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Knol MGE, Wulfmeyer VC, Müller RU, Rinschen MM. Amino acid metabolism in kidney health and disease. Nat Rev Nephrol 2024:10.1038/s41581-024-00872-8. [PMID: 39198707 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00872-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
Abstract
Amino acids form peptides and proteins and are therefore considered the main building blocks of life. The kidney has an important but under-appreciated role in the synthesis, degradation, filtration, reabsorption and excretion of amino acids, acting to retain useful metabolites while excreting potentially harmful and waste products from amino acid metabolism. A complex network of kidney transporters and enzymes guides these processes and moderates the competing concentrations of various metabolites and amino acid products. Kidney amino acid metabolism contributes to gluconeogenesis, nitrogen clearance, acid-base metabolism and provision of fuel for tricarboxylic acid cycle and urea cycle intermediates, and is thus a central hub for homeostasis. Conversely, kidney disease affects the levels and metabolism of a variety of amino acids. Here, we review the metabolic role of the kidney in amino acid metabolism and describe how different diseases of the kidney lead to aberrations in amino acid metabolism. Improved understanding of the metabolic and communication routes that are affected by disease could provide new mechanistic insights into the pathogenesis of kidney diseases and potentially enable targeted dietary or pharmacological interventions.
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- Martine G E Knol
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- III Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Hamburg Center for Kidney Health, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Hong H, Zheng J, Shi H, Zhou S, Chen Y, Li M. Indole Lactic Acid in Plasma and Urine: A Potential Biomarker for Chronic Kidney Disease and Inflammatory. J Inflamm Res 2024; 17:4105-4116. [PMID: 38948195 PMCID: PMC11214754 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s458881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
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Purpose We aimed to explore changes in plasma and urine indole lactic acid (ILA) levels and the relationship between inflammation and ILA in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and healthy people. Patients and Methods Forty-seven CKD patients and 30 healthy individuals were included in this study. One-way ANOVA was used for variables with normal distribution and homogeneous variance. A rank-sum test was performed for non-normally distributed variables. Correlation analyses were performed using Pearson's or Spearman correlation analyses. Independent relationship between patients and CKD was analyzed using ordinal and binary logistic regressions. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used. Results Plasma and urine ILA levels were positively correlated (r = 0.51, P < 0.01). Plasma ILA was positively correlated with BMI, age, creatinine, BUN, triglycerides, and uric acid and negatively correlated with hemoglobin levels. Urine ILA levels were positively correlated with age, creatinine, BUN, and uric acid and negatively correlated with hemoglobin and albumin levels. Ordered logistic regression analysis showed that CKD was significantly correlated with plasma ILA (OR=4.49, P < 0.01), urinary ILA (OR=2.14,P < 0.01), urea levels (OR=1.43, P < 0.01) and hemoglobin levels (OR=0.95, P < 0.01) were significantly related. ROC curves indicated that plasma and urinary ILA were reliable predictors of CKD. CKD was correlated with plasma, urine ILA (OR=5.92, P < 0.01; OR=2.79, P < 0.01) and Hs-CRP (OR=2.45, P < 0.01). Conclusion Plasma and urine ILA can potentially be used as biomarkers of CKD and inflammatory status.
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- Hao Hong
- Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory Nephrology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory Nephrology, the First People’s Hospital of Kunshan, Soochow, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, People’s Republic of China
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Thome T, Vugman NA, Stone LE, Wimberly K, Scali ST, Ryan TE. A tryptophan-derived uremic metabolite/Ahr/Pdk4 axis governs skeletal muscle mitochondrial energetics in chronic kidney disease. JCI Insight 2024; 9:e178372. [PMID: 38652558 PMCID: PMC11141944 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.178372] [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: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes accumulation of uremic metabolites that negatively affect skeletal muscle. Tryptophan-derived uremic metabolites are agonists of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), which has been shown to be activated in CKD. This study investigated the role of the AHR in skeletal muscle pathology of CKD. Compared with controls with normal kidney function, AHR-dependent gene expression (CYP1A1 and CYP1B1) was significantly upregulated in skeletal muscle of patients with CKD, and the magnitude of AHR activation was inversely correlated with mitochondrial respiration. In mice with CKD, muscle mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) was markedly impaired and strongly correlated with the serum level of tryptophan-derived uremic metabolites and AHR activation. Muscle-specific deletion of the AHR substantially improved mitochondrial OXPHOS in male mice with the greatest uremic toxicity (CKD + probenecid) and abolished the relationship between uremic metabolites and OXPHOS. The uremic metabolite/AHR/mitochondrial axis in skeletal muscle was verified using muscle-specific AHR knockdown in C57BL/6J mice harboring a high-affinity AHR allele, as well as ectopic viral expression of constitutively active mutant AHR in mice with normal renal function. Notably, OXPHOS changes in AHRmKO mice were present only when mitochondria were fueled by carbohydrates. Further analyses revealed that AHR activation in mice led to significantly increased pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (Pdk4) expression and phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme. These findings establish a uremic metabolite/AHR/Pdk4 axis in skeletal muscle that governs mitochondrial deficits in carbohydrate oxidation during CKD.
