Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance and its Associated Experimental Models

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2019

Publication Title

Annals of clinical and laboratory science

Abstract

© 2019 by the Association of Clinical Scientists, Inc. Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) is a state of circulating monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) and light chains that cause kidney injury without definite evidence of multiple myeloma (MM). Although chemotherapy is used to treat many variants of MGRS and has been recently recommended, relatively limited clinical validation studies are available. A few transgenic models of MM reveal renal deposition of monoclonal Ig and light chains. We have demonstrated that the XBP1s-transgenic mouse model from early plasma cell dyscrasia to MM reveals monoclonal IgG/kappa deposition at the subendothelial spaces of the glomeruli, mimicking proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits. Inhibition of a key immune-modulator, gp96/grp94, genetically or pharmacologically results in a significant reduction of plasma cells within the bone marrow and reduced renal deposition of monoclonal IgG and kappa light chain. This article will review the emerging role of in vitro and animal models from plasma cell dyscrasia to MM in understanding the renal deposition of monoclonal Ig and light chains, along with its potential treatment strategies.

Volume

49

Issue

4

First Page

439

Last Page

447

PubMed ID

31471332

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS