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López-Bermejo A, Sitjar C, Cabacas A, Vázquez-Ruíz M, García-González MM, Mora C, Soriano P, Calvo M, Ibáñez L. Prenatal programming of renal function: the estimated glomerular filtration rate is influenced by size at birth in apparently healthy children. Pediatr Res 2008; 64:97-9. [PMID: 18344906 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e31817282db] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Prenatal growth is known to affect glomerular function in adult life. It is unknown, however, whether this association is also present in children. In a cross-sectional study, we examined whether birth weight (BW) is associated with serum creatinine (measured by an improved Jaffe method) and GFR (estimated by the Haycock-Schwartz formula; eGFR) in 73 apparently healthy school-age children (35 boys and 38 girls; age 9.5 +/- 0.4 yr). All children were born after singleton term pregnancies (gestational age 39.6 +/- 0.2 wk) with normal BW (3.2 +/- 0.04 kg). A significant decrease in serum creatinine and increase in the eGFR was evident by tertiles of BW-SD score (SDS) (p = 0.001 and p < 0.0001). eGFR was correlated with BW-SDS (r = 0.45; p < 0.0001), so that each unit increase in BW-SDS was associated with an increase in eGFR of 10 (95% CI 5-14) ml/min per 1.73 m. In summary, estimates of glomerular function are in apparently healthy school-age children influenced by size at birth. These findings suggest early effects for the prenatal programming of renal function in humans.
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- Abel López-Bermejo
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona 17007, Spain.
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Cord blood ischemia-modified albumin levels in normal and intrauterine growth restricted pregnancies. Mediators Inflamm 2008; 2008:523081. [PMID: 18483569 PMCID: PMC2375971 DOI: 10.1155/2008/523081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2007] [Revised: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) is a sensitive biomarker of cardiac
ischemia. Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may imply fetal hypoxia,
resulting in blood flow centralization in favour of vital organs (brain, heart,
adrenals—“brain sparing effect”). Based on the latter, we
hypothesized that cord blood IMA levels should not differ between IUGR and
appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) full-term pregnancies. IMA was measured
in blood samples from doubly-clamped umbilical cords of 110 AGA and 57
asymmetric IUGR pregnancies. No significant differences in IMA levels
were documented between AGA and IUGR groups. IMA levels were elevated in
cases of elective cesarean section (P = .035), and offspring of
multigravidas (P = .021). In conclusion, “brain
sparing effect” is possibly responsible for the lack of differences in
cord blood IMA levels at term, between IUGR and AGA groups. Furthermore, higher
oxidative stress could account for the elevated IMA levels in cases of elective
cesarean section, and offspring of multigravidas.
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Response to Birth Weight and Retinal Vascular Changes. Hypertension 2008. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.108.112987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In humans, nephrogenesis is completed by 36 weeks of gestation. Thus, human kidney development is complete at the time of birth in full-term infants. Those infants born before 36 weeks of gestation are still undergoing nephrogenesis for several weeks after their preterm birth and, accordingly, may be exposed to medications that impact the kidney during its final stages of renal development. The ultimate nephron number (nephron endowment) may influence future response to kidney injury, should it occur. The concept that nephron number may strongly influence blood pressure as well as susceptibility to kidney disease in later life developed in parallel with that of perinatal programming, which holds that the perinatal milieu causes changes that permanently alter organ structure and function, preordaining adult physiology to some extent. Both concepts together may help elucidate, at least in part, the pathogenesis of not only primary but secondary hypertension. This article summarizes human data on nephron number and its evaluation and considers the circumstances, implication, and management of persons born with or acquiring a decreased complement of nephrons early in life. Insufficient data exist to predict outcome or guide management. However, a common-sense approach of avoiding nephrotoxins and minimizing renal stress is indicated.
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Liew G, Wang JJ, Duncan BB, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Brancati F, Yeh HC, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Low Birthweight Is Associated With Narrower Arterioles in Adults. Hypertension 2008; 51:933-8. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.101584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Gerald Liew
- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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- From the Centre for Vision Research (G.L., J.J.W., P.M.), University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, the Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia; the Centre for Eye Research Australia (J.J.W., T.Y.W.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology (B.B.D.), School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (R.K.), University of Wisconsin,
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Schreuder MF, Van Wijk JAE, Fodor M, Delemarre-van de Waal HA. Influence of intrauterine growth restriction on renal function in the adult rat. J Physiol Biochem 2008; 63:213-9. [PMID: 18309777 DOI: 10.1007/bf03165784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been shown to influence renal development and lead to fewer nephrons. Data on long term renal function after IUGR are limited. We studied the effect on renal function of IUGR in aging rats. IUGR was induced using a model of bilateral uterine artery ligation in pregnant Wistar rats. Renal function was studied at the age of 18 months. In male IUGR rats, estimated glomerular filtration rate was significantly decreased compared to male control rats [1.1 (SD 0.3) 1.7 (SD 0.3) ml x min(-1), p<0.05]. Female IUGR rats showed an increased urinary protein excretion compared with female control rats [84 (SD 73) vs. 12 (SD 13) mg x 24h(-1), p<0.01]. All male rats showed heavy proteinuria (p<0.01 vs. female rats from same experimental group), with no significant differences between the groups. Tubular reabsorption of phosphorus was lower in females, but showed no differences between the experimental groups. In conclusion, IUGR impairs renal function in the rat. It is suggested that a low nephron endowment leads to proteinuria as a sign of glomerular damage, and ends with a decrease in glomerular filtration rate as a sign of glomerular loss.
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- M F Schreuder
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Iacovidou N, Briana DD, Boutsikou M, Gourgiotis D, Baka S, Vraila VM, Hassiakos D, Malamitsi-Puchner A. Perinatal changes of circulating N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in normal and intrauterine-growth-restricted pregnancies. Hypertens Pregnancy 2008; 26:463-71. [PMID: 18066964 DOI: 10.1080/10641950701548414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate changes in NT-proBNP in intrauterine-growth-restricted (IUGR) and appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) pregnancies. METHODS NT-proBNP levels were measured in 40 mothers (MS), umbilical cords (UC), and their 20 IUGR/ 20 AGA neonates on day 1 (N1) and day 4 (N4). RESULTS UC, N1, and N4 NT-proBNP was lower in IUGR pregnancies (p <or= 0.049). In both groups, NT-proBNP levels were similar in MS and higher in N1 (p <or= 0.001). In AGA, MS NT-proBNP correlated positively with UC. CONCLUSIONS Fetal and neonatal NT-proBNP levels are lower in IUGR compared with AGA, probably due to blood flow redistribution in IUGR and NT-proBNP placental transport in AGA. NT-proBNP levels peak on N1.
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- Nicoletta Iacovidou
- Neonatal Division, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Mak RH. Insulin and its role in chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 2008; 23:355-62. [PMID: 17929061 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0611-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Revised: 08/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The body's resistance to the actions of insulin (type II diabetes defect) results in compensatory increased production and secretion by the pancreas and leads to hyperinsulinemia in order to maintain euglycemia. When insulin secretion cannot be increased adequately (type I diabetes defect) to overcome insulin resistance in maintaining glucose homeostasis, hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance ensues. Insulin resistance and glucose intolerance has been well recognized in patients with advanced chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The etiology may involve uremic toxins from protein catabolism, vitamin D deficiency, metabolic acidosis, anemia, poor physical fitness, inflammation, and cachexia. Glucose and insulin abnormalities in nondiabetic CKD patients are implicated in the pathogenesis of hyperlipidemia and may represent important risk factors for accelerated atherosclerosis in these patients. Insulin secretion inadequacy has been associated with growth retardation in adolescents with CKD. Normal adolescents demonstrate an increase in insulin secretion as they go into puberty. It seems that the puberty growth spurt in adolescents both with normal health and renal failure may require increased insulin secretion as one of its hormonal requirements. Finally, insulin resistance has been associated with CKD. Whether insulin resistance is an antecedent of CKD or a consequence of impaired kidney function has been a subject of debate. The goal of this review was to provide an update of the literature on insulin pathophysiology in CKD, current understanding of its mechanisms, and epidemiological association of insulin resistance and CKD.
