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van Vliet T, Varela-Eirin M, Wang B, Borghesan M, Brandenburg SM, Franzin R, Evangelou K, Seelen M, Gorgoulis V, Demaria M. Physiological hypoxia restrains the senescence-associated secretory phenotype via AMPK-mediated mTOR suppression. Mol Cell 2021; 81:2041-2052.e6. [PMID: 33823141 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Cellular senescence is a state of stable proliferative arrest triggered by damaging signals. Senescent cells persist during aging and promote age-related pathologies via the pro-inflammatory senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), whose regulation depends on environmental factors. In vivo, a major environmental variable is oxygenation, which varies among and within tissues. Here, we demonstrate that senescent cells express lower levels of detrimental pro-inflammatory SASP factors in physiologically hypoxic environments, as measured in culture and in tissues. Mechanistically, exposure of senescent cells to low-oxygen conditions leads to AMPK activation and AMPK-mediated suppression of the mTOR-NF-κB signaling loop. Finally, we demonstrate that treatment with hypoxia-mimetic compounds reduces SASP in cells and tissues and improves strength in chemotherapy-treated and aged mice. Our findings highlight the importance of oxygen as a determinant for pro-inflammatory SASP expression and offer a potential new strategy to reduce detrimental paracrine effects of senescent cells.
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- Thijmen van Vliet
- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands
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- Experimental Nephrology Department, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9713 GZ, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 157 72, Greece
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- Experimental Nephrology Department, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9713 GZ, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 157 72, Greece; Faculty Institute for Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NQ, UK; Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens 115 27, Greece; Center for New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 157 72, Greece
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands.
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Vos JFJ, Boonstra A, Kooistra A, Seelen M, van Offenbeek M. The influence of electronic health record use on collaboration among medical specialties. BMC Health Serv Res 2020; 20:676. [PMID: 32698807 PMCID: PMC7374868 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05542-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background One of the main objectives of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) is to enhance collaboration among healthcare professionals. However, our knowledge of how EHRs actually affect collaborative practices is limited. This study examines how an EHR facilitates and constrains collaboration in five outpatient clinics. Methods We conducted an embedded case study at five outpatient clinics of a Dutch hospital that had implemented an organization-wide EHR. Data were collected through interviews with representatives of medical specialties, administration, nursing, and management. Documents were analyzed to contextualize these data. We examined the following collaborative affordances of EHRs: (1) portability, (2) co-located access, (3) shared overviews, (4) mutual awareness, (5) messaging, and (6) orchestrating. Results Our findings demonstrate how an EHR will both facilitate and constrain collaboration among specialties and disciplines. Affordances that were inscribed in the system for collaboration purposes were not fully actualized in the hospital because: (a) The EHR helps health professionals coordinate patient care on an informed basis at any time and in any place but only allows asynchronous patient record use. (b) The comprehensive patient file affords joint clinical decision-making based on shared data, but specialty- and discipline-specific user-interfaces constrain mutual understanding of that data. Moreover, not all relevant information can be easily shared across specialties and outside the hospital. (c) The reduced necessity for face-to-face communication saves time but is experienced as hindering collective responsibility for a smooth workflow. (d) The EHR affords registration at the source and registration of activities through orders, but the heightened administrative burden for physicians and the strict authorization rules on inputting data constrain the flexible, multidisciplinary collaboration. (e) While the EHR affords a complete overview, information overload occurs due to the parallel generation of individually owned notes and the high frequency of asynchronous communication through messages of varying clinical priority. Conclusions For the optimal actualization of EHRs’ collaborative affordances in hospitals, coordinated use of these affordances by health professionals is a prerequisite. Such coordinated use requires organizational, technical, and behavioral adaptations. Suggestions for hospital-wide policies to enhance trust in both the EHR and in its coordinated use for effective collaboration are offered.
