The effect of antimacrophage antiserum on immune complex glomerulonephritis.

The effect of anti-M IgG on acute IC GN was assessed in rabbits. Nephritis was induced in sensitized animals with BSA. Anti-M IgG and the other immunoglobulins given to the various groups were administered by intra-aortic injection at the orifice of the left renal artery to avoid pulmonary sequestration of the antibodies. The animals were nephrectomized on the right to permit unilateral renal perfusion. The immunoglobulins were given to the study groups every 8 hr for 4 days, which corresponded to the period of IC formation and deposition in this model. Renal arteria perfusion with anti-M IgG reduced glomerular cellularity and preserved renal function. The groups given the other immunoglobulins were not afforded the same protection.