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- Robert H Mak
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC0634, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0634, USA.
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Mechanisms underlying developmental programming of elevated blood pressure and vascular dysfunction: evidence from human studies and experimental animal models. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008; 114:1-17. [PMID: 18047465 DOI: 10.1042/cs20070113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cardiovascular-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the world in both men and women. In addition to the environmental and genetic factors, early life conditions are now also considered important contributing elements to these pathologies. The concept of 'fetal' or 'developmental' origins of adult diseases has received increased recognition over the last decade, yet the mechanism by which altered perinatal environment can lead to dysfunction mostly apparent in the adult are incompletely understood. This review will focus on the mechanisms and pathways that epidemiological studies and experimental models have revealed underlying the adult cardiovascular phenotype dictated by the perinatal experience, as well as the probable key causal or triggering elements. Programmed elevated blood pressure in the adult human or animal is characterized by vascular dysfunction and microvascular rarefaction. Developmental mechanisms that have been more extensively studied include glucocorticoid exposure, the role of the kidneys and the renin-angiotensin system. Other pathophysiological pathways have been explored, such as the role of the brain and the sympathetic nervous system, oxidative stress and epigenetic changes. As with many complex diseases, a unifying hypothesis linking the perinatal environment to elevated blood pressure and vascular dysfunction in later life cannot be presumed, and a better understanding of those mechanisms is critical before clinical trials of preventive or 'deprogramming' measures can be designed.
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Ingelfinger JR. Weight for Gestational Age as a Baseline Predictor of Kidney Function in Adulthood. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 51:1-4. [DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hallan S, Euser AM, Irgens LM, Finken MJ, Holmen J, Dekker FW. Effect of Intrauterine Growth Restriction on Kidney Function at Young Adult Age: The Nord Trøndelag Health (HUNT 2) Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 51:10-20. [DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Boyce AC, Gibson KJ, Wintour EM, Koukoulas I, Gatford KL, Owens JA, Lumbers ER. The kidney is resistant to chronic hypoglycaemia in late-gestation fetal sheep. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 85:597-605. [PMID: 17823621 DOI: 10.1139/y07-047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We imposed a sustained reduction in glucose supply to late-gestation fetal sheep to see whether the reduction in glucose and insulin levels affected renal growth, renin expression and synthesis, and renal function. Maternal glucose concentrations were lowered to 1.7-1.9 mmol/L for 12-13 days by i.v. insulin infusion (n = 9, 121 days gestation, term = 150 days). Control ewes (n = 7) received vehicle. Maternal and fetal glucose concentrations were 40% and 31% lower than in controls (p < 0.001), respectively. Fetal plasma insulin levels fell 36% +/- 7% by day 7 (p < 0.05); IGF-I levels were unchanged. Arterial PO2 and pH increased and PCO2 fell (p < 0.05). Renal function was largely unaffected. Longitudinal growth was 28% slower and spleen weights were 36% smaller (p < 0.05); body and kidney weights were not affected. Renal renin levels and renin, angiotensinogen, and angiotensin receptor mRNA levels were similar to those of controls. Plasma renin levels increased from 2.1 +/- 0.6 to 7.6 +/- 2.8 ng angiotensin I.mL-1.h-1 (p = 0.01). Thus reductions in fetal glucose and insulin levels in late gestation that were sufficient to retard skeletal growth had no effect on kidney growth or function or the renal renin-angiotensin system, possibly because IGF-I levels were not reduced. There was, however, increased activity of the circulating renin-angiotensin system similar to that seen during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia.
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- Amanda C Boyce
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
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Buffat C, Boubred F, Mondon F, Chelbi ST, Feuerstein JM, Lelièvre-Pégorier M, Vaiman D, Simeoni U. Kidney gene expression analysis in a rat model of intrauterine growth restriction reveals massive alterations of coagulation genes. Endocrinology 2007; 148:5549-57. [PMID: 17702842 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In this study, low birth weight was induced in rats by feeding the dams with a low-protein diet during pregnancy. Kidneys from the fetuses at the end of gestation were collected and showed a reduction in overall and relative weight, in parallel with other tissues (heart and liver). This reduction was associated with a reduction in nephrons number. To better understand the molecular basis of this observation, a transcriptome analysis contrasting kidneys from control and protein-deprived rats was performed, using a platform based upon long isothermic oligonucleotides, strengthening the robustness of the results. We could identify over 1800 transcripts modified more than twice (772 induced and 1040 repressed). Genes of either category were automatically classified according to functional criteria, making it possible to bring to light a large cluster of genes involved in coagulation and complement cascades. The promoters of the most induced and most repressed genes were contrasted for their composition in putative transcription factor binding sites, suggesting an overrepresentation of the AP1R binding site, together with the transcription induction of factors actually binding to this site in the set of induced genes. The induction of coagulation cascades in the kidney of low-birth-weight rats provides a putative rationale for explaining thrombo-endothelial disorders also observed in intrauterine growth-restricted human newborns. These alterations in the kidneys have been reported as a probable cause for cardiovascular diseases in the adult.
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- Christophe Buffat
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpitaux La Conception, Marseille, France
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Makrakis J, Zimanyi MA, Black MJ. Retinoic acid enhances nephron endowment in rats exposed to maternal protein restriction. Pediatr Nephrol 2007; 22:1861-7. [PMID: 17849154 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0572-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Revised: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A reduced nephron complement at birth renders the kidney susceptible to renal disease in adulthood. Retinoic acid (RA; the active metabolite of vitamin A) is linked to nephrogenesis in vitro and in vivo. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of administration of retinoic acid in midgestation in rats on nephron endowment in offspring exposed to maternal protein restriction. Rats were fed either a normal-protein diet (NPD) or a low-protein diet (LPD) during pregnancy and lactation. Half of the dams in the LPD group were injected intraperitoneally with retinoic acid (20 mg/kg) during gestation at embryonic day 11.5. At 4 weeks of age, the offspring were anesthetized and perfusion-fixed, and nephron number estimated using unbiased stereological techniques. Body weight and kidney volume was significantly reduced in all LPD offspring. There was a significant 29% reduction in nephron number in the LPD group compared with the NPD offspring, whereas the number of nephrons in kidneys from the LPD + RA offspring was not significantly different compared with controls. In conclusion, administration of a single bolus dose of retinoic acid during midgestation restored nephron endowment to normal in offspring exposed to maternal protein restriction.
