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Charlton JR, Xu Y, Wu T, deRonde KA, Hughes JL, Dutta S, Oxley GT, Cwiek A, Cathro HP, Charlton NP, Conaway MR, Baldelomar EJ, Parvin N, Bennett KM. Magnetic resonance imaging accurately tracks kidney pathology and heterogeneity in the transition from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2020; 99:173-185. [PMID: 32916180 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) increases the risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, there are few tools to detect microstructural changes after AKI. Here, cationic ferritin-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CFE-MRI) was applied to examine the heterogeneity of kidney pathology in the transition from AKI to CKD. Adult male mice received folic acid followed by cationic ferritin and were euthanized at four days (AKI), four weeks (CKD-4) or 12 weeks (CKD-12). Kidneys were examined by histologic methods and CFE-MRI. In the CKD-4 and CKD-12 groups, glomerular number was reduced and atubular cortical lesions were observed. Apparent glomerular volume was larger in the AKI, CKD-4 and CKD-12 groups compared to controls. Glomerular hypertrophy occurred with ageing. Interglomerular distance and glomerular density were combined with other MRI metrics to distinguish the AKI and CKD groups from controls. Despite significant heterogeneity, the noninvasive (MRI-based) metrics were as accurate as invasive (histological) metrics at distinguishing AKI and CKD from controls. To assess the toxicity of cationic ferritin in a CKD model, CKD-4 mice received cationic ferritin and were examined one week later. The CKD-4 groups with and without cationic ferritin were similar, except the iron content of the kidney, liver, and spleen was greater in the CKD-4 plus cationic ferritin group. Thus, our study demonstrates the accuracy and safety of CFE-MRI to detect whole kidney pathology allowing for the development of novel biomarkers of kidney disease and providing a foundation for future in vivo longitudinal studies in mouse models of AKI and CKD to track nephron fate.
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- Jennifer R Charlton
- Department of Pediatrics, Division Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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- ASU-Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging, School of Computing, Informatics, Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- ASU-Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging, School of Computing, Informatics, Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Pathology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Toxicology, University of Virginia, Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Division of Translational Research and Applied Statistics Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Wierema TKA, Yaqoob MM. Renal artery stenosis in chronic renal failure: caution is advised for percutaneous revascularization. Eur J Intern Med 2008; 19:276-9. [PMID: 18471677 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Revised: 06/07/2007] [Accepted: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Percutaneous intervention for renal artery stenosis may lead to acute deterioration of renal function and, consequently, of a patient's well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine whether selection by indication for renal artery stenosis was predictive of outcome. METHODS All patients who underwent intervention for renal artery stenosis were selected to participate in the study and their indication for intervention was determined. Patient characteristics, i.e., renal function and clearance by modified diet in renal disease (MDRD), blood pressure and its treatment, kidney size, proteinuria, and cardiovascular events, were recorded before intervention, at 1 year, and at the end of follow-up. An intervention was classified as a success, no change, or a failure with respect to the indication for intervention. Successful interventions were compared to failures with respect to indication and patient characteristics. RESULTS Twenty-four patients were included in the study: 11 for renal failure (RF), 9 for hypertension (HT), and 4 due to flash pulmonary edema (FPE). One patient with RF, four with HT, and one with FPE benefited from intervention. Nine patients with RF and two with HT were classified as failures. Failure was most prevalent in the RF group (p<0.05). Other predictors of failure were older age (p<0.02), worse renal function (p<0.02), smaller kidneys (p<0.03), and previous cardiovascular events (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Renal failure must be considered a contraindication for intervention in renal artery stenosis. Intervention can be considered in FPE and hypertension, provided other predictive factors for failure are absent.