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- Janita F J Vos
- Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Jager T, Poppelaars F, Damman J, Van Werkhoven M, Van Kooten C, Daha M, Hillebrands JL, Leuvenink H, Seelen M. Deficiency of early complement components protects against renal injury in a mouse model of brain death. Mol Immunol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.06.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Faria B, Costa MGD, Poppelaars F, Jagger N, Meter A, Data M, Seelen M. Complement activation during peritoneal dialysis: Role of CD59. Mol Immunol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Costa MGD, Poppelaars F, Assa S, Daha M, Berger S, Franssen C, Seelen M. The development of an ex vivo model for hemodialysis to mimic membrane induced complement activation. Mol Immunol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.06.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Daha MR, Seelen M. Novel Approaches to Control of the Alternative Complement Pathway for the Treatment of C3 Glomerulopathies. J Am Soc Nephrol 2018; 29:2032-2033. [DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018050554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Castellano G, Franzin R, Stasi A, Divella C, Sallustio F, Pontrelli P, Lucarelli G, Battaglia M, Staffieri F, Crovace A, Stallone G, Seelen M, Daha MR, Grandaliano G, Gesualdo L. Complement Activation During Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Induces Pericyte-to-Myofibroblast Transdifferentiation Regulating Peritubular Capillary Lumen Reduction Through pERK Signaling. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1002. [PMID: 29875766 PMCID: PMC5974049 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Pericytes are one of the principal sources of scar-forming myofibroblasts in chronic kidneys disease. However, the modulation of pericyte-to-myofibroblast transdifferentiation (PMT) in the early phases of acute kidney injury is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the role of complement in inducing PMT after transplantation. Using a swine model of renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, we found the occurrence of PMT after 24 h of I/R injury as demonstrated by reduction of PDGFRβ+/NG2+ cells with increase in myofibroblasts marker αSMA. In addition, PMT was associated with significant reduction in peritubular capillary luminal diameter. Treatment by C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) significantly preserved the phenotype of pericytes maintaining microvascular density and capillary lumen area at tubulointerstitial level. In vitro, C5a transdifferentiated human pericytes in myofibroblasts, with increased αSMA expression in stress fibers, collagen I production, and decreased antifibrotic protein Id2. The C5a-induced PMT was driven by extracellular signal-regulated kinases phosphorylation leading to increase in collagen I release that required both non-canonical and canonical TGFβ pathways. These results showed that pericytes are a pivotal target of complement activation leading to a profibrotic maladaptive cellular response. Our studies suggest that C1-INH may be a potential therapeutic strategy to counteract the development of PMT and capillary lumen reduction in I/R injury.
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- Giuseppe Castellano
- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Urology, Andrology and Renal Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Urology, Andrology and Renal Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Veterinary Surgery Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Veterinary Surgery Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.,Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Faria B, Gaya da Costa M, Poppelaars F, Jager T, Meter A, Daha M, Gaillard C, Seelen M. SaO005ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS IRON PREPARATIONS INDUCES COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfy104.sao005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Bernardo Faria
- Nephrology and Infectious Diseases R&D Group, INEB, I3S, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Nephrology, Hospital Braga, Braga, Portugal
- Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Geneugelijk K, Niemann M, Drylewicz J, van Zuilen A, Joosten I, Allebes W, van der Meer A, Hilbrands L, Baas M, Hack E, van Reekum F, Verhaar M, Kamburova E, Bots M, Seelen M, Sanders JS, Hepkema B, Lambeck A, Bungener L, Tilanus M, Voorter C, Vanderlocht J, Wieten L, Duijnhoven E, Gelens M, Christiaans M, van Ittersum F, Nurmohamed A, Lardy N, Swelsen W, van der Pant K, van der Weerd N, Berge IT, Bemelman F, Hoitsma A, van der Boog P, de Fijter J, Betjes M, Heidt S, Roelen D, Claas F, Otten H, Spierings E. OR41 PIRCHE-II: A novel tool to identify permissible HLA mismatches in kidney transplantation. Hum Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2017.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stribos E, Bigaeva E, Boersema M, Seelen M, van Goor H, Mutsaers H, Olinga P. MP060THE EFFECT OF IMATINIB IN ESTABLISHED FIBROSIS USING HUMAN PRECISION-CUT KIDNEY SLICES. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx162.mp060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Talsma D, Poppelaars F, Vives R, Lortat-Jacob H, Naggi A, Torri G, Seelen M, Daha M, Stegeman C, van den Born J. P05 IDENTIFICATION OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS THAT SPECIFICALLY INHIBIT THE LECTIN PATHWAY OF COMPLEMENT. Kidney Int Rep 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2016.