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- John Makrakis
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Monash University, Post Office Box 13C, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
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Hughson MD. Low birth weight and kidney function: is there a relationship and is it determined by the intrauterine environment? Am J Kidney Dis 2007; 50:531-4. [PMID: 17900450 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lorenzo Pasquali
- Division of Immunogenetics, Department of Pediatrics, Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Verburg BO, Geelhoed JJM, Steegers EAP, Hofman A, Moll HA, Witteman JCM, Jaddoe VWV. Fetal kidney volume and its association with growth and blood flow in fetal life: The Generation R Study. Kidney Int 2007; 72:754-61. [PMID: 17637711 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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An adverse fetal environment may lead to smaller kidneys and subsequent hypertension with renal disease in adult life. The aim of our study was to examine whether maternal characteristics, fetal growth, fetal blood flow redistribution, or inadequate placental perfusion in different periods of fetal life affect kidney volume in late fetal life. We also determined if fetal kidney volume was linked to the amount of amniotic fluid. In a population-based prospective study from early fetal life, fetal growth characteristics and fetal blood flow parameters were assessed by ultrasound and Doppler examinations in 1215 women in mid- and late-pregnancy. Kidney volume was measured in late pregnancy. Maternal height and pre-pregnancy weight were associated with kidney volume. After adjustment for the same characteristics in late pregnancy, fetal growth and blood flow in mid-pregnancy were not associated with kidney volume in late pregnancy. In late pregnancy, however, all fetal growth parameters were positively linked with kidney volume. The largest effect on kidney volume was found for abdominal circumference. Signs of fetal blood flow redistribution and increased placental resistance were associated with decreased kidney volume in late pregnancy. Amniotic fluid volume was positively associated with kidney volume. Our study shows that maternal anthropometrics, fetal growth, fetal blood flow redistribution, and raised placental resistance all correlate with kidney volume.
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- B O Verburg
- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Allegaert K, Anderson BJ, van den Anker JN, Vanhaesebrouck S, de Zegher F. Renal drug clearance in preterm neonates: relation to prenatal growth. Ther Drug Monit 2007; 29:284-91. [PMID: 17529884 DOI: 10.1097/ftd.0b013e31806db3f5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aminoglycosides and glycopeptides are almost exclusively eliminated by renal excretion. Postmenstrual age (PMA) is the best predictor of their clearance, presumably because it predicts the time course of development of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Intrauterine growth restriction has an impact on the normalized weight of the kidney, on the number of nephrons, on GFR, and on tubular function in human perinatal life. We investigated whether prenatal growth also affects clearance of drugs such as aminoglycosides or glycopeptides that are eliminated through the kidney. Observations collected in two population pharmacokinetic studies involving preterm neonates and investigating amikacin and vancomycin in the first month of postnatal life were used to estimate the impact of prenatal growth (as judged by birth weight for gestational age) on the clearance of these drugs. Data from 1212 drug measurements (vancomycin, 648; amikacin, 564) in 531 subjects (vancomycin, 249; amikacin, 282) were available for study. Neonates born small for gestational age (SGA) were found to have a 16.2% (coefficient of variation, 12.2%) reduction in drug clearance. This effect was present from birth up to the postnatal age of 4 weeks. The covariate size (weight 0.75) explained 47.3% of drug clearance; PMA, 25.2%; coadministration of a nonselective cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, 3.5%; renal function, 7.6%; and SGA, 1.7%. Renal drug clearance is significantly lower in preterm neonates born SGA than in appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) controls. This reduced clearance was observed not only at birth but also up to the postnatal age of 4 weeks.
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- Karel Allegaert
- Department of Woman and Child, University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Zohdi V, Moritz KM, Bubb KJ, Cock ML, Wreford N, Harding R, Black MJ. Nephrogenesis and the renal renin-angiotensin system in fetal sheep: effects of intrauterine growth restriction during late gestation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R1267-73. [PMID: 17581839 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00119.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) can impair nephrogenesis, but uncertainties remain about the importance of the gestational timing of the insult and the effects on the renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS). We therefore hypothesized that induction of IUGR during late gestation alters the RAS, and this is associated with a decrease in nephron endowment. Our aims were to determine the effects of IUGR induced during the later stages of nephrogenesis on 1) nephron number; 2) mRNA expression of angiotensin AT(1) and AT(2) receptors, angiotensinogen, and renin genes in the kidney; and 3) the size of maculae densae. IUGR was induced in fetal sheep (n = 7) by umbilical-placental embolization from 110 to 130 days of the approximately 147-day gestation; saline-infused fetuses served as controls (n = 7). Samples of cortex from the left kidney were frozen, and the right kidney was perfusion fixed. Total kidney volume, nephron number, renal corpuscle volume, total maculae densae volume, and the volume of macula densa per glomerulus were stereologically estimated. mRNA expression of AT(1) and AT(2) receptors, angiotensinogen, and renin in the renal cortex was determined. In IUGR fetuses at 130 days, body and kidney weights were significantly reduced and nephron number was reduced by 24%. There was no difference in renin, angiotensinogen, or AT(1) and AT(2) receptor mRNA expression levels in the IUGR kidneys compared with controls. We conclude that fetal growth restriction late in nephrogenesis can lead to a marked reduction in nephron endowment but does not affect renal corpuscle or macula densa size, or renal RAS gene expression.
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- Vladislava Zohdi
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Few studies have examined the effects of both prenatal and postnatal growth on hypertension. We report on hypertension in 2003 people aged 62 years who were randomly selected from the Helsinki birth cohort and examined in a clinic. Their heights and weights had been recorded serially up to age 11 years. A total of 644 had already been diagnosed with hypertension. Compared with normotensive people, they were obese and insulin resistant. At birth they were thin and short, and they gained weight slowly up to age 2 years; thereafter they grew rapidly so that at age 11 years their body size was around the average. The odds ratio associated with each kilogram of birthweight was 0.42 (95% CI: 0.32 to 0.56); with each 10 kg of current weight it was 1.85 (95% CI: 1.66 to 2.05). The blood pressures of another 802 people were classified as hypertensive under current definitions. They were overweight and had an atherogenic lipid profile. At birth they were short, and after birth they grew slowly so that at age 11 years they were short and thin. The odds ratio associated with each kilogram of weight at age 2 years was 0.75 (95% CI: 0.68 to 0.84); with each 10 kg of current weight it was 1.42 (95% CI: 1.28 to 1.57). We conclude that 2 different paths of childhood growth precede the development of hypertension. We suggest that they lead to hypertension through different biological mechanisms and may respond differently to medication.
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- Johan G Eriksson
- National Public Health Institute, Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, Diabetes Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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A low nephron number has been advocated to explain the association between intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and hypertension in later life. IUGR not only leads to a low birth weight but is also hypothesized to reprogram nephrogenesis, which results in a low nephron endowment. Several methods are used to estimate the total glomerular number, but only stereological techniques result in accurate (unbiased) and precise (reproducible) data. Several studies, both in humans and animal models that have used these methods indeed revealed that IUGR leads to a low nephron number. According to the hyperfiltration hypothesis, this reduction in renal mass is supposed to lead to glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertension in remnant nephrons with subsequent glomerular injury with proteinuria, systemic hypertension and glomerulosclerosis. Even though IUGR is associated with both a low nephron endowment and an increased risk of hypertension, only circumstantial evidence is available to support the hyperfiltration hypothesis after prenatal programming. A prerequisite for establishment of this association in long-term, prospective follow-up studies is the ability to estimate glomerular numbers in living human beings, for which a further advancement in radiological techniques is necessary. Only then can the association between nephron endowment and blood pressure in humans be studied more conclusively.
