要 約
遺伝子型検査によりクローディン16(CL-16)欠損症1型ホモ接合体と診断され,非常に早期に発症した,1.5カ月齢の黒毛和種牛を病理学的に検索した.臨床的に水様性下痢および間代性痙攣発作を呈し,血液検査では腎障害,低マグネシウム血症,低カルシウム血症が認められた.尿沈渣において多数の尿細管上皮細胞が確認された.肉眼的に両側の腎臓は小さく,病理組織学的には腎尿細管上皮細胞の著明な変性,壊死および脱落,ならびに尿細管基底膜の高度肥厚,間質結合組織の増生が認められた.これらの病理所見は,CL-16欠損による腎尿細管上皮細胞間のタイトジャンクション形成異常に基づく変化と考えられた.
―キーワード:クローディン16,黒毛和種牛,腎臓.
-----------------日獣会誌 56,798〜800(2003) |
A Japanese Black Calf with Claudin-16 Deficiency Associated with Marked Loss of
the Renal Tubular Epithelium
Yoshiko MICHIMAE*, Takehito MORITA †, Masumi SAWADA, Akinori SHIMADA,
Saeko AKASHI, Kota SATO, and Yoshiaki HIKASA
*Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyamacho-Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan |
As a result of genotypic examination, a 1.5-month-old Japanese Black calf was diagnosed as homozygotic
for Claudin-16 (CL-16) deficiency. The animal suffered from watery diarrhea, dehydration, dysstasia,
and clonic spasms. Hematological analysis revealed renal damage, hypocalcemia, and hypomagnesemia. Urinary
sediment included many renal tubular epithelial cells. Necropsy showed both kidneys to be small. Histological
examination showed degeneration, necrosis, and desquamation of renal tubular epithelial cells, marked
thickened renal-tubule basement membranes, and marked interstitial fibrosis. These conditions may account
for the abnormal formation of tight junctions between renal tubular epithelial cells caused by CL-16
deficiency.
―Key words : Claudin-16, Japanese Black calf, kidneys.
† Correspondence to : |
Takehito MORITA, (Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tottori University)
4-101 Koyamacho-Minami, Tottori,
680-8553, Japan
TEL・FAX 0857-31-5424 |
-------------------J. Jpn. Vet. Med. Assoc., 56, 798〜800 (2003) |