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Phelps KR, Gemoets DE, May PM. Chemical evidence for the tradeoff-in-the-nephron hypothesis to explain secondary hyperparathyroidism. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0272380. [PMID: 35913960 PMCID: PMC9342777 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) complicates advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and causes skeletal and other morbidity. In animal models of CKD, SHPT was prevented and reversed by reduction of dietary phosphate in proportion to GFR, but the phenomena underlying these observations are not understood. The tradeoff-in-the-nephron hypothesis states that as GFR falls, the phosphate concentration in the distal convoluted tubule ([P]DCT]) rises, reduces the ionized calcium concentration in that segment ([Ca++]DCT), and thereby induces increased secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) to maintain normal calcium reabsorption. In patients with CKD, we previously documented correlations between [PTH] and phosphate excreted per volume of filtrate (EP/Ccr), a surrogate for [P]DCT. In the present investigation, we estimated [P]DCT from physiologic considerations and measurements of phosphaturia, and sought evidence for a specific chemical phenomenon by which increased [P]DCT could lower [Ca++]DCT and raise [PTH]. Methods and findings We studied 28 patients (“CKD”) with eGFR of 14–49 mL/min/1.73m2 (mean 29.9 ± 9.5) and 27 controls (“CTRL”) with eGFR > 60 mL/min/1.73m2 (mean 86.2 ± 10.2). In each subject, total [Ca]DCT and [P]DCT were deduced from relevant laboratory data. The Joint Expert Speciation System (JESS) was used to calculate [Ca++]DCT and concentrations of related chemical species under the assumption that a solid phase of amorphous calcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2 (am., s.)) could precipitate. Regressions of [PTH] on eGFR, [P]DCT, and [Ca++]DCT were then examined. At filtrate pH of 6.8 and 7.0, [P]DCT was found to be the sole determinant of [Ca++]DCT, and precipitation of Ca3(PO4)2 (am., s.) appeared to mediate this result. At pH 6.6, total [Ca]DCT was the principal determinant of [Ca++]DCT, [P]DCT was a minor determinant, and precipitation of Ca3(PO4)2 (am., s.) was predicted in no CKD and five CTRL. In CKD, at all three pH values, [PTH] varied directly with [P]DCT and inversely with [Ca++]DCT, and a reduced [Ca++]DCT was identified at which [PTH] rose unequivocally. Relationships of [PTH] to [Ca++]DCT and to eGFR resembled each other closely. Conclusions As [P]DCT increases, chemical speciation calculations predict reduction of [Ca++]DCT through precipitation of Ca3(PO4)2 (am., s.). [PTH] appears to rise unequivocally if [Ca++]DCT falls sufficiently. These results support the tradeoff-in-the-nephron hypothesis, and they explain why proportional phosphate restriction prevented and reversed SHPT in experimental CKD. Whether equally stringent treatment can be as efficacious in humans warrants investigation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kenneth R. Phelps
- Research Service, Stratton Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY, Uniyed States of America
- Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, Uniyed States of America
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- Research Service, Stratton Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY, Uniyed States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Jung JY, Ro H, Chang JH, Kim AJ, Lee HH, Han SH, Yoo TH, Lee KB, Kim YH, Kim SW, Park SK, Chae DW, Oh KH, Ahn C, Chung W. Mediation of the relationship between proteinuria and serum phosphate: Insight from the KNOW-CKD study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235077. [PMID: 32569271 PMCID: PMC7307748 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Proteinuria and hyperphosphatemia are risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although the interaction between proteinuria and the serum phosphate level is well established, the mechanistic link between the two, particularly the extent to which this interaction is mediated by phosphate-regulating factors, remains poorly understood. In this study, we examined the association between proteinuria and the serum phosphate level, as well as potential mediators, including circulating fibroblast growth factor (FGF23)/klotho, the 24-h urinary phosphate excretion rate to glomerular filtration rate ratio (EP/GFR), and the 24-h tubular phosphate reabsorption rate to GFR ratio (TRP/GFR). The analyses were performed with data from 1793 patients in whom 24-h urine protein and phosphate, serum phosphate, FGF23, and klotho levels were measured simultaneously, obtained from the KoreaN cohort study for Outcome in patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (KNOW-CKD). Multivariable linear regression and mediation analyses were performed. Total, direct, and indirect effects were also estimated. Patients with high serum phosphate levels were found to be more likely to exhibit greater proteinuria, higher FGF23 levels, and lower klotho levels. The 24-h EP/GFR increased and the 24-h TRP/GFR decreased with increasing proteinuria and CKD progression. Simple mediation analyses showed that 15.4% and 67.9% of the relationship between proteinuria and the serum phosphate level were mediated by the FGF23/klotho ratio and 24-h EP/GFR, respectively. Together, these two factors accounted for 73.1% of the relationship between serum markers. These findings suggest that proteinuria increases the 24-h EP/GFR via the FGF23/klotho axis as a compensatory mechanism for the increased phosphate burden well before the reduction in renal function is first seen.
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- Ji Yong Jung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Institute of Kidney Disease Research, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Institute of Kidney Disease Research, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Phelps KR, Mason DL. Parathyroid Hormone, Fibroblast Growth Factor 23, and Parameters of Phosphate Reabsorption. Am J Nephrol 2018; 47:343-351. [PMID: 29779023 DOI: 10.1159/000489270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The serum phosphorus concentration ([P]s) is the sum of EP/Ccr and TRP/Ccr, where Ccr is creatinine clearance and EP and TRP are rates of excretion and reabsorption of phosphate. In chronic kidney disease (CKD), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) mediate reduction of TRP/Ccr, and [PTH] and [FGF23] are linear functions of EP/Ccr. If controls and patients with CKD are considered together, TRP/Ccr is a hyperbolic function of EP/Ccr. Given these observations, we hypothesized that hyperbolas would describe relationships of phosphate reabsorption to [PTH] and [FGF23]. METHODS We studied 30 patients and 28 controls with mean eGFR of 29.5 and 86.0 mL/min/1.73 m2, respectively. All analyses combined both subsets. We measured fasting [PTH] 1-84 and intact [FGF23], and determined contemporaneous EP/Ccr, TRP/Ccr, fractional excretion of phosphorus (FEP), and phosphate tubular maximum per volume of filtrate (TmP/GFR). We examined linear regressions of TRP/Ccr and TmP/GFR on 100/[PTH] and 100/[FGF23]; from linear equations we derived hyperbolic equations relating reabsorptive parameters to hormone concentrations. RESULTS TRP/Ccr and TmP/GFR were linear functions of 100/[PTH] and 100/[FGF23] and hyperbolic functions of [PTH] and [FGF23]. TRP/Ccr and TmP/GFR fell minimally over the ranges of EP/Ccr, [PTH], and [FGF23] seen in CKD. FEP rose with EP/Ccr despite stable phosphate reabsorption. CONCLUSIONS Hyperbolas describe relationships of TRP/Ccr and TmP/GFR to [PTH] and [FGF23] if subjects with normal and reduced GFR are analyzed together. Although FEP rises with [PTH] and [FGF23] as GFR falls, the simultaneous increments do not signify hormonally mediated reductions in phosphate reabsorption.
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- Kenneth R Phelps
- Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA
- Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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