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Poppelaars F, van Werkhoven M, Kotimaa J, Veldhuis Z, Ausema A, Broeren S, Damman J, Hempel C, Leuvenink H, Daha M, van Son W, van Kooten C, van Os R, Hillebrands JL, Seelen M. A functional role for complement receptor C5L2 in the pathogenesis of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. Immunobiology 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2016.06.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mahboub P, Ottens P, Seelen M, 't Hart N, Van Goor H, Ploeg R, Martins PN, Leuvenink H. Correction: Gradual Rewarming with Gradual Increase in Pressure during Machine Perfusion after Cold Static Preservation Reduces Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152006. [PMID: 26977593 PMCID: PMC4792428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mahboub P, Ottens P, Seelen M, t Hart N, Van Goor H, Ploeg R, Martins P, Leuvenink H. Gradual Rewarming with Gradual Increase in Pressure during Machine Perfusion after Cold Static Preservation Reduces Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143859. [PMID: 26630031 PMCID: PMC4667888 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In this study we evaluated whether gradual rewarming after the period of cold ischemia would improve organ quality in an Isolated Perfused Kidney Model. Left rat kidneys were statically cold stored in University of Wisconsin solution for 24 hours at 4°C. After cold storage kidneys were rewarmed in one of three ways: perfusion at body temperature (38°C), or rewarmed gradually from 10°C to 38°C with stabilization at 10°C for 30 min and rewarmed gradually from 10°C to 38°C with stabilization at 25°C for 30 min. In the gradual rewarming groups the pressure was increased stepwise to 40 mmHg at 10°C and 70 mmHg at 25°C to counteract for vasodilatation leading to low perfusate flows. Renal function parameters and injury biomarkers were measured in perfusate and urine samples. Increases in injury biomarkers such as aspartate transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase in the perfusate were lower in the gradual rewarming groups versus the control group. Sodium re-absorption was improved in the gradual rewarming groups and reached significance in the 25°C group after ninety minutes of perfusion. HSP-70, ICAM-1, VCAM-1 mRNA expressions were decreased in the 10°C and 25°C groups. Based on the data kidneys that underwent gradual rewarming suffered less renal parenchymal, tubular injury and showed better endothelial preservation. Renal function improved in the gradual rewarming groups versus the control group.
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- Paria Mahboub
- Dept of Surgery, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, United States of America
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- Dept of Surgery, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, United States of America
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- Dept of Surgery, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Dessing MC, Kers J, Damman J, Leuvenink HGD, van Goor H, Hillebrands JL, Hepkema BG, Snieder H, van den Born J, de Borst MH, Bakker SJL, Navis GJ, Ploeg RJ, Florquin S, Seelen M, Leemans JC. Toll-Like Receptor Family Polymorphisms Are Associated with Primary Renal Diseases but Not with Renal Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139769. [PMID: 26445497 PMCID: PMC4596574 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a crucial role in innate- and adaptive immunity. The TLR pathways were shown to play key functional roles in experimental acute and chronic kidney injury, including the allo-immune response after experimental renal transplantation. Data about the precise impact of TLRs and their negative regulators on human renal transplant outcomes however are limited and contradictory. We studied twelve non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of which eleven in TLR1-8 and one in SIGIRR in a final cohort comprising 1116 matching donors and recipients. TLR3 p.Leu412Phe and SIGIRR p.Gln312Arg significantly deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and were excluded. The frequency distribution of the minor alleles of the remaining 10 TLR variants were compared between patients with end-stage renal disease (recipients) and controls (kidney donors) in a case-control study. Secondly, the associations between the minor allele frequency of the TLR variants and delayed graft function, biopsy-proven acute rejection and death-censored graft failure after transplantation were investigated with Cox regression. Carrier frequencies of the minor alleles of TLR1 p.His305Leu (OR = 4.79, 95% CI = 2.35–9.75, P = 0.0002), TLR1 p.Asn248Ser (OR = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.07–1.47, P = 0.04) and TLR8 p.Met1Val (OR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.14–1.64, P = 0.008) were significantly higher in patients with ESRD, with little specificity for the underlying renal disease entity (adjusted for age, gender and donor-recipient relatedness). The minor allele frequency of none of the TLR variants significantly associated with the surrogate and definite outcomes, even when multivariable models were created that could account for TLR gene redundancy. In conclusion, genetic variants in TLR genes were associated with the prevalence of ESRD but not renal transplant outcomes. Therefore, our data suggests that specific TLR signaling routes might play a role in the final common pathway of primary renal injury. A role for TLR signaling in the context of renal transplantation is probably limited.
