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Hu MC, Reneau JA, Shi M, Takahashi M, Chen G, Mohammadi M, Moe OW. C-terminal fragment of fibroblast growth factor 23 improves heart function in murine models of high intact fibroblast growth factor 23. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2024; 326:F584-F599. [PMID: 38299214 PMCID: PMC11208029 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00298.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of death in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with high circulating fibroblast growth factor (FGF)23 levels. It is unresolved whether high circulating FGF23 is a mere biomarker or pathogenically contributes to cardiomyopathy. It is also unknown whether the C-terminal FGF23 peptide (cFGF23), a natural FGF23 antagonist proteolyzed from intact FGF23 (iFGF23), retards CKD progression and improves cardiomyopathy. We addressed these questions in three murine models with high endogenous FGF23 and cardiomyopathy. First, we examined wild-type (WT) mice with CKD induced by unilateral ischemia-reperfusion and contralateral nephrectomy followed by a high-phosphate diet. These mice were continuously treated with intraperitoneal implanted osmotic minipumps containing either iFGF23 protein to further escalate FGF23 bioactivity, cFGF23 peptide to block FGF23 signaling, vehicle, or scrambled peptide as negative controls. Exogenous iFGF23 protein given to CKD mice exacerbated pathological cardiac remodeling and CKD progression, whereas cFGF23 treatment improved heart and kidney function, attenuated fibrosis, and increased circulating soluble Klotho. WT mice without renal insult placed on a high-phosphate diet and homozygous Klotho hypomorphic mice, both of whom develop moderate CKD and clear cardiomyopathy, were treated with cFGF23 or vehicle. Mice treated with cFGF23 in both models had improved heart and kidney function and histopathology. Taken together, these data indicate high endogenous iFGF23 is not just a mere biomarker but pathogenically deleterious in CKD and cardiomyopathy. Furthermore, attenuation of FGF23 bioactivity by cFGF23 peptide is a promising therapeutic strategy to protect the kidney and heart from high FGF23 activity.NEW & NOTEWORTHY There is a strong correlation between cardiovascular morbidity and high circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels, but causality was never proven. We used a murine chronic kidney disease (CKD) model to show that intact FGF23 (iFGF23) is pathogenic and contributes to both CKD progression and cardiomyopathy. Blockade of FGF23 signaling with a natural proteolytic product of iFGF23, C-terminal FGF23, alleviated kidney and cardiac histology, and function in three separate murine models of high endogenous FGF23.
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- Ming Chang Hu
- Charles and Jane Pak Center of Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Charles and Jane Pak Center of Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Charles and Jane Pak Center of Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Charles and Jane Pak Center of Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Charles and Jane Pak Center of Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Charles and Jane Pak Center of Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Heijboer AC, Cavalier E. The Measurement and Interpretation of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF23) Concentrations. Calcif Tissue Int 2023; 112:258-270. [PMID: 35665817 PMCID: PMC9859838 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-022-00987-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Two decades after the discovery of the hormone FGF23, we know more about phosphate homeostasis as it turned out that FGF23 is the central hormone that regulates this. Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets and tumor-induced osteomalacia could by then be explained, by autonomous FGF23 production, and the nephrology field was excited by this new marker as it turned out to be independently associated with mortality in people treated by hemodialysis. This led to the development of several immunoassays to be able to measure FGF23 in blood. In the past years we learned that FGF23 is a rather stable peptide, the precision of the assays is acceptable but assays are not standardized and therefore not comparable. This means that reference values and cutoff values need to be assay specific. For several assays reference values have been established and gender and age did not seem of high importance. The phosphate content of the diet, which can be culturally dependent, however, should be taken into account when interpreting results, but to what extent is not totally clear. Currently, clinical application of the immunoassays is established in the diagnosis of hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets and diagnosis and follow-up of tumor-induced osteomalacia. Definite conclusions on the usefulness of the FGF23 measurement in people with CKD either as a marker for risk prediction or a as target for treatment remains to be determined. The latter applications would require dedicated prospective clinical trials, which may take years, before providing answers. To improve the standardization of the FGF23 assays and to shed light on the biological functions that fragments might have we might aim for an LC-MS/MS-based method to quantify both intact and fragmented FGF23. In this literature review we will summarize the current knowledge on the physiological role of FGF23, its quantification, and the clinical usefulness of its determination.
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- Annemieke C Heijboer
- Endocrine Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology & Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117 and Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, CHU de Liège, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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Bover J, Trinidad P, Jara A, Soler-Majoral J, Martín-Malo A, Torres A, Frazão J, Ureña P, Dusso A, Arana C, Graterol F, Romero-González G, Troya M, Samaniego D, D'Marco L, Valdivielso JM, Fernández E, Arenas MD, Torregrosa V, Navarro-González JF, Lloret MJ, Ballarín JA, Bosch RJ, Górriz JL, de Francisco A, Gutiérrez O, Ara J, Felsenfeld A, Canalejo A, Almadén Y. Silver jubilee: 25 years of the first demonstration of the direct effect of phosphate on the parathyroid cell. Nefrologia 2022; 42:645-655. [PMID: 36925324 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2023.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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Although phosphorus is an essential element for life, it is not found in nature in its native state but rather combined in the form of inorganic phosphates (PO43-), with tightly regulated plasma levels that are associated with deleterious effects and mortality when these are out of bounds. The growing interest in the accumulation of PO43- in human pathophysiology originated in its attributed role in the pathogenesis of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in chronic kidney disease. In this article, we review the mechanisms by which this effect was justified and we commemorate the important contribution of a Spanish group led by Dr. M. Rodríguez, just 25 years ago, when they first demonstrated the direct effect of PO43- on the regulation of the synthesis and secretion of parathyroid hormone by maintaining the structural integrity of the parathyroid glands in their original experimental model. In addition to demonstrating the importance of arachidonic acid (AA) and the phospholipase A2-AA pathway as a mediator of parathyroid gland response, these findings were predecessors of the recent description of the important role of PO43- on the activity of the calcium sensor-receptor, and also fueled various lines of research on the importance of PO43- overload not only for the pathophysiology of SHPT but also in its systemic pathogenic role.
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- Jordi Bover
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain.
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- Departamento de Nefrología, HECMN siglo XXI, IMSS, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Nefrología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clinica Nefrología, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, España. Red Nacional de Investigación en Nefrología (REDinREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Institute for Innovation and Health Research (I3S), Institute of Biomedical Engineering (INEB), Nephrology and Infectious Diseases Research Group, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- AURA Nord Saint Ouen Dialysis Service. Saint Ouen, France and Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Rénales, Hôpital Necker, Université Paris V, René Descartes, Paris, France
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Departamento de Nefrología y Trasplante Renal, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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- CEU Cardenal Herrera University, Valencia, Spain
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, IRBLLEIDA, Lleida, España. Red Nacional de Investigación en Nefrología (REDinREN, RETIC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, IRBLLEIDA, Lleida, España. Red Nacional de Investigación en Nefrología (REDinREN, RETIC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain; Grupo de Investigación Traslacional Vascular y Renal, Fundación Renal Jaume Arnó, Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Nefrología y Trasplante Renal, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España
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- Unidad de Investigación y Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Instituto Universitario de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de la Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España. Red Nacional de Investigación en Nefrología (REDinREN, RICORS), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Fundació Puigvert, IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Fundació Puigvert, IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unidad de Fisiología, Departamento de Biología de Sistemas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, INCLIVA, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Universidad de Alabama en Birmingham, Birmingham USA
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, RICORS, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Departamento de Ciencias Integradas/Centro de Investigación RENSMA, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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