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Perwad F, Akwo EA, Vartanian N, Suva LJ, Friedman PA, Robinson-Cohen C. Multi-trait Analysis of GWAS for circulating FGF23 Identifies Novel Network Interactions Between HRG-HMGB1 and Cardiac Disease in CKD. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.03.04.24303051. [PMID: 38496593 PMCID: PMC10942519 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.04.24303051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genetic loci associated with mineral metabolism (MM) markers but have exclusively focused on single-trait analysis. In this study, we performed a multi-trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG) of MM, exploring overlapping genetic architecture between traits, to identify novel genetic associations for fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). Methods We applied MTAG to genetic variants common to GWAS of 5 genetically correlated MM markers (calcium, phosphorus, FGF23, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and parathyroid hormone (PTH)) in European-ancestry subjects. We integrated information from UKBioBank GWAS for blood levels for phosphate, 25(OH)D and calcium (n=366,484), and CHARGE GWAS for PTH (n=29,155) and FGF23 (n=16,624). We then used functional genomics to model interactive and dynamic networks to identify novel associations between genetic traits and circulating FGF23. Results MTAG increased the effective sample size for all MM markers to n=50,325 for FGF23. After clumping, MTAG identified independent genome-wide significant SNPs for all traits, including 62 loci for FGF23. Many of these loci have not been previously reported in single-trait analyses. Through functional genomics we identified Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) and high mobility group box 1(HMGB1) genes as master regulators of downstream canonical pathways associated with FGF23. HRG-HMGB1 network interactions were also highly enriched in left ventricular heart tissue of a cohort of deceased hemodialysis patients. Conclusion Our findings highlight the importance of MTAG analysis of MM markers to boost the number of genome-wide significant loci for FGF23 to identify novel genetic traits. Functional genomics revealed novel networks that inform unique cellular functions and identified HRG-HMGB1 as key master regulators of FGF23 and cardiovascular disease in CKD. Future studies will provide a deeper understanding of genetic signatures associated with FGF23 and its role in health and disease.
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- Farzana Perwad
- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Simic P. Bone and bone derived factors in kidney disease. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1356069. [PMID: 38496297 PMCID: PMC10941011 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1356069] [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: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Purpose of review: Mineral and bone disorder (MBD) is a prevalent complication in chronic kidney disease (CKD), significantly impacting overall health with multifaceted implications including fractures, cardiovascular events, and mortality. Despite its pervasive nature, effective treatments for CKD-MBD are lacking, emphasizing the urgency to advance understanding and therapeutic interventions. Bone metabolism intricacies, influenced by factors like 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), along with intrinsic osseous mechanisms, play pivotal roles in CKD. Skeletal abnormalities precede hormonal changes, persisting even with normalized systemic mineral parameters, necessitating a comprehensive approach to address both aspects. Recent findings: In this review, we explore novel pathways involved in the regulation of systemic mineral bone disease factors, specifically examining anemia, inflammation, and metabolic pathways. Special emphasis is placed on internal bone mechanisms, such as hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α, transforming growth factor-β1, and sclerostin, which play crucial roles in the progression of renal osteodystrophy. Summary: Despite advancements, effective treatments addressing CKD-MBD morbidity and mortality are lacking, necessitating ongoing research for novel therapeutic targets.