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- Mark C. Dessing
- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Unit of Genetic Epidemiology & Bioinformatics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Faria B, Henriques C, Matos AC, Daha MR, Pestana M, Seelen M. Combined C4d and CD3 immunostaining predicts immunoglobulin (Ig)A nephropathy progression. Clin Exp Immunol 2015; 179:354-61. [PMID: 25267249 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A number of molecules have been shown recently to be involved in the pathogenesis and progression of immunoglobulin (Ig)A nephropathy (IgAN). Among these, we have selected C4d (complement lectin pathway involvement), CD3 (T cell marker, traducing interstitial inflammation), transglutaminase 2 (TGase-2, involved in tissue fibrosis development) and p-extracelluar-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 (protein kinase intracellular signaling molecule) to perform a panel of immunohistological biomarkers and assess its predictive value for disease progression. Immunohistochemical staining of these biomarkers was performed in paraffin sections from 74 renal biopsy cases with the clinical diagnosis of IgAN. Association between score analysis of these parameters and disease course was assessed through univariate and multivariate analysis, including baseline clinical and histological data. Univariate analysis showed that glomerular C4d, tubulointerstitial TGase2 and CD3 scores were associated with baseline proteinuria and disease progression. Multivariate analysis showed that only baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), C4d and CD3 were associated independently with progressive kidney disease (decline of at least 50% in the eGFR or progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) during the follow-up period). Establishing an accurate prediction model for IgAN progression is still a matter of research in clinical nephrology. The complement system, particularly lectin pathway activation, and T cell activation, have been shown previously to be potential modifiers of the disease course. Here we show that the combination of two histological biomarkers (C4d and CD3) can be a powerful predictor of IgAN progression and a potential useful tool for the clinical approach of this disease.
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- B Faria
- Nephrology and Infectious Disease R&D Group, INEB, I3S, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Stamellou E, Storz D, Botov S, Ntasis E, Wedel J, Sollazzo S, Krämer BK, van Son W, Seelen M, Schmalz HG, Schmidt A, Hafner M, Yard BA. Different design of enzyme-triggered CO-releasing molecules (ET-CORMs) reveals quantitative differences in biological activities in terms of toxicity and inflammation. Redox Biol 2014; 2:739-48. [PMID: 25009775 PMCID: PMC4085349 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Acyloxydiene–Fe(CO)3 complexes can act as enzyme-triggered CO-releasing molecules (ET-CORMs). Their biological activity strongly depends on the mother compound from which they are derived, i.e. cyclohexenone or cyclohexanedione, and on the position of the ester functionality they harbour. The present study addresses if the latter characteristic affects CO release, if cytotoxicity of ET-CORMs is mediated through iron release or inhibition of cell respiration and to what extent cyclohexenone and cyclohexanedione derived ET-CORMs differ in their ability to counteract TNF-α mediated inflammation. Irrespective of the formulation (DMSO or cyclodextrin), toxicity in HUVEC was significantly higher for ET-CORMs bearing the ester functionality at the outer (rac-4), as compared to the inner (rac-1) position of the cyclohexenone moiety. This was paralleled by an increased CO release from the former ET-CORM. Toxicity was not mediated via iron as EC50 values for rac-4 were significantly lower than for FeCl2 or FeCl3 and were not influenced by iron chelation. ATP depletion preceded toxicity suggesting impaired cell respiration as putative cause for cell death. In long-term HUVEC cultures inhibition of VCAM-1 expression by rac-1 waned in time, while for the cyclohexanedione derived rac-8 inhibition seems to increase. NFκB was inhibited by both rac-1 and rac-8 independent of IκBα degradation. Both ET-CORMs activated Nrf-2 and consequently induced the expression of HO-1. This study further provides a rational framework for designing acyloxydiene–Fe(CO)3 complexes as ET-CORMs with differential CO release and biological activities. We also provide a better understanding of how these complexes affect cell-biology in mechanistic terms.