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- Thomas K A Wierema
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Boyce AC, Gibson KJ, Wintour EM, Koukoulas I, Lumbers ER. Effects of 7-day amino acid infusion on renal growth, function, and renin-angiotensin system in fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 289:R1099-106. [PMID: 15961537 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00055.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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These experiments examined whether renal growth and the fetal renin-angiotensin system could be stimulated by infusion of amino acids and whether chronic amino acid infusions restored glomerulotubular balance, which had been disrupted during 4-h infusions. Five fetal sheep aged 122 +/- 1 days gestation received an infusion of alanine, glycine, proline and serine in 0.15 M saline at 0.22 mmol/min for 7 days. Six control fetuses were given saline at the same rate (5 ml/h). Kidney wet weights after amino acid infusion were 28% larger than control fetuses (P < 0.05), and renal angiotensinogen mRNA levels were approximately 2.6-fold higher (P < 0.005). Circulating renin levels and renal renin mRNA levels were suppressed (P < 0.05), and renal renin protein levels tended to be lower. Arterial pressure was increased, and there was a marked, sustained natriuresis and diuresis. Glomerular filtration rate and filtered sodium were approximately two-fold higher throughout infusion (P < 0.05). Fractional proximal sodium reabsorption, suppressed at 4 h (from 73.4 +/- 6.5 to 53.7 +/- 10.2%), did not return to control levels (36.1 +/- 3.4% on day 7, P < 0.05). Distal sodium reabsorption was markedly increased (from 79 +/- 25 to 261 +/- 75 mumol/min by day 7, P < 0.005), but this was not sufficient to restore glomerulotubular balance. The resultant high rates of sodium excretion led to hyponatremia and polyhydramnios. In conclusion, long-term amino acid infusions increased renal angiotensinogen gene expression, kidney weight, and distal nephron sodium reabsorptive capacity but failed to restore proximal and total glomerulotubular balance.
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- Amanda C Boyce
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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Studies of glomerular diseases in animal models show that progression toward nephron loss starts with extracapillary lesions, whereby podocytes play the central role. If injuries remain bound within the endocapillary compartment, they will undergo recovery or be repaired by scaring. Degenerative, inflammatory and dysregulative mechanisms leading to nephron loss are distinguished. In addition to several other unique features, the dysregulative mechanisms leading to collapsing glomerulopathy are particular in that glomeruli and tubules are affected in parallel. In contrast, in degenerative and inflammatory diseases, tubular injury is secondary to glomerular lesions. In both of the latter groups of diseases, the progression starts in the glomerulus with the loss of the separation between the tuft and Bowman's capsule by forming cell bridges (parietal cells and/or podocytes) between the glomerular and the parietal basement membranes. Cell bridges develop into tuft adhesions to Bowman's capsule, which initiate the formation of crescents, either by misdirected filtration (proteinaceous crescents) or by epithelial cell proliferation (cellular crescents). Crescents may spread over the entire circumference of the glomerulus and, via the glomerulotubular junction, may extend onto the tubule. Two mechanisms concerning the transfer of a glomerular injury onto the tubulointerstitium are discussed: (1) direct encroachment of extracapillary lesions and (2) protein leakage into tubular urine, resulting in injury to the tubule and the interstitium. There is evidence that direct encroachment is the crucial mechanism. Progression of chronic renal disease is underlain by a vicious cycle which passes on the damage from lost and/or damaged nephrons to so far healthy nephrons. Presently, two mechanisms are discussed: (1) the loss of nephrons leads to compensatory mechanisms in the remaining nephrons (glomerular hypertension, hyperfiltration, hypertrophy) which increase their vulnerability to any further challenge (overload hypothesis); and (2) a proteinuric glomerular disease leads, by some way or another, to tubulointerstitial inflammation and fibrosis, accounting for the further deterioration of renal function (fibrosis hypothesis). So far, no convincing evidence has been published that in primary glomerular diseases fibrosis is harmful to healthy nephrons. The potential of glomerular injuries to regenerate or to be repaired by scaring is limited. The only option for extracapillary injuries with tuft adhesion is repair by formation of a segmental adherent scar (i.e., segmental glomerulosclerosis).