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- M F Schreuder
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Wlodek ME, Mibus A, Tan A, Siebel AL, Owens JA, Moritz KM. Normal Lactational Environment Restores Nephron Endowment and Prevents Hypertension after Placental Restriction in the Rat. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18:1688-96. [PMID: 17442788 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2007010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Uteroplacental insufficiency in the rat restricts fetal growth, impairs mammary development, compromising postnatal growth; and increases adult BP. The roles of prenatal and postnatal nutritional restraint on later BP and nephron endowment in offspring from mothers that underwent bilateral uterine vessel ligation (restricted) on day 18 of pregnancy were examined. Sham surgery (control) and a group of rats with reduced litter size (reduced; litter size reduced at birth to five, equivalent to restricted group) were used as controls. Offspring (control, reduced, and restricted) were cross-fostered on postnatal day 1 onto a control (normal lactation) or restricted (impaired lactation) mother. BP in male offspring was determined by tail cuff at 8, 12, and 20 wk of age, with glomerular number and volume (Cavalieri/Physical Dissector method) and renal angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) mRNA expression (real-time PCR) determined at 6 mo. Restricted-on-restricted male offspring developed hypertension (+16 mmHg) by 20 wk together with a nephron deficit (-26%) and glomerular hypertrophy (P < 0.05). In contrast, providing a normal lactational environment to restricted offspring improved postnatal growth and prevented the nephron deficit and hypertension. Reduced-on-restricted pups that were born of normal weight but with impaired growth during lactation subsequently grew faster, developed hypertension (+16 mmHg), had increased AT(1A)R and AT(1B)R mRNA expression (P < 0.05), but had no nephron deficit. Our study identifies the prenatal and postnatal nutritional environments in the programming of adult hypertension, associated with distinct renal changes. It is shown for the first time that a prenatally induced nephron deficit can be restored by correcting growth restriction during lactation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Birth Weight
- Blood Pressure
- Female
- Fetal Growth Retardation/pathology
- Fetal Growth Retardation/physiopathology
- Hypertension, Renal/pathology
- Hypertension, Renal/physiopathology
- Hypertension, Renal/prevention & control
- Kidney Glomerulus/abnormalities
- Kidney Glomerulus/cytology
- Kidney Glomerulus/physiology
- Lactation
- Litter Size
- Male
- Milk
- Nephrons/abnormalities
- Nephrons/cytology
- Nephrons/physiology
- Organ Size
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/pathology
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/physiopathology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/genetics
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/metabolism
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- Mary E Wlodek
- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia.
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Bagby SP. Maternal nutrition, low nephron number, and hypertension in later life: pathways of nutritional programming. J Nutr 2007; 137:1066-72. [PMID: 17374679 DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.4.1066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A large body of epidemiologic literature supports an inverse relation between birth weight and both systolic blood pressure and prevalence of hypertension, but mechanisms through which lower birth weight increases risk for hypertension are not established. This article advances the view that 1) permanently reduced nephron number is essential but not alone sufficient to mediate nutritionally induced hypertension; and 2) fetally programmed propensity for increased appetite and accelerated postnatal growth, thus generating inappropriately increased body mass, is a necessary "second hit" to actualize hypertension vulnerability. Based on decades of nephrologic research, this increased ratio of body mass (excretory load) to nephron number (excretory capacity) induces intrarenal compensations (tubular and glomerular hypertrophy with single-nephron hyperfiltration and intrarenal renin-angiotensin II activation), which maintain normal glomerular filtration rate at the expense of systemic and glomerular hypertension and at the risk of progressive renal disease. The vigor of the intrarenal compensatory responses is markedly greater in the immature than in the mature kidney, potentially explaining the greater risk of nephron deficits being present early in life as compared with the minimal risk in adult kidney donors. Effective interventions have not yet been defined. Suboptimal maternal nutrition, pervasive in both developed and developing countries, offers a window of opportunity to enhance the cardiovascular and renal health of future generations.
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- Susan P Bagby
- OHSU Heart Research Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine and Research Service, Oregon Health and Science University and Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Kaneshi T, Yoshida T, Ohshiro T, Nagasaki H, Asato Y, Ohta T. Birthweight and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in Japanese schoolchildren. Pediatr Int 2007; 49:138-43. [PMID: 17445028 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2007.02333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Low birthweight (LBW) is associated with an increased risk for atherosclerotic coronary heart disease (ACHD) later in life. However, little information is currently available on the relationship between birthweight (BW) and risk factors for ACHD in children. METHODS The relationship between BW and risk factors for ACHD was evaluated in 330 Japanese children (187 boys and 143 girls) aged between 7 and 12 years, who underwent screening for lifestyle-related diseases in Okinawa, Japan. Routine chemical methods were used to determine the serum concentrations of lipids, apolipoproteins, uric acid and glucose. Serum insulin and adiponectin were measured by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS BW was significantly correlated with serum concentrations of adiponectin (r= 0.163, P= 0.003) and uric acid (r=-0.166. P= 0.003), but not with insulin, lipids or apolipoproteins. These correlations were still significant even after adjusting for age, gender and body mass index (BMI) percentile (BW and adiponectin, r= 0.239, P= 0.000; BW and uric acid, r=-0.247, P= 0.000). In addition, BW was correlated with high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) only after adjusting for age, gender and BMI percentile (r= 0.117, P= 0.034). In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, BW was a significant predictive variable for adiponectin and uric acid. However, weight velocity (weight gain/year) was a stronger predictive variable than BW for both adiponectin and uric acid. BW was not a significant predictive variable for HDL-C. Adiponectin was the strongest predictive variable for HDL-C. CONCLUSION BW is related to serum concentrations of adiponectin and uric acid. However, weight velocity was a stronger determinant of serum adiponectin and uric acid levels than BW in Japanese schoolchildren. Thus, it may be important to control weight gain to prevent the development of ACHD in children, especially in children with LBW.
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- Takuya Kaneshi
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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Depending on the definitions used, up to 10% of all live-born neonates are small for gestational age (SGA). Although the vast majority of these children show catch-up growth by 2 yr of age, one in 10 does not. It is increasingly recognized that those who are born SGA are at risk of developing metabolic disease later in life. Reduced fetal growth has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The majority of pathology is seen in adults who show spontaneous catch-up growth as children. There is evidence to suggest that some of the metabolic consequences of intrauterine growth retardation in children born SGA can be mitigated by ensuring early appropriate catch-up growth, while avoiding excessive weight gain. Implicitly, this argument questions current infant formula feeding practices. The risk is less clear for individuals who do not show catch-up growth and who are treated with GH for short stature. Recent data, however, suggest that long-term treatment with GH does not increase the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome in young adults born SGA.
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- Paul Saenger
- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA.
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Evidence of progressive deterioration of renal function in rats exposed to a maternal low-protein dietin utero. Br J Nutr 2007. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114500000118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Intrauterine growth retardation associated with maternal undernutrition is proposed to play a significant role in the aetiology of hypertension and CHD. Animal experiments suggest that the kidney, which is extremely vulnerable to the adverse effects of growth-retarding factors, may play an important role in the prenatal programming of hypertension. Maintenance of renal haemodynamic functions following structural impairment in fetal life is proposed to require adaptations which raise systemic blood pressure and promote a more rapid progression to renal failure. Rats were fed on diets containing 180 g casein/kg (control) or 90 g casein/kg (low protein) during pregnancy. The offspring were studied in terms of blood pressure, creatinine clearance, blood urea N, plasma and urinary albumin, renal morphometry and metabolic activity at 4, 12 and 20 weeks of age. Blood pressure was elevated at all ages in the low-protein-exposed offspring, relative to control rats. Rats (4 weeks old) exposed to the low-protein diet had smaller kidneys which were shorter and wider than those of control animals. Creatinine clearance was significantly reduced in 4-week-old rats exposed to the low-protein diet. Renal morphometry and creatinine clearance at older ages were not influenced by prenatal diet. Blood urea N, urinary output and urinary albumin excretion were, however, significantly greater in low-protein-exposed rats than in control rats at 20 weeks of age. These findings are suggestive of a progressive deterioration of renal function in hypertensive rats exposed to mild maternal protein restriction during fetal life. This is consistent with the hypothesis that adaptations to maintain renal haemodynamic functions following impairment of fetal nephrogenesis result in an accelerated progression towards glomerulosclerosis and increased intrarenal pressures mediated by rising vascular resistance.