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- E Stamellou
- Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany ; Vth. Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany
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- Vth. Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Vth. Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany
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- Vth. Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Vth. Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Academic Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Academic Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany
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- Vth. Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany
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Proletov I, Sipovskii V, Smirnov A, Hayashi N, Akiyama S, Okuyama H, Matsui Y, Fujimoto K, Atsumi H, Adachi H, Yamaya H, Maruyama S, Imai E, Matsuo S, Yokoyama H, Prasad N, Jaiswal A, Agarwal V, Yadav B, Rai M, Shin DH, Han IM, Moon SJ, Yoo TH, Faria B, Henriques C, Matos AC, Daha MR, Pestana M, Seelen M, Lundberg S, Carlsson MC, Leffler H, Pahlsson P, Segelmark M, Camilla R, Donadio ME, Loiacono E, Peruzzi L, Amore A, Chiale F, Vergano L, Gallo R, Boido A, Conrieri M, Bianciotto M, Bosetti FM, Mengozzi G, Puccinelli MP, Guidi C, Lastauka I, Coppo R, Nishiwaki H, Hasegawa T, Nagayama Y, Komukai D, Kaneshima N, Sasai F, Yoshimura A, Wang CL, Wei XY, Lv L, Jia NY, Vagane AM, Knoop T, Vikse BE, Reisaeter AV, Bjorneklett R, Mezzina N, Brunini F, Trezzi B, Gallieni M, D'Amico M, Stellato T, Santoro D, Ghiggeri GM, Radice A, Sinico RA, Kronbichler A, Kerschbaum J, Mayer G, Rudnicki M, Elena GS, Paula Jara CE, Jorge Enrique RR, Manuel P, Paek J, Hwang E, Park S, Caliskan Y, Aksoy A, Oztop N, Ozluk Y, Artan AS, Yazici H, Kilicaslan I, Sever MS, Yildiz A, Ihara K, Iimori S, Okado T, Rai T, Uchida S, Sasaki S, Stangou M, Bantis C, Skoularopoulou M, Toulkeridis G, Labropoulou I, Kasimatis S, Kouri NM, Papagianni A, Efstratiadis G, Mircescu G, Stancu S, Zugravu A, Petrescu L, Andreiana I, Taran L, Suzuki T, Iyoda M, Yamaguchi Y, Watanabe M, Wada Y, Matsumoto K, Shindo-Hirai Y, Kuno Y, Yamamoto Y, Saito T, Iseri K, Shibata T, Gniewek K, Krajewska M, Jakuszko K, Koscielska-Kasprzak K, Klinger M, Nunes AT, Ferreira I, Neto R, Mariz E, Pereira E, Frazao J, Praca A, Sampaio S, Pestana M, Kim HJ, Lee JE, Proletov I, Galkina O, Bogdanova E, Zubina I, Sipovskii V, Smirnov A, Oliveira CBL, Oliveira ASA, Carvalho CJB, Sette LHBC, Fernandes GV, Cavalcante MA, Valente LM, Ismail G, Andronesi A, Jurubita R, Bobeica R, Finocchietti D, Cantaluppi V, Medica D, Daidola G, Colla L, Besso L, Burdese M, Segoloni GP, Biancone L, Camussi G, Goto S, Nakai K, Ito J, Fujii H, Tasaki K, Suzuki T, Fukami K, Hara S, Nishi S, Hayami N, Ubara Y, Hoshino J, Takaichi K, Suwabe T, Sumida K, Mise K, Wang CL, Tian YQ, Wang H, Saganova E, Proletov I, Galkina O, Bogdanova E, Zubina I, Sipovskii V, Smirnov A, Stancu S, Mandache E, Zugravu A, Petrescu L, Avram A, Mircescu G, Angelini C, Reggiani F, Podesta MA, Cucchiari D, Malesci A, Badalamenti S, Laganovi M, Ars E, ivko M, eljkovic Vrki T, Cori M, Karanovi S, Torra