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- Trace Thome
- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology and
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology and
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- Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology and
- Center for Exercise Science and
- Myology Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Kang J, Guo X, Peng H, Deng Y, Lai J, Tang L, Aoieong C, Tou T, Tsai T, Liu X. Metabolic implications of amino acid metabolites in chronic kidney disease progression: a metabolomics analysis using OPLS-DA and MBRole2.0 database. Int Urol Nephrol 2024; 56:1173-1184. [PMID: 37728808 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-023-03779-8] [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: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND As chronic kidney disease (CKD) progresses, metabolites undergo diverse transformations. Nevertheless, the impact of these metabolic changes on the etiology, progression, and prognosis of CKD remains uncertain. Our objective is to conduct a metabolomics analysis to scrutinize metabolites and identify significant metabolic pathways implicated in CKD progression, thereby pinpointing potential therapeutic targets for CKD management. METHODS We recruited 145 patients with CKD and determined their mGFR by measuring the plasma iohexol clearance, whereupon we partitioned them into four groups based on their mGFR values. Non-targeted metabolomics analysis was conducted using UPLC-MS/MS assays. Differential metabolites were identified via one-way ANOVA, PCA, PLS-DA, and OPLS-DA analyses employing the MetaboAnalyst 5.0 platform. Ultimately, we performed differential metabolite pathway enrichment analysis, using both the MetaboAnalyst 5.0 platform and the MBRole2.0 database. RESULTS According to the findings of the MBRole2.0 and MetaboAnalyst 5.0 enrichment analysis, six amino acid metabolism pathways were discovered to have significant roles in the progression of CKD, with the glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism pathway being the most prominent. The latter enriched 14 differential metabolites, of which six decreased while two increased concomitantly with renal function deterioration. CONCLUSIONS The metabolic analysis unveiled that glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism plays a pivotal role in the progression of CKD. Specifically, glycine was found to increase while serine decreased with the deterioration of CKD.
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- Jianhao Kang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Kiang Wu Hospital, Macau, Macao SAR, China.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovasology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Kiang Wu Hospital, Macau, Macao SAR, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Kiang Wu Hospital, Macau, Macao SAR, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Kiang Wu Hospital, Macau, Macao SAR, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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van der Burgh AC, Geurts S, Ahmad S, Ikram MA, Chaker L, Ferraro PM, Ghanbari M. Circulating metabolites associated with kidney function decline and incident CKD: a multi-platform population-based study. Clin Kidney J 2024; 17:sfad286. [PMID: 38213486 PMCID: PMC10783258 DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfad286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Background Investigation of circulating metabolites associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk could enhance our understanding of underlying pathways and identify new biomarkers for kidney function. Methods We selected participants from the population-based Rotterdam Study with data on circulating metabolites and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine (eGFRcreat) available at the same time point. Data on eGFR based on serum cystatin C (eGFRcys) and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) were also included. CKD was defined as eGFRcreat <60 ml/min per 1.73 m2. Data on circulating metabolites (ntotal = 1381) was obtained from the Nightingale and Metabolon platform. Linear regression, linear mixed, and Cox proportional-hazards regression analyses were conducted to study the associations between metabolites and kidney function. We performed bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses to investigate causality of the identified associations. Results We included 3337 and 1540 participants with data from Nightingale and Metabolon, respectively. A total of 1381 metabolites (243 from Nightingale and 1138 from Metabolon) were included in the analyses. A large number of metabolites were significantly associated with eGFRcreat, eGFRcys, ACR, and CKD, including 16 metabolites that were associated with all four outcomes. Among these, C-glycosyltryptophan (HR 1.50, 95%CI 1.31;1.71) and X-12026 (HR 1.46, 95%CI 1.26;1.68) were most strongly associated with CKD risk. We revealed sex differences in the associations of 11-ketoetiocholanolone glucuronide and 11-beta-glucuronide with the kidney function assessments. No causal associations between the identified metabolites and kidney function were observed. Conclusion Our study indicates that several circulating metabolites are associated with kidney function which are likely to have potential as biomarkers, rather than as molecules involved in the pathophysiology of kidney function decline.
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- Anna C van der Burgh
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Miao H, Wang YN, Yu XY, Zou L, Guo Y, Su W, Liu F, Cao G, Zhao YY. Lactobacillus species ameliorate membranous nephropathy through inhibiting the aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway via tryptophan-produced indole metabolites. Br J Pharmacol 2024; 181:162-179. [PMID: 37594378 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Membranous nephropathy (MN) is an immune-mediated glomerular disease in adults. Antibody- and antigen-bonding mechanisms have been largely clarified, but the subepithelium immune complex deposition-mediated downstream molecular mechanisms are currently unresolved. Increasing evidence has suggested that gut microbiota contribute to MN pathogenesis. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH In this study, we identified alterations in faecal gut microbiota and serum metabolites that mediate an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mechanism in cationic bovine serum albumin (CBSA)-induced MN rats and in patients with idiopathic MN (IMN). KEY RESULTS Impaired renal function correlated with the relative abundance of reduced faecal probiotics, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, and altered serum levels of tryptophan-produced indole derivatives (TPIDs) in MN rats. Further results showed that reduced relative abundance of five probiotics, namely Lactobacillus johnsonii, Lactobacillus murinus, Lactobacillus vaginalis, Lactobacillus reuteri and Bifidobacterium animalis, positively correlated with decreased levels of indole-3-pyruvic acid, indole-3-aldehyde and tryptamine and negatively correlated with increased levels of indole-3-lactic acid and indole-3-acetic acid in serum of MN rats. Altered five probiotics and five TPIDs also were observed in patients with IMN. Further studies showed that MN rats exhibited a significant increase in intrarenal mRNA expression of AhR and its target genes CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and CYP1B1, which were accompanied by protein expression of down-regulated cytoplasmic AhR, but up-regulated nuclear AhR, in MN rats and IMN patients. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Activation of the intrarenal AhR signalling pathway may involve five TPIDs. These data suggest that gut microbiota could influence MN through TPIDs that engage host receptors.
