We have studied the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha sm-1) by mesangial cells, and the expression of Thy-1 glycoprotein, antithrombin III (ATIII), and urokinase by tubular epithelial cells in normal kidneys and dysfunctional renal allografts. Kidney biopsies were studied immunocytochemically for changes in each of these markers and the findings were classified into two groups and compared with creatinine plasma levels at the time the biopsies were taken. In dysfunctional grafts, mesangial alpha sm-1 and tubular epithelial Thy-1 reactivities were greatly diminished, and urokinase and ATIII were missing from proximal renal tubular epithelial cells. Urokinase, which was absent from normal renal glomeruli, appeared in glomeruli of some dysfunctional allografts. The possible usefulness of these markers in patient evaluations was supported by our finding that the distribution of vinculin, fibronectin, myosin, actin B4, desmin, glomerular HLA-DR, and the tubular expression of CD15 remained unchanged. These data prompt us to suggest that the immunocytochemical localization and evaluation of alpha sm-1, Thy-1, ATIII, and urokinase in kidney allografts may be useful adjuncts in the assessment of function in renal allografts.
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