R, Jelakovi B, Jia NY, Wang CL, Zhang YH, Nan L, Nagasawa Y, Yamamoto R, Shinzawa M, Hamahata S, Kida A, Yahiro M, Kuragano T, Shoji T, Hayashi T, Nagatoya K, Yamauchi A, Isaka Y, Nakanishi T, Ivkovic V, Premuzic V, Laganovic M, Dika Z, Kos J, Zeljkovic Vrkic T, Fistrek Prlic M, Zivko M, Jelakovic B, Gigliotti P, Leone F, Lofaro D, Papalia T, Mollica F, Mollica A, Vizza D, Perri A, Bonofilgio R, Meneses G, Viana H, Santos MC, Ferreira C, Calado J, Carvalho F, Remedio F, Nolasco F, Caliskan Y, Oztop N, Aksoy A, Ozluk Y, Artan AS, Turkmen A, Kilicaslan I, Yildiz A, Sever MS, Nagaraju SP, Kosuru S, Parthasarathy R, Bairy M, Prabhu RA, Guddattu V, Koulmane Laxminarayana SL, Oruc A, Gullulu M, Acikgoz E, Aktas N, Yildiz A, Gul B, Premuzic V, Laganovic M, Ivkovic V, Coric M, Zeljkovic Vrkic T, Fodor L, Dika Z, Kos J, Fistrek Prlic M, Zivko M, Jelakovic B, Bale CB, Dighe TA, Kate P, Karnik S, Sajgure A, Sharma A, Korpe J, Jeloka T, Ambekar N, Sadre A, Buch A, Mulay A, Merida E, Huerta A, Gutierrez E, Hernandez E, Sevillano A, Caro J, Cavero T, Morales E, Moreno JA, Praga M. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIDES 1. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reznichenko A, Sinkeler SJ, Snieder H, van den Born J, de Borst MH, Damman J, van Dijk MCRF, van Goor H, Hepkema BG, Hillebrands JL, Leuvenink HGD, Niesing J, Bakker SJL, Seelen M, Navis G. SLC22A2 is associated with tubular creatinine secretion and bias of estimated GFR in renal transplantation. Physiol Genomics 2013; 45:201-9. [PMID: 23341218 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00087.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Genome-wide association studies reported SLC22A2 variants to be associated with serum creatinine. As SLC22A2 encodes the organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2), the association might be due to an effect on tubular creatinine handling. To test this hypothesis we studied the association of SLC22A2 polymorphisms with phenotypes of net tubular creatinine secretion: fractional creatinine excretion (FEcreat) and bias of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We also studied the association with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and graft failure (GF) in renal transplant recipients. SLC22A2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs3127573 and rs316009, were genotyped in 1,142 ESRD patients receiving renal transplantation and 1,186 kidney donors as controls. GFR was measured with (125)I-iothalamate clearance. Creatinine clearance was also assessed. FEcreat was calculated from the simultaneous clearances of creatinine and (125)I-iothalamate. Donor rs316009 was associated with FEcreat (beta -0.053, P = 0.024) and with estimated [modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)] but not measured GFR. In line with this, donor rs316009 was associated with bias of the MDRD and CKD-EPI but not the Cockroft-Gault equation. Both SNPs were associated with ESRD: odds ratios [95% CI] 1.39 [1.16-1.67], P = 0.00065, and 1.23 [1.02-1.48], P = 0.042, for rs3127573 and rs316009, respectively. Neither SNP was associated with GF. Thus, SLC22A2 is associated with phenotypes of net tubular creatinine secretion and ESRD.