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- Petra Simic
- Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Courbon G, Kentrup D, Thomas JJ, Wang X, Tsai HH, Spindler J, Von Drasek J, Ndjonko LM, Martinez-Calle M, Lynch S, Hivert L, Wang X, Chang W, Feng JQ, David V, Martin A. FGF23 directly inhibits osteoprogenitor differentiation in Dmp1-knockout mice. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e156850. [PMID: 37943605 PMCID: PMC10807721 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.156850] [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: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a phosphate-regulating (Pi-regulating) hormone produced by bone. Hereditary hypophosphatemic disorders are associated with FGF23 excess, impaired skeletal growth, and osteomalacia. Blocking FGF23 became an effective therapeutic strategy in X-linked hypophosphatemia, but testing remains limited in autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets (ARHR). This study investigates the effects of Pi repletion and bone-specific deletion of Fgf23 on bone and mineral metabolism in the dentin matrix protein 1-knockout (Dmp1KO) mouse model of ARHR. At 12 weeks, Dmp1KO mice showed increased serum FGF23 and parathyroid hormone levels, hypophosphatemia, impaired growth, rickets, and osteomalacia. Six weeks of dietary Pi supplementation exacerbated FGF23 production, hyperparathyroidism, renal Pi excretion, and osteomalacia. In contrast, osteocyte-specific deletion of Fgf23 resulted in a partial correction of FGF23 excess, which was sufficient to fully restore serum Pi levels but only partially corrected the bone phenotype. In vitro, we show that FGF23 directly impaired osteoprogenitors' differentiation and that DMP1 deficiency contributed to impaired mineralization independent of FGF23 or Pi levels. In conclusion, FGF23-induced hypophosphatemia is only partially responsible for the bone defects observed in Dmp1KO mice. Our data suggest that combined DMP1 repletion and FGF23 blockade could effectively correct ARHR-associated mineral and bone disorders.
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- Guillaume Courbon
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Texas A&M School of Dentistry, Texas A&M University, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Shanxi Medical University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Clinical Medical Research Center of Oral Diseases of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Albrecht LV, Pereira RC, Salusky IB. All the might of the osteocyte: emerging roles in chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2023; 104:910-915. [PMID: 37648154 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Osteocytes are the most abundant type of bone cell and play crucial roles in bone health. Osteocytes sense mechanical stress and orchestrate osteoblasts and osteoclasts to maintain bone density and strength. Beyond this, osteocytes have also emerged as key regulators of organ crosstalk, and they function as endocrine organs via their roles in secreting factors that mediate signaling within their neighboring bone cells and in distant tissues. As such, osteocyte dysfunction has been associated with the bone abnormalities seen across a spectrum of chronic kidney disease. Specifically, dysregulated osteocyte morphology and signaling have been observed in the earliest stages of chronic kidney disease and have been suggested to contribute to kidney disease progression. More important, US Food and Drug Administration-approved inhibitors of osteocytic secreted proteins, such as fibroblast growth factor 23 and sclerostin, have been used to treat bone diseases. The present mini review highlights new research that links dysfunctional osteocytes to the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder.
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- Lauren V Albrecht
- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Mullin BH, Ribet ABP, Pavlos NJ. Bone Trans-omics: Integrating Omics to Unveil Mechanistic Molecular Networks Regulating Bone Biology and Disease. Curr Osteoporos Rep 2023; 21:493-502. [PMID: 37410317 PMCID: PMC10543827 DOI: 10.1007/s11914-023-00812-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent advancements in "omics" technologies and bioinformatics have afforded researchers new tools to study bone biology in an unbiased and holistic way. The purpose of this review is to highlight recent studies integrating multi-omics data gathered from multiple molecular layers (i.e.; trans-omics) to reveal new molecular mechanisms that regulate bone biology and underpin skeletal diseases. RECENT FINDINGS Bone biologists have traditionally relied on single-omics technologies (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) to profile measureable differences (both qualitative and quantitative) of individual molecular layers for biological discovery and to investigate mechanisms of disease. Recently, literature has grown on the implementation of integrative multi-omics to study bone biology, which combines computational and informatics support to connect multiple layers of data derived from individual "omic" platforms. This emerging discipline termed "trans-omics" has enabled bone biologists to identify and construct detailed molecular networks, unveiling new pathways and unexpected interactions that have advanced our mechanistic understanding of bone biology and disease. While the era of trans-omics is poised to revolutionize our capacity to answer more complex and diverse questions pertinent to bone pathobiology, it also brings new challenges that are inherent when trying to connect "Big Data" sets. A concerted effort between bone biologists and interdisciplinary scientists will undoubtedly be needed to extract physiologically and clinically meaningful data from bone trans-omics in order to advance its implementation in the field.
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- Benjamin H Mullin
- Bone Biology & Disease Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 2nd Floor "M" Block QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
- Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Bone Biology & Disease Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 2nd Floor "M" Block QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Bone Biology & Disease Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 2nd Floor "M" Block QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
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