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- Wilhelm Kriz
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Najafian B, Kim Y, Crosson JT, Mauer M. Atubular glomeruli and glomerulotubular junction abnormalities in diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14:908-17. [PMID: 12660325 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000057854.32413.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Atubular glomeruli (AG) have been described in several renal disorders. However, little attention has been paid to AG in diabetic nephropathy (DN). Preliminary studies suggested that tip lesions were frequently present in type 1 diabetic (D) patients with proteinuria. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of AG and their possible relationship with tip lesions in DN. Renal biopsies from eight proteinuric type 1 D patients with normal to moderately reduced GFR (76 +/- 26 ml/min per 1.73 m(2)) and eight normal subjects were studied by light (LM) and electron microscopy (EM). Glomerular volume, volume of the glomerular corpuscle, which is tuft, and the fractional volumes of proximal, distal, and atrophic tubules per cortex were estimated using appropriate stereologic methods. Glomerulotubular junctions were examined on serial sections and classified into glomeruli attached to: normal tubules (NT); short atrophic tubules (SAT); long atrophic tubules (LAT); atrophic tubules with no observable glomerular opening (ATNO); and atubular glomeruli (AG). EM studies showed typical diabetic changes in biopsies, including increased GBM width (P < 0.00001) and mesangial fractional volume (P < 0.0001) and decreased filtration surface density (P < 0.01) compared with normal subjects. Seventeen percent of glomeruli in the D patients were atubular, and 51% were attached to atrophic tubules. Tip lesions were present in all SAT, 64% of LAT, 82% of ATNO, and only 9% of NT and were never observed in normal subjects. The relative volume of AG was smaller than glomeruli in other categories (P < 0.05). Fractional volume of proximal (P < 0.01) and distal (P <0.01) tubules per cortex were decreased, while fractional volume of cortical interstitium (P <0.00001) and atrophic tubules (P <0.01) were increased in D patients. Fractional volume of atrophic tubules, %AG, and percent of glomeruli with tip lesion explained 94% of the GFR variability in diabetic patients (P <0.05). Thus, AG and glomerulotubular junction abnormalities may be important in the development and progression of DN.
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- Behzad Najafian
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Uriu K, Kaizu K, Qie YL, Kai K, Ito A, Ikeda M, Hashimoto O, Sun XF, Morita E, Eto S. Renal hemodynamics in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty rat, a model rat of spontaneous non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with obesity. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 1999; 134:483-91. [PMID: 10560942 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2143(99)90170-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Renal hemodynamic features in obese non-insulin-dependent diabetic rats remain unknown. We investigated renal hemodynamic and morphologic changes in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats at the age of 5 and 10 months compared with age-matched lean nondiabetic control rats (LETO). OLETF rats showed obesity compared with age-matched LETO rats. Hyperglycemia was mild in 5-month-old OLETF rats and moderate in 10-month-old OLETF rats. The absolute value for glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was significantly higher in OLETF rats than in age-matched LETO rats at the age of 5 and 10 months. Ten-month-old OLETF rats had significantly higher absolute values for renal plasma flow (RPF) than age-matched LETO rats but not 5-month-old OLETF rats. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that body weight was a powerful determinant of GFR and RPF. When factored for body weight, no difference in GFR was demonstrated between 5-month-old OLETF and LETO rats, whereas 10-month-old OLETF rats still had significantly higher GFR and RPF than age-matched LETO rats. Renal hypertrophy was demonstrated in both 5- and 10-month-old OLETF rats even when factored for body weight. Glomerular volume was significantly increased in 10-month-old OLETF rats, but the ratio of glomerular volume to body weight was not different among the groups. Both absolute value for glomerular capillary length free from mesangial area and the value factored for glomerular area were significantly longer in OLETF rats than in age-matched LETO rats. Mesangial matrix expansion was remarkable in 10-month-old OLETF rats, and the glomerular sclerosis index was significantly higher in 10-month-old OLETF rats than in age-matched LETO rats. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that body weight, hemoglobin A1c, and hypertriglyceridemia were powerful determinants for kidney weight and glomerular volume. These data suggest that renal hyperfiltration and hypertrophy observed in 10-month-old OLETF rats are related to diabetic metabolic disorders and that obesity-related conditions may be involved in the renal hemodynamic and morphologic features in OLETF rats.