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- Hua Miao
- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- School of Food and Bioengineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Public Health and Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Baoji Central Hospital, Baoji, China
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- Department of Urology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- School of Food and Bioengineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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Zhang X, Zhou J, Xie Z, Li X, Hu J, He H, Li Z. Exploring blood metabolites and thyroid disorders: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1270336. [PMID: 37876541 PMCID: PMC10591305 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1270336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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Background Human blood metabolites have demonstrated close associations with thyroid disorders in observational studies. However, it's essential to determine whether these correlations imply causation. Mendelian Randomization (MR) offers a promising approach to investigate these patterns. Aims The primary aim of our investigation is to establish causality between blood metabolites and three thyroid disorders: TC, GD, and HT. Methods We employed a two-sample bidirectional MR analysis approach to assess the relationships between 452 blood metabolites and the three aforementioned thyroid disorders. Causal links were estimated using the IVW method, with sensitivity analyses conducted via MR-Egger, Weighted Median, and MR-PRESSO. We assessed potential heterogeneity and pleiotropy using MR-Egger intercept and Cochran's Q statistic. Additionally, we conducted pathway analysis to identify potential metabolic pathways. Results We found 46 metabolites that showed suggestive associations with thyroid disease risk, especially Aspartate (ORIVW=7.41; 95%CI: 1.51-36.27; PIVW=0.013) and C-glycosyltryptophan (ORIVW=0.04; 95%CI: 0.00-0.29; PIVW=0.001) impacted TC, Kynurenine (ORIVW=2.69; 95%CI: 1.08-6.66; PIVW=0.032) and 4-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol disulfate 2 (ORIVW=0.78; 95%CI: 0.48-0.91; PIVW=0.024) significantly impacted GD, and Alpha-ketoglutarate (ORIVW=46.89; 95%CI: 4.65-473.28; PIVW=0.001) and X-14189-leucylalanine (ORIVW=0.31; 95%CI: 0.15-0.64 PIVW=0.001) significantly impacted HT. We also detected 23 metabolites influenced by TC and GD. Multiple metabolic pathways have been found to be involved in thyroid disease. Conclusion Our MR findings suggest that the identified metabolites and pathways can serve as biomarkers for clinical thyroid disorder screening and prevention, while also providing new insights for future mechanistic exploration and drug target selection.
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- Xuan Zhang
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Engineering Research Center of Applied Technology of Pharmacogenomics, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Department of General Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Hunan, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Engineering Research Center of Applied Technology of Pharmacogenomics, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Engineering Research Center of Applied Technology of Pharmacogenomics, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Engineering Research Center of Applied Technology of Pharmacogenomics, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Trauma Center, The Second People’s Hospital of Hunan, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Hunan, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Engineering Research Center of Applied Technology of Pharmacogenomics, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Edmonston D, Isakova T, Wolf M. Plasma Serotonin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease. J Am Heart Assoc 2023; 12:e029785. [PMID: 37609990 PMCID: PMC10547345 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.029785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Background Platelet-poor plasma serotonin levels are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Although plasma serotonin levels increase in chronic kidney disease, the cardiovascular implications remain unknown. Methods and Results In 1114 participants from the prospective CRIC (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort) Study, we evaluated the association between plasma serotonin, categorized as undetectable, intermediate, and high (≥20 ng/mL) levels, and cross-sectional findings on echocardiography, including left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular ejection fraction, and pulmonary hypertension. We also analyzed whether serotonin was associated with time-to-event cardiovascular outcomes, including heart failure hospitalization and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events, in addition to mortality. Because selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors decrease plasma serotonin levels, we specifically evaluated the influence of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use in the relationship between serotonin and outcomes. Plasma serotonin level inversely correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate and directly correlated with blood pressure. High plasma serotonin was associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (adjusted odds ratio, 2.74 [95% CI, 1.11-7.41]). In contrast, undetectable plasma serotonin level was associated with the highest risk of heart failure (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 2.26 [95% CI, 1.40-3.66]) and ASCVD events (adjusted HR, 1.96 [95% CI, 1.15-3.32]). Conclusions In a large chronic kidney disease cohort, plasma serotonin levels correlated with blood pressure, and elevated serotonin levels were associated with left ventricular hypertrophy. In contrast, undetectable plasma serotonin was associated with the highest risk of heart failure and ASCVD events.
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- Daniel Edmonston
- Division of Nephrology, Department of MedicineDuke University School of MedicineDurhamNC
- Duke Clinical Research InstituteDuke University School of MedicineDurhamNC
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, and Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Institute for Public Health and MedicineNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIL
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of MedicineDuke University School of MedicineDurhamNC
- Duke Clinical Research InstituteDuke University School of MedicineDurhamNC
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Sandokji I, Xu Y, Denburg M, Furth S, Abraham AG, Greenberg JH. Current and Novel Biomarkers of Progression Risk in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease. Nephron Clin Pract 2023; 148:1-10. [PMID: 37232009 PMCID: PMC10840447 DOI: 10.1159/000530918] [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: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Due to the complexity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) pathophysiology, biomarkers representing different mechanistic pathways have been targeted for the study and development of novel biomarkers. The discovery of clinically useful CKD biomarkers would allow for the identification of those children at the highest risk of kidney function decline for timely interventions and enrollment in clinical trials. SUMMARY Glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria are traditional biomarkers to classify and prognosticate CKD progression in clinical practice but have several limitations. Over the recent decades, novel biomarkers have been identified from blood or urine with metabolomic screening studies, proteomic screening studies, and an improved knowledge of CKD pathophysiology. This review highlights promising biomarkers associated with the progression of CKD that could potentially serve as future prognostic markers in children with CKD. KEY MESSAGES Further studies are needed in children with CKD to validate putative biomarkers, particularly candidate proteins and metabolites, for improving clinical management.