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Brennan KA, Olson DM, Symonds ME. Maternal nutrient restriction alters renal development and blood pressure regulation of the offspring. Proc Nutr Soc 2007; 65:116-24. [PMID: 16441951 DOI: 10.1079/pns2005484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Studies have shown that the risk of hypertension in adulthood can be affected by the in utero environment. It is established that hypertension is linked to compromised kidney function and that factors affecting organogenesis can increase the risk of later disease. Prostaglandins (PG) and growth factors are known to play an important role in regulating kidney function and renal organogenesis. The extent, however, to which global energy restriction (where all nutrients are reduced) of the mother can programme later blood pressure control or renal PG and growth factor status is unknown. A study is described that aimed to examine the long-term effects of maternal nutrient restriction (NR) and elucidate their relationship with compromised kidney development. First, it was necessary to establish animal models. A sheep model of 50% NR during specific stages of gestation was used to investigate fetal renal development, whilst a rat model of 50% NR throughout pregnancy was used to investigate postnatal kidney development and adult functioning. Molecular analysis has shown that expression of the growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor (GH–IGF) axis is affected by NR in the fetal sheep kidneys, and that changes are dependent on the timing of NR and whether the fetus is a singleton or a twin. Analysis of the kidneys from the rat model has shown nutritional differences in the expression of PG receptors and the enzymes responsible for PG synthesis and degradation that persist into adulthood. In conclusion, NR does affect the GH–IGF and PG axes, and these changes may be important in the nutritional programming of renal functioning and adult blood pressure control.
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- Kathryn A Brennan
- Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Matsuoka OT, Shibao S, Leone CR. Blood pressure and kidney size in term newborns with intrauterine growth restriction. SAO PAULO MED J 2007; 125:85-90. [PMID: 17625705 PMCID: PMC11014689 DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000200004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 12/23/2005] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Low birth weight is associated with higher blood pressure in childhood and adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) on newborn systolic blood pressure (SBP). DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective comparative study at Neonatal and Intensive in Clinical Pediatrics Division, Maternity Hospital in Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. METHODS 35 newborns with IUGR and 35 without IUGR were compared. Healthy term newborns without malformations, with Apgar score at fifth minute > 6 were included. Birth weight, kidney weight/birth weight ratio, kidney weight (ultrasound scan), plasma renin activity (PRA) and SBP evolution were analyzed during the first month of life (on 1st, 3rd, 7th and 30th days). RESULTS SBP evolution, kidney weight/birth weight ratio and PRA did not differ between the two groups. In newborns with IUGR, SBP presented positive correlations with birth weight (r = 0.387 p = 0.026) and BMI (r = 0.412 p = 0.017) on the 7th day of life. Positive correlations with birth weight (r = 0.440 p = 0.01) and birth length (r = 0.386 p = 0.026) were also seen on the 30th day. There was an inverse correlation on the 7th day between SBP and kidney weight/birth weight ratio (r = -0.420 p = 0.014), but this did not persist to the end of the month. CONCLUSIONS IUGR seems not to have any influence on SBP, PRA or kidney weight among term newborns during their first month of life.
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- Oscar Tadashi Matsuoka
- Neonadal and Clinical Pediatrics Division, Children's Institute, Nursery Annex of the Maternity of the Clinics Hospital of the São Paulo, University Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Gluckman PD, Hanson MA, Beedle AS. Early life events and their consequences for later disease: a life history and evolutionary perspective. Am J Hum Biol 2007; 19:1-19. [PMID: 17160980 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 580] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biomedical science has little considered the relevance of life history theory and evolutionary and ecological developmental biology to clinical medicine. However, the observations that early life influences can alter later disease risk--the "developmental origins of health and disease" (DOHaD) paradigm--have led to a recognition that these perspectives can inform our understanding of human biology. We propose that the DOHaD phenomenon can be considered as a subset of the broader processes of developmental plasticity by which organisms adapt to their environment during their life course. Such adaptive processes allow genotypic variation to be preserved through transient environmental changes. Cues for plasticity operate particularly during early development; they may affect a single organ or system, but generally they induce integrated adjustments in the mature phenotype, a process underpinned by epigenetic mechanisms and influenced by prediction of the mature environment. In mammals, an adverse intrauterine environment results in an integrated suite of responses, suggesting the involvement of a few key regulatory genes, that resets the developmental trajectory in expectation of poor postnatal conditions. Mismatch between the anticipated and the actual mature environment exposes the organism to risk of adverse consequences-the greater the mismatch, the greater the risk. For humans, prediction is inaccurate for many individuals because of changes in the postnatal environment toward energy-dense nutrition and low energy expenditure, contributing to the epidemic of chronic noncommunicable disease. This view of human disease from the perspectives of life history biology and evolutionary theory offers new approaches to prevention, diagnosis and intervention.
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- Peter D Gluckman
- Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, and National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Hershkovitz D, Burbea Z, Skorecki K, Brenner BM. Fetal Programming of Adult Kidney Disease: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 2:334-42. [PMID: 17699433 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.03291006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Dov Hershkovitz
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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DESAI M, HALES CN. ROLE OF FETAL AND INFANT GROWTH IN PROGRAMMING METABOLISM IN LATER LIFE. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1997.tb00016.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Barker DJP, Bagby SP, Hanson MA. Mechanisms of Disease: in utero programming in the pathogenesis of hypertension. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 2:700-7. [PMID: 17124527 DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nutritional and other environmental cues during development can permanently alter the structure, homeostatic systems, and functions of the body. This phenomenon has been referred to as 'programming'. Epidemiological and animal studies show that programmed effects operate within the normal range of growth and development, and influence the risk of chronic disease in adult life. We review the evidence that these effects include reduced nephron number and compensatory adaptations, which might lead to hypertension, and perhaps accelerate the decline in renal function that accompanies aging. These processes might be exacerbated by programmed changes in vascular structure and function, and alterations in endocrine and metabolic homeostasis. Programmed effects might be initiated as early as the periconceptual phase of development, and could involve epigenetic changes in gene expression or altered stem cell allocation. Better understanding of these processes could lead to the development of novel diagnostic and preventive measures, and to early detection of at-risk individuals. By monitoring blood pressure, weight, and renal function in children, it might be possible to reduce the risk of cardiovascular and renal disease in later life.
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- David J P Barker
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Division (MP 887), University of Southampton, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK.
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Schreuder MF, Nyengaard JR, Remmers F, van Wijk JAE, Delemarre-van de Waal HA. Postnatal food restriction in the rat as a model for a low nephron endowment. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2006; 291:F1104-7. [PMID: 16774903 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00158.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A low nephron endowment may be associated with hypertension. Nephrogenesis is the process that leads to the formation of nephrons until week 36 of gestation in humans and may be inhibited by many factors like intrauterine growth restriction and premature birth. To study the consequences of a low glomerular number, animal models have been developed. We describe a model of postnatal food restriction in the rat in which litter size is increased to 20 pups, which leads to growth restriction. In the rat, active nephrogenesis continues until postnatal day 8, which coincides with the growth restriction in our model. Design-based stereological methods were used to estimate glomerular number and volume. Our results show an ∼25% lower glomerular number in rats after postnatal food restriction (30,800 glomeruli/kidney) compared with control rats (39,600 glomeruli/kidney, P < 0.001). Mean glomerular volume was increased by 35% in the growth-restricted rats ( P = 0.006). There was a significant negative correlation between glomerular volume and glomerular number ( r = −0.76, P < 0.001). We conclude that postnatal food restriction in the rat leads to a low nephron endowment with compensatory enlargement. It is therefore a suitable model to study the effect of intrauterine growth restriction or prematurity on kidney development and the consequences of a reduced glomerular number in later life.
