tissue biopolymers.

Materials and methods The research was conducted by analyzing the sources of scientific literature (PubMed, Elsevier, electronic resources of the V. I. Vernadskyi National Library) and the clinical experience of the authors, thanks to which a scheme of the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis in dogs with the participation of connective tissue biopolymers was developed.

Results. According to the results of our research, it was established, that chronic glomerulonephritis in dogs is accompanied by neutrophilia, lymphocytosis, as well as urinary and nephrotic syndromes, the progression of which causes a violation of the functional state of the kidneys and liver. Sick dogs develop a nephrotic symptom complex – persistent proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, dysproteinemia, and hyperlipidemia. Clinically, edema was not observed, because it is known, that in dogs they are rarely detected with nephrotic syndrome. Inflammation in the kidneys is accompanied by an increase in the concentration of glycoproteins and sialic acids in the blood serum. After treatment, there was a decrease in the inflammatory process in the kidneys, which was manifested by a decrease in neutrophilia and lymphocytosis, as well as the content of glycoproteins and sialic acids in the blood serum. The content of total chondroitin sulfates and the fractional composition of glycosaminoglycans did not change, and the level of excretion of oxyproline and uronic acids decreased compared to the indicators before the start of treatment. This, in our opinion, is due to the slowing down of fibrotic processes in the kidneys. Thus, biochemical indicators of the state of connective tissue in the blood serum and urine of dogs with glomerulonephritis allowed us to evaluate the functional state of the kidneys for their inflammation (oxyproline and uronic acids), as well as to determine the violation of proteoglycan synthesis in nephrotic syndrome.

Conclusions. For glomerulonephritis in dogs on the background of depression, decreased appetite, polydipsia, pain during palpation in the lumbar region, periodic vomiting, neutrophilic leukocytosis, lymphocytosis, nephrotic syndrome (hypoalbuminemia, increase in α2- and β-globulins, cholesterol, β-lipoproteins), growth activity of ALT, AST, and alkaline phosphatase, a decrease in Veltman's test, hyperazotemia, hyperphosphatemia, proteinuria, microhematuria, and cylindruria, there is an increase in the content of glycoproteins, sialic acids, and chondroitin sulfates, as well as heparan sulfate in the blood serum of dogs. The increase in the blood serum of patients with canine glomerulonephritis, as a marker of connective tissue – glycoproteins, sialic acids, chondroitinsulfates, and urinary excretion of oxyproline and uronic acids is due to inflammatory and fibrotic changes in the basal membranes of the kidney glomeruli

Author Biographies

Dmytro Morozenko, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Senior Researcher, Head of Department

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy

Yevheniia Vashchyk, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Veterinary

Andriy Zakhariev, National University of Pharmacy

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy

Dmytro Berezhnyi, National University of Pharmacy

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy

Nataliia Seliukova, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy

Kateryna Gliebova, National University of Pharmacy

PhD, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor

Department of Physiology and Pathological Physiology

References

  1. Codreanu, M. D., Popa, A. M. (2017). General and particular aspects in glomerulopathies in dogs and cats. Revista Romana de Medicina Veterinara, 27 (1), 43–49.
  2. Chew, C., Lennon, R. (2018). Basement Membrane Defects in Genetic Kidney Diseases. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00011
  3. Naylor, R. W., Morais, M. R. P. T., Lennon, R. (2020). Complexities of the glomerular basement membrane. Nature Reviews Nephrology, 17 (2), 112–127. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-0329-y
  4. Aoki, S., Saito-Hakoda, A., Yoshikawa, T., Shimizu, K., Kisu, K., Suzuki, S. et. al. (2017). The reduction of heparan sulphate in the glomerular basement membrane does not augment urinary albumin excretion. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 33 (1), 26–33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfx218
  5. Galvis-Ramírez, M. F., Quintana-Castillo, J. C., Bueno-Sanchez, J. C. (2018). Novel Insights Into the Role of Glycans in the Pathophysiology of Glomerular Endotheliosis in Preeclampsia. Frontiers in Physiology, 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01470
  6. van der Vlag, J., Buijsers, B. (2020). Heparanase in Kidney Disease. Heparanase, 1221, 647–667. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34521-1_26
  7. Asai, A., Hatayama, N., Kamiya, K., Yamauchi, M., Kinashi, H., Yamaguchi, M. et. al. (2021). Roles of glomerular endothelial hyaluronan in the development of proteinuria. Physiological Reports, 9 (17). doi: https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15019
  8. Talsma, D. T., Katta, K., Ettema, M. A. B., Kel, B., Kusche-Gullberg, M., Daha, M. R. et al. (2018). Endothelial heparan sulfate deficiency reduces inflammation and fibrosis in murine diabetic nephropathy. Laboratory Investigation, 98 (4), 427–438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41374-017-0015-2
  9. Zhai, S., Hu, L., Zhong, L., Tao, Y., Wang, Z. (2017). Low molecular weight heparin may benefit nephrotic remission in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome via inhibiting elastase. Molecular Medicine Reports, 16 (6), 8613–8618. doi: https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7697
  10. Morozenko, D. V. (2010). Diahnostyka khronichnoho hlomerulonefrytu v sobak. Visnyk Poltavskoi derzhavnoi ahrarnoi akademii, 2, 127–129.
  11. Borza, D.-B. (2017). Glomerular basement membrane heparan sulfate in health and disease: A regulator of local complement activation. Matrix Biology, 57–58, 299–310. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2016.09.002

Downloads

Published

2022-12-30

How to Cite

Morozenko, D., Vashchyk, Y., Zakhariev, A., Berezhnyi, D., Seliukova, N., & Gliebova, K. (2022). The pathogenetic role of glycoproteins and proteoglycans in dog glomerulonephritis. ScienceRise: Biological Science, (4(33), 27–30. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-8025.2022.266237

Issue

Section

Veterinary research