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- Ibrahim Sandokji
- Department of Pediatrics, Taibah University College of Medicine, Medina, Saudi Arabia,
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- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nephrology, Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Sturov NV, Popov SV, Belikov II. Gut Microbiota and the Ways to Correct it in Chronic Kidney Disease. Indian J Nephrol 2023; 33:162-169. [PMID: 37448901 PMCID: PMC10337223 DOI: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_469_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Approximately 13% of the Russian population suffers from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Such a high prevalence of the disease, as well as the complexity and high cost of renal replacement therapy, explain the need for developing and implementing new approaches to treat patients at the pre-dialysis stages. The data collected in recent decades highlight the importance of gut microbiota in the progression of CKD. This review provides information about the microbiota composition in healthy individuals and patients with CKD and discusses the mechanisms of interaction in the intestine-kidney system. The article also presents the specifics of the violation of gut microbiota (GM) and correction thereof in CKD.
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- Nikolay V. Sturov
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Department of General Practice, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
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- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Department of General Practice, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
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- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Department of General Practice, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
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Bächle H, Sekula P, Schlosser P, Steinbrenner I, Cheng Y, Kotsis F, Meiselbach H, Stockmann H, Schönherr S, Eckardt KU, Devuyst O, Scherberich J, Köttgen A, Schultheiss UT. Uromodulin and its association with urinary metabolites: the German Chronic Kidney Disease Study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2023; 38:70-79. [PMID: 35612992 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a global public health burden, is accompanied by a declining number of functional nephrons. Estimation of remaining nephron mass may improve assessment of CKD progression. Uromodulin has been suggested as a marker of tubular mass. We aimed to identify metabolites associated with uromodulin concentrations in urine and serum to characterize pathophysiologic alterations of metabolic pathways to generate new hypotheses regarding CKD pathophysiology. METHODS We measured urinary and serum uromodulin levels (uUMOD, sUMOD) and 607 urinary metabolites and performed cross-sectional analyses within the German Chronic Kidney Disease study (N = 4628), a prospective observational study. Urinary metabolites significantly associated with uUMOD and sUMOD were used to build weighted metabolite scores for urine (uMS) and serum uromodulin (sMS) and evaluated for time to adverse kidney events over 6.5 years. RESULTS Metabolites cross-sectionally associated with uromodulin included amino acids of the tryptophan metabolism, lipids and nucleotides. Higher levels of the sMS [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.73 (95% confidence interval 0.64; 0.82), P = 7.45e-07] and sUMOD [HR = 0.74 (95% confidence interval 0.63; 0.87), P = 2.32e-04] were associated with a lower risk of adverse kidney events over time, whereas uUMOD and uMS showed the same direction of association but were not significant. CONCLUSIONS We identified urinary metabolites associated with urinary and serum uromodulin. The sUMOD and the sMS were associated with lower risk of adverse kidney events among CKD patients. Higher levels of sUMOD and sMS may reflect a higher number of functional nephrons and therefore a reduced risk of adverse kidney outcomes.
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- Helena Bächle
- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Medicine IV-Nephrology and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité, University-Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Genetics and Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité, University-Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Klinikum München-Harlaching, Nephrology & Clinical Immunology, Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Medicine IV-Nephrology and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Zhou L, Surapaneni A, Rhee EP, Yu B, Boerwinkle E, Coresh J, Grams ME, Schlosser P. Integrated proteomic and metabolomic modules identified as biomarkers of mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study and the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension. Hum Genomics 2022; 16:53. [PMID: 36329547 PMCID: PMC9635174 DOI: 10.1186/s40246-022-00425-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteins and metabolites are essential for many biological functions and often linked through enzymatic or transport reactions. Individual molecules have been associated with all-cause mortality. Many of these are correlated and might jointly represent pathways or endophenotypes involved in diseases. RESULTS We present an integrated analysis of proteomics and metabolomics via a local dimensionality reduction clustering method. We identified 224 modules of correlated proteins and metabolites in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, a general population cohort of older adults (N = 4046, mean age 75.7, mean eGFR 65). Many of the modules displayed strong cross-sectional associations with demographic and clinical characteristics. In comprehensively adjusted analyses, including fasting plasma glucose, history of cardiovascular disease, systolic blood pressure and kidney function among others, 60 modules were associated with mortality. We transferred the network structure to the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) (N = 694, mean age 54.5, mean mGFR 46) and identified mortality associated modules relevant in this disease specific cohort. The four mortality modules relevant in both the general population and CKD were all a combination of proteins and metabolites and were related to diabetes / insulin secretion, cardiovascular disease and kidney function. Key components of these modules included N-terminal (NT)-pro hormone BNP (NT-proBNP), Sushi, Von Willebrand Factor Type A, EGF And Pentraxin (SVEP1), and several kallikrein proteases. CONCLUSION Through integrated biomarkers of the proteome and metabolome we identified functions of (patho-) physiologic importance related to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and kidney function.
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- Linda Zhou
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument St., Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument St., Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Nephrology Division and Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument St., Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument St., Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.,Division of Precision Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument St., Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
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Dewulf JP, Martin M, Marie S, Oguz F, Belkhir L, De Greef J, Yombi JC, Wittebole X, Laterre PF, Jadoul M, Gatto L, Bommer GT, Morelle J. Urine metabolomics links dysregulation of the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway to inflammation and severity of COVID-19. Sci Rep 2022; 12:9959. [PMID: 35705608 PMCID: PMC9198612 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14292-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 causes major disturbances in serum metabolite levels, associated with severity of the immune response. Despite the numerous advantages of urine for biomarker discovery, the potential association between urine metabolites and disease severity has not been investigated in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a proof-of-concept study, we performed quantitative urine metabolomics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and controls using LC-MS/MS. We assessed whether metabolites alterations were associated with COVID-19, disease severity, and inflammation. The study included 56 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (26 non-critical and 30 critical disease); 16 healthy controls; and 3 controls with proximal tubule dysfunction unrelated to SARS-CoV-2. Metabolomic profiling revealed a major urinary increase of tryptophan metabolites kynurenine (P < 0.001), 3-hydroxykynurenine (P < 0.001) and 3-hydroxyanthranilate (P < 0.001) in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Urine levels of kynurenines were associated with disease severity and systemic inflammation (kynurenine, r 0.43, P = 0.001; 3-hydroxykynurenine, r 0.44, P < 0.001). Increased urinary levels of neutral amino acids and imino acid proline were also common in COVID-19, suggesting specific transport defects. Urine metabolomics identified major alterations in the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway, consistent with changes in host metabolism during SARS-CoV-2 infection. The association between increased urinary levels of kynurenines, inflammation and COVID-19 severity supports further evaluation of these easily available biomarkers.