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- Michiel F Schreuder
- Dept. of Pediatric Nephrology, VU Univ. Medical Ctr., PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Gibson KJ, Boyce AC, Karime BM, Lumbers ER. Maternal renal insufficiency alters plasma composition and renal function in the fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R1204-11. [PMID: 17068164 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00188.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To determine the effects of chronic maternal renal insufficiency on fetal renal function, we studied nine fetuses whose mothers underwent subtotal nephrectomy at least 2 mo before mating (STNxF) and seven fetuses from intact ewes (IntF) (126-128 days of gestation, term 150 days). STNxF had lower hematocrit (P < 0.05), plasma chloride (P < 0.01), and creatinine levels (P < 0.01), and the length-to-width ratio of their kidneys was reduced (P < 0.05). They excreted twice as much urine (P < 0.05) and sodium (P < 0.01). Total (P = 0.01) and proximal fractional sodium reabsorptions (P < 0.05) were lower in STNxF; distal delivery of sodium (P < 0.05) and distal fractional sodium reabsorption (P < 0.05) were higher. They tended to have suppressed renin levels (P = 0.06). Infusions of amino acids (alanine, glycine, proline, and serine at 0.32 mmol/min for 1 h and 0.64 mmol/min for 2 h intravenously), known to stimulate renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate in fetal sheep, did so in IntF (P < 0.01). Arterial pressure also increased (P < 0.01). These effects were not observed in STNxF. In summary, chronic maternal renal insufficiency was associated with profound alterations in fetal renal excretion of fluid and electrolytes and impaired renal hemodynamic and glomerular responses to amino acid infusion. Whether these marked changes in the renal function of fetuses carried by STNx ewes are associated with alterations in renal function in postnatal or adult life remains to be determined.
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- Karen J Gibson
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Boubred F, Vendemmia M, Garcia-Meric P, Buffat C, Millet V, Simeoni U. Effects of maternally administered drugs on the fetal and neonatal kidney. Drug Saf 2006; 29:397-419. [PMID: 16689556 DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629050-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The number of pregnant women and women of childbearing age who are receiving drugs is increasing. A variety of drugs are prescribed for either complications of pregnancy or maternal diseases that existed prior to the pregnancy. Such drugs cross the placental barrier, enter the fetal circulation and potentially alter fetal development, particularly the development of the kidneys. Increased incidences of intrauterine growth retardation and adverse renal effects have been reported. The fetus and the newborn infant may thus experience renal failure, varying from transient oligohydramnios to severe neonatal renal insufficiency leading to death. Such adverse effects may particularly occur when fetuses are exposed to NSAIDs, ACE inhibitors and specific angiotensin II receptor type 1 antagonists. In addition to functional adverse effects, in utero exposure to drugs may affect renal structure itself and produce renal congenital abnormalities, including cystic dysplasia, tubular dysgenesis, ischaemic damage and a reduced nephron number. Experimental studies raise the question of potential long-term adverse effects, including renal dysfunction and arterial hypertension in adulthood. Although neonatal data for many drugs are reassuring, such findings stress the importance of long-term follow-up of infants exposed in utero to certain drugs that have been administered to the mother.
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- Farid Boubred
- Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerrannée and Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Conception, Service de Néonatologie, Marseille, France
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The obesity epidemic has reached nephrology in the form of increasing numbers of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) caused by obesity-related metabolic disorders, IgA nephropathy, stone disease, and a unique glomerulopathy now known as obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG). Obesity has been identified as an independent risk factor for CKD, and patients with central adiposity or high waist-to-hip ratios appear to have the highest risk. The metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for albuminuria and CKD, and studies now show that the risk of CKD increases with increased numbers of components of the metabolic syndrome. Obesity is not just a bystander or accelerator of other kidney diseases, but has unique histopathologic characteristics that can cause progressive kidney disease. ORG may accompany and worsen IgA nephropathy, urate nephropathy, and possibly even diabetic nephropathy. The origins of obesity-related kidney disease can be traced to insufficient glomerular complement from birth, and low birth weight may be an important precursor to obesity and its many comorbidities. Intervention strategies may need to target prenatal care through the elderly to combat this problematic epidemic.
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- Will R Ross
- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Vlajković S, Vasović L, Daković-Bjelaković M, Cukuranović R. Age-Related Changes of the Human Fetal Kidney Size. Cells Tissues Organs 2006; 182:193-200. [PMID: 16914921 DOI: 10.1159/000093968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Early prenatal diagnostics and the importance of genetic counseling are of great interest for echosonographic evaluation of normal fetus anatomy. Development of the human fetal kidney runs through a series of continual and mutually dependent changes during which the kidney obtains its morphological and functional maturity. This study was created to estimate the changes in kidney size during gestation in fetuses from the 4th to the 10th lunar month, to evaluate the dynamics of their growth, as well as to establish the validity of the volume calculated from these dimensions. Serial measurements of kidney dimensions (length, width, thickness) were performed in 110 fetuses. Photomicrographs of kidneys from the 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th lunar months are also presented. On the basis of the results obtained by our examination, we concluded that the period from the 14th to 16th week of intrauterine life is the fastest period of kidney growth during fetal development. Using the ellipsoid formula for calculating the fetal renal volume offers an underestimation of about 32-33% on average. The importance of this study lies in determining the average fetal kidney dimensions, which could be used as standard values in obstetrics.
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- Slobodan Vlajković
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Ruster M, Sommer M, Stein G, Bauer K, Walter B, Wolf G, Bauer R. Renal Angiotensin receptor type 1 and 2 upregulation in intrauterine growth restriction of newborn piglets. Cells Tissues Organs 2006; 182:106-14. [PMID: 16804301 DOI: 10.1159/000093065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with abnormalities in kidney development which is thought to be linked with alterations causing adult cardiovascular diseases. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in the development of renal vascular and tubular structures, and is known to be altered by experimentally induced IUGR. These experimental models of IGUR have been criticized because they may have a more severe impact on intrauterine development than that which is normally encountered in humans. Therefore, we asked whether naturally occurring small-for-gestational-age newborn piglets exhibit features of altered RAS activity. We investigated the regional renal expression of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) and AT2 receptors in normal-weight and IUGR piglets. The AT1 receptor mRNA expression was markedly enhanced in IUGR piglets, in the renal cortex by 64% and in the renal medulla by 52% (p < 0.05, compared with normal littermates). In contrast, mRNA expression for the AT2 receptor was similar in both the normal-weight and IUGR piglets. A significantly higher AT1 receptor protein expression was found in the IUGR piglets (p < 0.05) in the glomeruli, in the proximal and distal tubules, as well as in the collecting ducts by immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, AT2 receptor protein expression was significantly higher in the IUGR piglets (p < 0.05) in the subcapsular nephrogenic zone and in the distal tubules and collecting ducts. Thus, IUGR is accompanied by an upregulation of angiotensin II receptor expression in the kidneys of newborn piglets. This may indicate an alteration of the RAS in newborns suffering from naturally occurring IUGR.