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- K Uriu
- Kidney Center and First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyusyu, Japan
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Christensen S, Shalmi M, Hansen AK, Marcussen N. Effects of perindopril and hydrochlorothiazide on the long-term progression of lithium-induced chronic renal failure in rats. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1997; 80:132-41. [PMID: 9101586 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1997.tb00386.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Administration of lithium in the diet to new-born rats induces chronic renal failure associated with hypertension, proteinuria and irreversible tubulo-interstitial morphological changes. In the present study we induced chronic renal failure by administration of lithium for 16 weeks to new-born rats, and examined the spontaneous course of this nephropathy and the effects of antihypertensive treatment with either perindopril (12 mg/kg diet) or hydrochlorothiazide (500-1000 mg/kg diet) during a 24 weeks follow up period without lithium. In the placebo group, progression to terminal uraemia occurred in all rats with severe renal failure (initial Purea > 15 mM) (10 of 18). Rats with mild-moderate renal failure (Purea 9-15 mM) showed no deterioration in renal function despite persistent systolic hypertension and irreversible structural renal changes. Perindopril normalized the blood pressure in all rats but did not prevent the progression to terminal uraemia (8 to 18). Hydrochlorothiazide partially controlled the hypertension and accellerated the progression of uraemia without increasing the mortality (7 of 17). Irrespective of treatments, the predominant quantitative structural changes (e.g. decreased volume of proximal tubular cells) showed significant correlations with the degree of renal dysfunction, but not with systolic blood pressure in the surviving rats. It is concluded that progression of lithium-induced nephropathy to terminal uraemia occurs when the nephrotoxic insult results in a more than 50% reduction of the glomerular filtration rate, judged from Purea levels. The failure of effective antihypertensive treatment with an angiotension-converting enzyme inhibitor to modify the progression suggests that in this model, systemic or glomerular hypertension may not be an important pathophysiological factor. The structural and functional deterioration observed in Li-uraemic rats during treatment with hydrochlorothiazide remains unexplained.
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- S Christensen
- Department of Pharmacology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Marcussen N. Atubular glomeruli in chronic renal disease. CURRENT TOPICS IN PATHOLOGY. ERGEBNISSE DER PATHOLOGIE 1995; 88:145-74. [PMID: 7614846 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79517-6_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The pathological changes in chronic renal failure are heterogeneous and may depend on the primary disease process. Renal function is better correlated with tubular and interstitial changes than with glomerular changes detectable in simple two-dimensional sections. Atubular glomeruli have been demonstrated in many tubulointerstitial disorders. They constitute a significant portion of the glomerular population in some chronic renal diseases. The atubular glomeruli are generally small, but they have open capillaries and minor ultrastructural changes. The number of capillaries is decreased. Glomeruli connected to normal proximal tubules have volumes at the normal level or above. They have not been shown to be eliminated. The presence of atubular glomeruli may explain the correlation between the volume of proximal tubules and the volume of interstitium, on the one hand, and altered renal function on the other. The presence of atubular glomeruli could explain the irreversibility of chronic renal diseases. It is likely that interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy in themselves contribute to the decrease in renal function of both glomerular and nonglomerular renal diseases. In glomerular diseases, the glomerular lesion and hyperfiltration may play the major part in the pathogenesis of the deterioration of renal function. The available evidence points toward glomerulo-tubular disconnection as an important and common cause of progression and irreversibility of chronic renal diseases. It provides a simple explanation for the common observation of severely reduced kidney function and mostly normal-looking glomeruli--at least in two dimensions.
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- N Marcussen
- University Institute of Pathology, Aarhus Kommunehospital, Stereological Research Laboratory, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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