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- Joseph P Dewulf
- Laboratory of Inherited Metabolic Diseases/Biochemical Genetics, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. .,Biochemistry, de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Unit (CBIO), de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Inherited Metabolic Diseases/Biochemical Genetics, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Unit (CBIO), de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Biochemistry, de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. .,Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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The Kynurenine Pathway in Obese Middle-Aged Women with Normoglycemia and Type 2 Diabetes. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12060492. [PMID: 35736425 PMCID: PMC9230031 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12060492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We examined the relationships of tryptophan (Trp) and the metabolites of the kynurenine pathway (KP) to the occurrence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic risk factors in obese middle-aged women. The study included 128 obese women divided into two subgroups: a normoglycemic group (NG, n = 65) and a T2D group (n = 63). The concentrations of serum tryptophan (Trp), kynurenine (Kyn), 3-hydroxykynurenine (3HKyn), quinolinic acid (QA), and kynurenic acid (Kyna) were analyzed using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization/triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. Blood biochemical parameters and anthropometric parameters were measured. The women with T2D had significantly higher Trp, Kyna, Kyna/QA ratio, and Kyna/3HKyn ratio values than the NG women. Logistic regression analysis showed that the concentrations of Trp and Kyna and the values of the Kyna/3HKyn ratio were most strongly associated with T2D occurrence, even after controlling for confounding factors. The model with Trp level and Kyna/3HKyn ratio accounted for 20% of the variation in the presence of T2D. We also showed a different pattern of correlations between kynurenines and metabolic factors in the NG and T2D women, which was mostly reflected in the stronger relationship between BMI and KP metabolites in the NG obese women. An increase in Trp and Kyna levels with an accompanying increase in Kyna/3HKyn ratio value is associated with the occurrence of T2D in obese middle-aged women.
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Li R, Wang X, Zhang Y, Xu X, Wang L, Wei C, Liu L, Wang Z, Li Y. Analysis of Tryptophan and Its Main Metabolite Kynurenine and the Risk of Multiple Cancers Based on the Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Front Oncol 2022; 12:852718. [PMID: 35494045 PMCID: PMC9046840 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.852718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BackgroundTryptophan and its metabolites have been found related to various cancers, but the direction of this relationship is still unclear. The purpose of this study is to explore the causal associations of tryptophan and kynurenine with multiple cancers based on the bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis.MethodsThe data of a genome-wide association study meta-analysis on 7,824 individuals was used to explore the genetic variants strongly associated with tryptophan and kynurenine. Genetic instruments of four specific cancers were obtained from available summary-level data of 323,590 European participants. Bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis was conducted to examine possible causality. Sensitivity analysis was performed to test heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy. COX regression analysis was conducted to explore associations between dietary tryptophan and cancer mortality in NHANES 1988-1994.ResultsNo evidence of any causal association of tryptophan and kynurenine with the risk of four specific cancers was shown, except for weak correlations were suggested between lung or prostate cancer and kynurenine. Multiple sensitivity analyses generated similar results. Our findings from COX regression analysis were consistent with the above results.ConclusionsOur study did not find any causal relationship between tryptophan and kynurenine and multiple cancers. The associations still need further research.
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Nakagawa K, Kobayashi F, Kamei Y, Tawa M, Ohkita M. Acute Kynurenine Exposure of Rat Thoracic Aorta Induces Vascular Dysfunction <i>via</i> Superoxide Anion Production. Biol Pharm Bull 2022; 45:522-527. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b21-01079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Keisuke Nakagawa
- Department of Pathological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Pathological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Pathological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Pathological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Pathological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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Zhang J, Fuhrer T, Ye H, Kwan B, Montemayor D, Tumova J, Darshi M, Afshinnia F, Scialla JJ, Anderson A, Porter AC, Taliercio JJ, Rincon-Choles H, Rao P, Xie D, Feldman H, Sauer U, Sharma K, Natarajan L. High-Throughput Metabolomics and Diabetic Kidney Disease Progression: Evidence from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency (CRIC) Study. Am J Nephrol 2022; 53:215-225. [PMID: 35196658 PMCID: PMC9116599 DOI: 10.1159/000521940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Metabolomics could offer novel prognostic biomarkers and elucidate mechanisms of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) progression. Via metabolomic analysis of urine samples from 995 CRIC participants with diabetes and state-of-the-art statistical modeling, we aimed to identify metabolites prognostic to DKD progression. METHODS Urine samples (N = 995) were assayed for relative metabolite abundance by untargeted flow-injection mass spectrometry, and stringent statistical criteria were used to eliminate noisy compounds, resulting in 698 annotated metabolite ions. Utilizing the 698 metabolites' ion abundance along with clinical data (demographics, blood pressure, HbA1c, eGFR, and albuminuria), we developed univariate and multivariate models for the eGFR slope using penalized (lasso) and random forest models. Final models were tested on time-to-ESKD (end-stage kidney disease) via cross-validated C-statistics. We also conducted pathway enrichment analysis and a targeted analysis of a subset of metabolites. RESULTS Six eGFR slope models selected 9-30 variables. In the adjusted ESKD model with highest C-statistic, valine (or betaine) and 3-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)thiophene were associated (p < 0.05) with 44% and 65% higher hazard of ESKD per doubling of metabolite abundance, respectively. Also, 13 (of 15) prognostic amino acids, including valine and betaine, were confirmed in the targeted analysis. Enrichment analysis revealed pathways implicated in kidney and cardiometabolic disease. CONCLUSIONS Using the diverse CRIC sample, a high-throughput untargeted assay, followed by targeted analysis, and rigorous statistical analysis to reduce false discovery, we identified several novel metabolites implicated in DKD progression. If replicated in independent cohorts, our findings could inform risk stratification and treatment strategies for patients with DKD.