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- Michael Ruster
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Universitatsklinikum Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany
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Schreuder M, Delemarre-van de Waal H, van Wijk A. Consequences of Intrauterine Growth Restriction for the Kidney. Kidney Blood Press Res 2006; 29:108-25. [PMID: 16837795 DOI: 10.1159/000094538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Low birth weight due to intrauterine growth restriction is associated with various diseases in adulthood, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and end-stage renal disease. The purpose of this review is to describe the effects of intrauterine growth restriction on the kidney. Nephrogenesis requires a fine balance of many factors that can be disturbed by intrauterine growth restriction, leading to a low nephron endowment. The compensatory hyperfiltration in the remaining nephrons results in glomerular and systemic hypertension. Hyperfiltration is attributed to several factors, including the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and nitric oxide. Data from human and animal studies are presented, and suggest a faltering IGF-I and an inhibited RAS in intrauterine growth restriction. Hyperfiltration makes the kidney more vulnerable during additional kidney disease, and is associated with glomerular damage and kidney failure in the long run. Animal studies have provided a possible therapy with blockage of the RAS at an early stage in order to prevent the compensatory glomerular hyperfiltration, but this is far from being applicable to humans. Research is needed to further unravel the effect of intrauterine growth restriction on the kidney.
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- Michiel Schreuder
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Baserga M, Hale MA, Ke X, Wang ZM, Yu X, Callaway CW, McKnight RA, Lane RH. Uteroplacental insufficiency increases p53 phosphorylation without triggering the p53-MDM2 functional circuit response in the IUGR rat kidney. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R412-8. [PMID: 16914427 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00880.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Uteroplacental insufficiency (UPI) leads to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which predisposes infants toward renal insufficiency early in life and increases the risk of kidney-related adult morbidities, such as hypertension. This compromised in utero environment has been demonstrated to impair nephrogenesis, as evidenced by a reduced nephron endowment in humans and in rats rendered IUGR by UPI. Concordantly, we have observed that IUGR rats have increased kidney p53 protein levels associated with increased apoptosis. Several factors can regulate p53 gene expression and activity, including posttranslational modifications and protein-protein interactions in the cell. Among these, two important mechanisms are 1) phosphorylation of the amino terminal serine 15 [phospho-p53 (Ser15)], which increases p53 stability and apoptotic activity, and 2) the murine double-minute (MDM2) functional circuit that limits further p53-induced apoptosis by promoting proteosomal degradation of p53. We hypothesize that UPI induces an increase in phospho-p53 (Ser15) in association with an absent MDM2 response, predisposing the kidney to increased apoptosis. To test our hypothesis, we induced IUGR through bilateral uterine artery ligation of the pregnant rat. UPI significantly increased phospho-p53 (Ser15), as well as ataxia teleangiectasia-mutated kinase/A-T-related kinase and dsDNA-activated protein kinase kinase levels, which induce phosphorylation of p53. In contrast, UPI induced no increase in kidney MDM2 mRNA and protein levels in IUGR pups. We conclude that among multiple mechanisms that affect nephrogenesis, UPI induces an increase in p53 phosphorylation without a corresponding increase in MDM2 expression, and we speculate that this response may contribute to the increased apoptosis previously described in the IUGR kidney.
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- Mariana Baserga
- University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158, USA.
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Codreanu I, Perico N, Sharma SK, Schieppati A, Remuzzi G. Prevention programmes of progressive renal disease in developing nations (Review Article). Nephrology (Carlton) 2006; 11:321-8. [PMID: 16889572 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2006.00587.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Development of strategies for the early detection and prevention of non-communicable diseases, including kidney disease, is the only realistic strategy to avert an imminent global health and economic crisis and enhance equity in health care worldwide. In this article, we briefly examine the burden of non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and how chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a key integrated element in the setting, even in developing countries. A possible explanation of the increasing number of people who have or are at risk to develop CKD in poor countries is also given. A survey of major screening and intervention programmes performed or ongoing globally is then presented, highlighting differences and hurdles of projects planned in developed or developing nations as well as in unprivileged communities in developed countries. Finally, some recommendations on future steps to implement prevention programmes in emerging worlds are provided.
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- Igor Codreanu
- Department of Medicine and Transplantation, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
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Neu J. Elucidating molecular mechanisms of the developmental origins hypothesis: p53 phosphorylation, apoptosis, and nephrogenesis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R410-1. [PMID: 16914426 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00195.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Schreuder MF, van Wijk JAE, Delemarre-van de Waal HA. Intrauterine growth restriction increases blood pressure and central pulse pressure measured with telemetry in aging rats. J Hypertens 2006; 24:1337-43. [PMID: 16794483 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000234114.33025.fd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with a higher risk of hypertension in adulthood. In Western countries, IUGR is based on uteroplacental dysfunction. We hypothesize that aging augments the increased baseline blood pressure after IUGR and alters the cardiovascular response to acute stress. METHODS To evaluate blood pressure during aging in the rat, we used a model of uteroplacental dysfunction (bilateral uterine artery ligation). Blood pressure was measured in male offspring at the ages of 6, 9, and 12 months using telemetry, allowing for unstressed measurements in conscious animals. At 6 and 12 months of age, cardiovascular data were obtained during acute olfactory stress induced by ammonia and subsequent recovery. RESULTS Rats born after IUGR had lower birth weights (4.6 versus 6.5 g, P < 0.001) and did not completely catch up in weight by 12 months of age (519 versus 567 g, P < 0.01). Systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in IUGR animals at all ages. Pulse pressure (PP) was identical in both groups at the age of 6 months. However, PP increased in the IUGR group with increasing age, unlike the control group, and was significantly higher at 9 and 12 months of age. At the age of 12 months, there was a highly significant negative correlation between birth weight and PP (r = -0.82, P < 0.001). IUGR rats reached a higher peak in systolic blood pressure during stress, and showed a longer period for the raised heart rate to recover after stress. CONCLUSIONS IUGR is associated with raised baseline blood pressure, an increasing PP with age, and an altered stress response.
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Hoy WE, Hughson MD, Singh GR, Douglas-Denton R, Bertram JF. Reduced nephron number and glomerulomegaly in Australian Aborigines: A group at high risk for renal disease and hypertension. Kidney Int 2006; 70:104-10. [PMID: 16723986 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Aborigines in remote areas of Australia have much higher rates of renal disease, as well as hypertension and cardiovascular disease, than non-Aboriginal Australians. We compared kidney findings in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in one remote region. Glomerular number and mean glomerular volume were estimated with the disector/fractionator combination in the right kidney of 19 Aborigines and 24 non-Aboriginal people undergoing forensic autopsy for sudden or unexpected death in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Aborigines had 30% fewer glomeruli than non-Aborigines--202,000 fewer glomeruli per kidney, or an estimated 404,000 fewer per person (P=0.036). Their mean glomerular volume was 27% larger (P=0.016). Glomerular number was significantly correlated with adult height, inferring a relationship with birthweight, which, on average, is much lower in Aboriginal than non-Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people with a history of hypertension had 30% fewer glomeruli than those without--250,000 fewer per kidney (P=0.03), or 500,000 fewer per person, and their mean glomerular volume was about 25% larger. The lower nephron number in Aboriginal people is compatible with their susceptibility to renal failure. The additional nephron deficit associated with hypertension is compatible with other reports. Lower nephron numbers are probably due in part to reduced nephron endowment, which is related to a suboptimal intrauterine environment. Compensatory glomerular hypertrophy in people with fewer nephrons, while minimizing loss of total filtering surface area, might be exacerbating nephron loss. Optimization of fetal growth should ultimately reduce the florid epidemic of renal disease, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
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- W E Hoy
- Centre for Chronic Disease, Central Clinical School University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Fagerudd J, Forsblom C, Pettersson-Fernholm K, Saraheimo M, Wadén J, Rönnback M, Rosengård-Bärlund M, Björkesten CGA, Thorn L, Wessman M, Groop PH. Low birth weight does not increase the risk of nephropathy in Finnish type 1 diabetic patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21:2159-65. [PMID: 16702205 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low birth weight (LBW) has been linked to renal disease both in animal models and human studies. However, the role of birth weight in the development of diabetic nephropathy is unclear. We, therefore, studied the impact of birth weight on the development of diabetic nephropathy and other related traits, such as diabetic retinopathy and macrovascular disease, in Caucasian type 1 diabetic patients. METHODS Data on size at birth were obtained from original birth certificates in 1543 Finnish patients with type 1 diabetes. The patients were divided into those with low (LBW; below the 10th percentile), normal (NBW; 11-90th percentile) and high birth weight (HBW; above the 90th percentile). RESULTS Diabetic nephropathy was equally common in the groups with various birth weight (LBW vs NBW vs HBW: 21 vs 20 vs 17%, P = NS). End-stage renal disease (3 vs 5 vs 4%, P = NS), laser-treated retinopathy (31 vs 31 vs 31%, P = NS) and macrovascular disease (5 vs 5 vs 8%, P = NS) were equally prevalent in the various birth weight groups. The time from the onset of diabetes to the onset of diabetic nephropathy was similar irrespective of birth weight (log-rank test; P = NS). CONCLUSIONS Based on our cross-sectional data, LBW does not have an impact on the development of diabetic nephropathy, laser-treated retinopathy or macrovascular disease later in life in Caucasians with type 1 diabetes.
