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Current study reported the presence of autoantibodies-IgA against \u03b22 spectrin of mesangial cells in sera of IgAN model mice (gddY) and patients with IgAN, and identified \u03b22-spectrin as the target antigen. And it found that IgA\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      plasmablasts (PBs) secreting anti-\u03b22-spectrin IgA Abs accumulated in the kidneys of gddY mice. These PBs exhibited a substantial accumulation of somatic hypermutations in both their heavy- and light-chain variable region genes.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Lymphocytes from kidneys, renal lymph node, spleen, bone marrow and nasopharyngeal associated lymphoid tissue of 3-week-old ddY mice were analyzed by flow cytometry. To deplete CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells in gddY mice, anti-CD4 monoclonal Abs (mAbs) were administered from 3 weeks of age. Renal phenotype (blood urea nitrogen (BUN), urinary albumin and renal pathology), the cell numbers of IgA\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      PBs in the kidney and serum anti-\u03b22 spectrin Abs were evaluated by Fuji-DRY-CHEM 7000V, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, microscopy, flow cytometry and western blotting, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Depletion of CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      cells in gddY mice caused significant reduction of the number of IgA\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      PBs spontaneously accumulating in the kidneys in the anti-CD4 treatment (29.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a012.1\/10\n                      <jats:sup>5<\/jats:sup>\n                      cells) than the control (154.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a055.0\/10\n                      <jats:sup>5<\/jats:sup>\n                      cells). However, The results showed the level of urinary albumin and BUN were no difference in in the anti-CD4 treatment (5627.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01316.2 \u03bcg\/dL, 40.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.5 mg\/dL, respectively) compared to the control (4766.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0809.2 \u03bcg\/dL, 69.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a033.2, respectively). And also the treatment did not affect the production of anti-\u03b22-spectrin IgA Abs in sera, glomerular IgA deposition nor pathology.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Our data suggest that the serum anti-\u03b22-spectrin IgA Abs are produced in a CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cell-independent manner and the PBs infiltrating in the kidney are not the major source of serum anti-\u03b22-spectrin IgA Abs at least in animal model. The present study will help to elucidate the mechanism of production of anti-\u03b22-spectrin IgA Abs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1696625","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,15]],"date-time":"2026-04-15T05:42:14Z","timestamp":1776231734000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Serum anti-\u03b22 spectrin IgA antibodies are produced in a CD4 T cell-independent manner in IgA nephropathy model mouse"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Hiroyuki","family":"Iwasaki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine","place":["Tokyo, Japan"]},{"name":"Division of Cancer Cell Biology, Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences (RIBS), Tokyo University of Science","place":["Chiba, 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