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- Jing Zhang
- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Renal Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Renal Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Renal Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Renal Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Department of Nephrology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Department of Nephrology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Renal Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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Curran CS, Kopp JB. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Mechanisms Affecting Chronic Kidney Disease. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:782199. [PMID: 35237156 PMCID: PMC8882872 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.782199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that binds diverse endogenous and xenobiotic ligands, which regulate AHR stability, transcriptional activity, and cell signaling. AHR activity is strongly implicated throughout the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Many diverse organic molecules bind and activate AHR and these ligands are reported to either promote glomerular and tubular damage or protect against kidney injury. AHR crosstalk with estrogen, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, and NF-κB pathways may contribute to the diversity of AHR responses during the various forms and stages of CKD. The roles of AHR in kidney fibrosis, metabolism and the renin angiotensin system are described to offer insight into CKD pathogenesis and therapies.
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- Colleen S. Curran
- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Kidney Disease Section, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Changes in glomerular filtration rate and metabolomic differences in severely ill coronavirus disease survivors 3 months after discharge. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2022; 1868:166289. [PMID: 34656797 PMCID: PMC8516480 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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To explore the recovery of renal function in severely ill coronavirus disease (COVID-19) survivors and determine the plasma metabolomic profile of patients with different renal outcomes 3 months after discharge, we included 89 severe COVID-19 survivors who had been discharged from Wuhan Union Hospital for 3 months. All patients had no underlying kidney disease before admission. At patient recruitment, renal function assessment, laboratory examination, chest computed tomography (CT) were performed. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to detect metabolites in the plasma. We analyzed the longitudinally change in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on serum creatinine and cystatin-c levels using the CKD-EPI equation and explored the metabolomic differences in patients with different eGFR change patterns from hospitalization to 3 months after discharge. Lung CT showed good recovery; however, the median eGFR significantly decreased at the 3-month follow-up. Among the 89 severely ill COVID-19 patients, 69 (77.5%) showed abnormal eGFR (<90 mL/min per 1.73 m2) at 3 months after discharge. Age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.26, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.08-1.47, p = 0.003), body mass index (OR = 1.97, 95% CI = 1.20-3.22, p = 0.007), and cystatin-c level (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.07-1.39, p = 0.003) at discharge were independent risk factors for post-discharge abnormal eGFR. Plasma metabolomics at the 3-months follow-up revealed that β-pseudouridine, uridine, and 2-(dimethylamino) guanosine levels gradually increased with an abnormal degree of eGFR. Moreover, the kynurenine pathway in tryptophan metabolism, vitamin B6 metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism, and arginine biosynthesis were also perturbed in survivors with abnormal eGFR.
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Ponte B, Sadler MC, Olinger E, Vollenweider P, Bochud M, Padmanabhan S, Hayward C, Kutalik Z, Devuyst O. Mendelian randomization to assess causality between uromodulin, blood pressure and chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2021; 100:1282-1291. [PMID: 34634361 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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UMOD variants associated with higher levels of urinary uromodulin (uUMOD) increase the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension. However, uUMOD levels also reflect functional kidney tubular mass in observational studies, questioning the causal link between uromodulin production and kidney damage. We used Mendelian randomization to clarify causality between uUMOD levels, kidney function and blood pressure in individuals of European descent. The link between uUMOD and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was first investigated in a population-based cohort of 3851 individuals. In observational data, higher uUMOD associated with higher eGFR. Conversely, when using rs12917707 (an UMOD polymorphism) as an instrumental variable in one-sample Mendelian randomization, higher uUMOD strongly associated with eGFR decline. We next applied two-sample Mendelian randomization on four genome wide association study consortia to explore causal links between uUMOD and eGFR, CKD risk (567,460 individuals) and blood pressure (757,461 individuals). Higher uUMOD levels significantly associated with lower eGFR, higher odds for eGFR decline or CKD, and higher systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Each one standard deviation (SD) increase of uUMOD decreased log-transformed eGFR by -0.15 SD (95% confidence interval -0.17 to -0.13) and increased log-odds CKD by 0.13 SD (0.12 to 0.15). One SD increase of uUMOD increased systolic blood pressure by 0.06 SD (0.03 to 0.09) and diastolic blood pressure by 0.08 SD (0.05 to 0.12). The effect of uUMOD on blood pressure was mediated by eGFR, whereas the effect on eGFR was not mediated by blood pressure. Thus, our data support that genetically driven levels of uromodulin have a direct, causal and adverse effect on kidney function outcome in the general population, not mediated by blood pressure.