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- Johan Fagerudd
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki (C318b), PO Box 63, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Franco MCP, Christofalo DMJ, Sawaya AL, Ajzen SA, Sesso R. Effects of low birth weight in 8- to 13-year-old children: implications in endothelial function and uric acid levels. Hypertension 2006; 48:45-50. [PMID: 16682609 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000223446.49596.3a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Low birth weight has been associated with an increased incidence of adult cardiovascular disease. Endothelial dysfunction and high levels of serum uric acid are associated with hypertension. In this study, we have determined whether uric acid is related to blood pressure and vascular function in children with low birth weight. We evaluated vascular function using high-resolution ultrasound, blood pressure, and uric acid levels in 78 children (35 girls, 43 boys, aged 8 to 13 years). Increasing levels of uric acid and systolic blood pressure were observed in children with low birth weight. Birth weight was inversely associated with both systolic blood pressure and uric acid; on the other hand, uric acid levels were directly correlated with systolic blood pressure in children of the entire cohort. Low birth weight was associated with reduced flow-mediated dilation (r=0.427, P<0.001). Because the children with low birth weight had elevated uric acid as well as higher systolic blood pressure levels, we evaluated the correlation between these variables. In the low birth weight group, multiple regression analysis revealed that uric acid (beta=-2.886; SE=1.393; P=0.040) had a graded inverse relationship with flow-mediated dilation, which was not affected in a model adjusting for race and gender. We conclude that children with a history of low birth weight show impaired endothelial function and increased blood pressure and uric acid levels. These findings may be early expressions of vascular compromise, contributing to susceptibility to disease in adult life.
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- Maria C P Franco
- Division of NephrologyFederal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Zimanyi MA, Denton KM, Forbes JM, Thallas-Bonke V, Thomas MC, Poon F, Black MJ. A developmental nephron deficit in rats is associated with increased susceptibility to a secondary renal injury due to advanced glycation end-products. Diabetologia 2006; 49:801-10. [PMID: 16496120 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0175-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a secondary renal insult, due to chronic infusion of AGEs on renal function, and on early pathological markers in rats with a developmental nephron deficit. METHODS Female Wistar-Kyoto rats were fed a low-protein diet (LPD; 8.7% casein) or a normal-protein diet (NPD; 20% casein) during pregnancy and lactation. Nephron number was estimated in 4-week-old female offspring. Male offspring were allowed to grow to 20 weeks of age, when AGEs derived from BSA (AGE-BSA) or BSA was infused subcutaneously (20 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) for 4 weeks. At 24 weeks, blood pressure, renal function and circulating and renal AGEs were assessed. Real-time PCR was used to investigate early molecular markers of renal pathology. RESULTS As expected, maternal protein restriction led to reduced nephron endowment in LPD offspring. This alone did not affect blood pressure or lead to hyperfiltration in adulthood. However, when coupled with the secondary renal insult, the expression of the genes encoding transforming growth factor-beta(1) and procollagen III was significantly upregulated in the kidneys. In addition, there was renal accumulation of AGEs in LPD offspring, and this was exacerbated by AGE infusion. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our results demonstrate that the adult kidney with a reduced nephron endowment is more vulnerable to secondary renal insult from AGE-BSA. Since AGE formation is markedly elevated with hyperglycaemia, our findings suggest that a developmental or acquired deficit may render the kidney susceptible to diabetic renal disease.
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- M A Zimanyi
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, P.O. Box 13C, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia.
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UNLABELLED Intrauterine growth retardation is associated with oligonephropathy and the risk of hypertension and renal disease in adulthood. Animal study data show that nephron density is directly related to protein nutrition status during nephrogenesis. Among infants born at low gestation, postnatal growth retardation and major deficits in energy and protein intake have been reported. CONCLUSION Since nephrogenesis occurs mainly in late gestation, increasing protein intake during nephrogenesis could minimize the risk of long-term morbidities associated with oligonephropathy.
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- Melinda Y Yeung
- Department of Pharmacy, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
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Jaddoe VWV, Witteman JCM. Hypotheses on the Fetal Origins of Adult Diseases: Contributions of Epidemiological Studies. Eur J Epidemiol 2006; 21:91-102. [PMID: 16518677 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-5924-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between low birth weight and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and their risk factors in adult life. These findings have led to sharp debates in the literature concerning potential methodological study flaws and the effect size and causality of the associations. More recent studies seem to have overcome most methodological flaws and suggest a small effect size of low birth weight on adult diseases for the individual. However, the effect size may still be important on a population level. Various causal pathways have been hypothesized as mechanisms underlying these associations. These hypotheses have proposed central roles for (1) fetal undernutrition, (2) increased cortisol exposure, (3) genetic susceptibility and (4) accelerated post-natal growth. These hypotheses have been studied in various epidemiological study designs. Thus far, it is still not known which mechanisms underlie the associations between low birth weight and diseases in adult life. The causal pathways linking low birth weight to diseases in later life seem to be complex and may include combined environmental and genetic mechanisms in various periods of life. Well-designed epidemiological studies are necessary to estimate the population effect size and to identify the underlying mechanisms. This knowledge is needed to develop strategies for identifying groups at risk and prevention focused on early life.
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- Vincent W V Jaddoe
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Geremia C, Cianfarani S. Laboratory tests and measurements in children born small for gestational age (SGA). Clin Chim Acta 2006; 364:113-23. [PMID: 16139827 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 06/18/2005] [Accepted: 06/21/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Children born small for gestational age are at high risk of developing insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease in adulthood. In addition, approximately 10% of SGA children do not achieve a normal adult height. Studies performed in SGA children to evaluate markers of metabolic disease in prepubertal, pubertal and adolescent subjects, indicate a higher prevalence of subtle endocrine and metabolic abnormalities that may precede the onset of overt disease in adulthood. At present, however, there are no conclusive data supporting the need of systematic close monitoring of GH-IGF, hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axes, as well as insulin sensitivity, glucose homeostasis, and lipid metabolism. Monitoring of metabolic parameters should probably be reserved to SGA children with genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia, as early identification of metabolic alterations might prompt effective preventive interventions and, ultimately, reduce cardiovascular risk.
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- Caterina Geremia
- Rina Balducci Center of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Public Health and Cell Biology, Room E-178, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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