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- Belen Ponte
- Nephrology and Hypertension Service, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Lausanne, Switzerland; Statistical Genetics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Mechanisms of Inherited Kidney Disorders Group, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Health and Social Care, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Biomedical Genomics Section, Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Lausanne, Switzerland; Statistical Genetics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Mechanisms of Inherited Kidney Disorders Group, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Schlender J, Behrens F, McParland V, Müller D, Wilck N, Bartolomaeus H, Holle J. Bacterial metabolites and cardiovascular risk in children with chronic kidney disease. Mol Cell Pediatr 2021; 8:17. [PMID: 34677718 PMCID: PMC8536815 DOI: 10.1186/s40348-021-00126-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular complications are the major cause of the marked morbidity and mortality associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The classical cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes and hypertension undoubtedly play a role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adult CKD patients; however, CVD is just as prominent in children with CKD who do not have these risk factors. Hence, the CKD-specific pathophysiology of CVD remains incompletely understood. In light of this, studying children with CKD presents a unique opportunity to analyze CKD-associated mechanisms of CVD more specifically and could help to unveil novel therapeutic targets. Here, we comprehensively review the interaction of the human gut microbiome and the microbial metabolism of nutrients with host immunity and cardiovascular end-organ damage. The human gut microbiome is evolutionary conditioned and modified throughout life by endogenous factors as well as environmental factors. Chronic diseases, such as CKD, cause significant disruption to the composition and function of the gut microbiome and lead to disease-associated dysbiosis. This dysbiosis and the accompanying loss of biochemical homeostasis in the epithelial cells of the colon can be the result of poor diet (e.g., low-fiber intake), medications, and underlying disease. As a result of dysbiosis, bacteria promoting proteolytic fermentation increase and those for saccharolytic fermentation decrease and the integrity of the gut barrier is perturbed (leaky gut). These changes disrupt local metabolite homeostasis in the gut and decrease productions of the beneficial short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Moreover, the enhanced proteolytic fermentation generates unhealthy levels of microbially derived toxic metabolites, which further accumulate in the systemic circulation as a consequence of impaired kidney function. We describe possible mechanisms involved in the increased systemic inflammation in CKD that is associated with the combined effect of SCFA deficiency and accumulation of uremic toxins. In the future, a more comprehensive and mechanistic understanding of the gut–kidney–heart interaction, mediated largely by immune dysregulation and inflammation, might allow us to target the gut microbiome more specifically in order to attenuate CKD-associated comorbidities.
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- Julia Schlender
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, 13353, Berlin, Germany.,Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a cooperation of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, 13353, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, 13316, Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a cooperation of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a cooperation of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, 13316, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a cooperation of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, 13316, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, 13353, Berlin, Germany. .,Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a cooperation of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125, Berlin, Germany. .,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, 13316, Berlin, Germany.
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Tin A, Köttgen A. Mendelian Randomization Analysis as a Tool to Gain Insights into Causes of Diseases: A Primer. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021; 32:2400-2407. [PMID: 34135084 PMCID: PMC8722812 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2020121760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Many Mendelian randomization (MR) studies have been published recently, with inferences on the causal relationships between risk factors and diseases that have potential implications for clinical research. In nephrology, MR methods have been applied to investigate potential causal relationships of traditional risk factors, lifestyle factors, and biomarkers from omics technologies with kidney function or CKD. This primer summarizes the basic concepts of MR studies, highlighting methods used in recent applications, and emphasizes key elements in conducting and reporting of MR studies that are important for interpreting the results.
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- Adrienne Tin
- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Data Driven Medicine, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Dopaminergic and serotonergic alterations in plasma in three groups of dystonia patients. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021; 91:48-54. [PMID: 34482194 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In dystonia, dopaminergic alterations are considered to be responsible for the motor symptoms. Recent attention for the highly prevalent non-motor symptoms suggest also a role for serotonin in the pathophysiology. In this study we investigated the dopaminergic, serotonergic and noradrenergic metabolism in blood samples of dystonia patients and its relation with (non-)motor manifestations. METHODS Concentrations of metabolites of dopaminergic, serotonergic and noradrenergic pathways were measured in platelet-rich plasma in 41 myoclonus-dystonia (M-D), 25 dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD), 50 cervical dystonia (CD) patients and 55 healthy individuals. (Non-)motor symptoms were assessed using validated instruments, and correlated with concentrations of metabolites. RESULTS A significantly higher concentration of 3-methoxytyramine (0.03 vs. 0.02 nmol/L, p < 0.01), a metabolite of dopamine, and a reduced concentration of tryptophan (50 vs. 53 μmol/L, p = 0.03), the precursor of serotonin was found in dystonia patients compared to controls. The dopamine/levodopa ratio was higher in CD patients compared to other dystonia groups (p < 0.01). Surprisingly, relatively high concentrations of levodopa were found in the untreated DRD patients. Low concentrations of levodopa were associated with severity of dystonia (rs = -0.3, p < 0.01), depression (rs = -0.3, p < 0.01) and fatigue (rs = -0.2, p = 0.04). CONCLUSION This study shows alterations in the dopaminergic and serotonergic metabolism of patients with dystonia, with dystonia subtype specific changes. Low concentrations of levodopa, but not of serotonergic metabolites, were associated with both motor and non-motor symptoms. Further insight into the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems in dystonia with a special attention to the kinetics of enzymes involved in these pathways, might lead to better treatment options.
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Local Inhibition of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Mitigates Renal Fibrosis. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9080856. [PMID: 34440060 PMCID: PMC8389588 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9080856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global health concern and renal fibrosis is an integral part of the pathophysiological mechanism underlying disease progression. In CKD patients, the majority of metabolic pathways are in disarray and perturbations in enzyme activity most likely contribute to the wide variety of comorbidities observed in these patients. To illustrate, catabolism of tryptophan by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) gives rise to numerous biologically active metabolites implicated in CKD progression. Here, we evaluated the effect of antagonizing IDO on renal fibrogenesis. To this end, we antagonized IDO using 1-methyl-D-tryptophan (1-MT) and BMS-98620 in TGF-β-treated murine precision-cut kidney slices (mPCKS) and in mice subjected to unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). The fibrotic response was evaluated on both the gene and protein level using qPCR and western blotting. Our results demonstrated that treatment with 1-MT or BMS-985205 markedly reduced TGF-β-mediated fibrosis in mPCKS, as seen by a decreased expression of collagen type 1, fibronectin, and α-smooth muscle actin. Moreover, IDO protein expression clearly increased following UUO, however, treatment of UUO mice with either 1-MT or BMS-986205 did not significantly affect the gene and protein expression of the tested fibrosis markers. However, both inhibitors significantly reduced the renal deposition of collagen in UUO mice as shown by Sirius red and trichrome staining. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that IDO antagonism effectively mitigates fibrogenesis in mPCKS and reduces renal collagen accumulation in UUO mice. These findings warrant further research into the clinical application of IDO inhibitors for the treatment of renal fibrosis.
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Serum 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid and Ratio of 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid to Serotonin as Metabolomics Indicators for Acute Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Vancomycin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10060895. [PMID: 34199555 PMCID: PMC8228749 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10060895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The incidence of vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (VAKI) varies from 5–43%, and early detection of VAKI is important in deciding whether to discontinue nephrotoxic agents. Oxidative stress is the main mechanism of VAKI, and serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) have been examined with respect to their involvement in ischemia/reperfusion damage in experimental animal models. In the current study, we assessed 5-HT and 5-HIAA as novel biomarkers for detecting VAKI in patients who have infections or compromised renal function, using a mass spectrometry–based metabolomics approach. We conducted amino acid profiling analysis and measurements of 5-HT and 5-HIAA using serum from subjects with VAKI (n = 28) and non-VAKI control subjects (n = 69), consisting of the infection subgroup (n = 23), CKD subgroup (n = 23), and healthy controls (HCs, n = 23). 5-HT was significantly lower in the VAKI group than in the non-VAKI groups, and the concentration of 5-HIAA and the ratio of 5-HIAA to 5-HT (5-HIAA/5-HT) showed higher values in the VAKI group. The infection subgroup presented a significantly greater 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio compared with the HC subgroup. Our study revealed that increased 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio has the potential to act as a VAKI surrogate marker, reflecting acute oxidative stress and inflammation.
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LI H, CUI L, ZHANG G, ZHANG M, JIAO L, WU W. [Quantitative analysis of tryptophan and its metabolites in urine by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry]. Se Pu 2021; 39:518-525. [PMID: 34227336 PMCID: PMC9403997 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1123.2020.06022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Tryptophan (Trp), also known as α-amino β-indolepropionic acid, is an essential amino acid, which is involved in various physiological processes. Studies have shown that tumors, infectious diseases, and neurological diseases are accompanied by Trp-related metabolic disorders. Understanding the excretion of Trp and its metabolites in normal individuals is of great significance for treating Trp-related diseases and monitoring the health. A rapid quantitative method was developed based on ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). Further, this method was applied to the simultaneous determination of Trp and its metabolites, including kynurenine (Kyn), kynurenic acid (KA), 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-OH-Kyn), 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-OH-AA), xanthurenic acid (XA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA). The excretion and amount of target compounds in random urine samples collected from healthy participants were studied using this method. Urine samples were collected from healthy male volunteers (between 20-22 years old) without any diet and exercise restrictions. Urine samples were collected between 11∶00-13∶00 daily for 10 d. Thereafter, the urine samples were diluted, centrifuged, and subjected to pre-column derivatization with dansyl chloride (DNS-Cl). Caffeic acid (CA) was used as the internal control. Later, the derivatives were detected using triple quadrupole mass spectrometry with electron pray ionization (ESI) in positive and multi reaction monitoring (MRM) modes. The samples were separated using a Thermo C18 column (50 mm×3 mm, 2.7 μm) with 0.1% aqueous formic acid aqueous solution and methanol as mobile phases at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. The three most abundant ions for each derivative were selected for downstream analysis, and the internal control was used for quantification. The polarity and molecular weight of the compounds were found to be altered effectively after DNS-Cl derivatization treatment. The dansyl group effectively altered the polarities of the derivatives, such that their retention behaviors in the reverse elution system were similar and they were well separated. The interference due to impurities was effectively eliminated using the MRM mode. The results showed significant linear correlation, since the correlation coefficients were greater than 0.9740. The recoveries were between 93.24%-107.65%, and the LODs were 0.005-0.5 ng/mL for the eight compounds. Trp prototype and the seven target metabolites, including 3-OH-Kyn, 3-OH-AA, XA, Kyn, KA, 5-HIAA, and 5-HT generated through Trp-5-HT and Trp-Kyn pathways were detected in the urine samples. These results indicated that Trp was excreted in a prototypic form or after being metabolized. The level of the target compounds in random urine samples of individuals were 0.99-3.72 (3-OH-Kyn), 2.51-21.11 (3-OH-AA), 0.25-1.12 (XA), 0.15-1.53 (Kyn), 0.24-2.58 (KA), 0-0.31 (5-HT), and 2.2-17.94 (5-HIAA) μg/mL. For the same individual, in the state of physical health, the fluctuations of Trp and its metabolites in urine were large. Due to these large fluctuations in the absolute content, the difference between individuals was not significant. The data generated using 70 urine samples revealed that the amount of excreted Trp being metabolized was 124%-268% of prototype, which further indicated that the excretion after metabolism was the major underlying mechanism. Upon comparing the levels of metabolites in the Trp-5-HT and Trp-Kyn pathways, the results indicated that the levels of 3-OH-AA and 3-OH-Kyn generated upon Trp degradation through the Kyn pathway was higher than those of the other products. Trp was degraded via Kyn pathway to produce 3-OH-AA, which was the main metabolite of Trp found to be present in the body. This manuscript detected the levels of Trp and its metabolites, as well as summarized the characteristics of excretion using random urine samples, which could provide valuable information for clinical practice.
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