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- Anna Reznichenko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Reznichenko A, Böger CA, Snieder H, van den Born J, de Borst MH, Damman J, van Dijk MCRF, van Goor H, Hepkema BG, Hillebrands JL, Leuvenink HGD, Niesing J, Bakker SJL, Seelen M, Navis G. UMOD as a susceptibility gene for end-stage renal disease. BMC Med Genet 2012; 13:78. [PMID: 22947327 PMCID: PMC3495046 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background In recent genetic association studies, common variants including rs12917707 in the UMOD locus have shown strong evidence of association with eGFR, prevalent and incident chronic kidney disease and uromodulin urinary concentration in general population cohorts. The association of rs12917707 with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in a recent case-control study was only nominally significant. Methods To investigate whether rs12917707 associates with ESRD, graft failure (GF) and urinary uromodulin levels in an independent cohort, we genotyped 1142 ESRD patients receiving a renal transplantation and 1184 kidney donors as controls. After transplantation, 1066 renal transplant recipients were followed up for GF. Urinary uromodulin concentration was measured at median [IQR] 4.2 [2.2-6.1] yrs after kidney transplantation. Results The rs12917707 minor allele showed association with lower risk of ESRD (OR 0.89 [0.76-1.03], p = 0.04) consistent in effect size and direction with the previous report (Böger et al, PLoS Genet 2011). Meta-analysis of these findings showed significant association of rs12917707 with ESRD (OR 0.91 [0.85-98], p = 0.008). In contrast, rs12917707 was not associated with incidence of GF. Urinary uromodulin concentration was lower in recipients-carriers of the donor rs12917707 minor allele as compared to non-carriers, again consistent with previous observations in general population cohorts. Conclusions Our study thus corroborates earlier evidence and independently confirms the association between UMOD and ESRD.
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- Anna Reznichenko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, Groningen 9713AV, The Netherlands.
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Reznichenko A, Snieder H, van den Born J, de Borst MH, Damman J, van Dijk MCRF, van Goor H, Hepkema BG, Hillebrands JL, Leuvenink HGD, Niesing J, Bakker SJL, Seelen M, Navis G. CUBN as a novel locus for end-stage renal disease: insights from renal transplantation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36512. [PMID: 22574174 PMCID: PMC3344899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a complex disorder. As genome-wide association studies identified cubilin gene CUBN as a locus for albuminuria, and urinary protein loss is a risk factor for progressive CKD, we tested the hypothesis that common genetic variants in CUBN are associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and proteinuria. First, a total of 1142 patients with ESRD, admitted for renal transplantation, and 1186 donors were genotyped for SNPs rs7918972 and rs1801239 (case-control study). The rs7918972 minor allele frequency (MAF) was higher in ESRD patients comparing to kidney donors, implicating an increased risk for ESRD (OR 1.39, p = 0.0004) in native kidneys. Second, after transplantation recipients were followed for 5.8 [3.8–9.2] years (longitudinal study) documenting ESRD in transplanted kidneys – graft failure (GF). During post-transplant follow-up 92 (9.6%) cases of death-censored GF occurred. Donor rs7918972 MAF, representing genotype of the transplanted kidney, was 16.3% in GF vs 10.7% in cases with functioning graft. Consistently, a multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that donor rs7918972 is a predictor of GF, although statistical significance was not reached (HR 1.53, p = 0.055). There was no association of recipient rs7918972 with GF. Rs1801239 was not associated with ESRD or GF. In line with an association with the outcome, donor rs7918972 was associated with elevated proteinuria levels cross-sectionally at 1 year after transplantation. Thus, we identified CUBN rs7918972 as a novel risk variant for renal function loss in two independent settings: ESRD in native kidneys and GF in transplanted kidneys.
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- Anna Reznichenko
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Bergstraesser C, Hoeger S, Song H, Ermantraut L, Hottenrot M, Czymai T, Schmidt M, Goebeler M, Ponelies N, Stich C, Loesel R, Molema G, Seelen M, van Son W, Yard BA, Rafat N. Inhibition of VCAM-1 expression in endothelial cells by CORM-3: the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, p38, and mitochondrial respiration. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 52:794-802. [PMID: 22210380 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Carbon monoxide (CO) abrogates TNF-α-mediated inflammatory responses in endothelial cells, yet the underlying mechanism thereof is still elusive. We have previously shown that the anti-inflammatory effect of CO-releasing molecule-3 (CORM-3) is not completely mediated via deactivation of the NF-κB pathway. In this study, we sought to explore other potential mechanisms by which CORM-3 downregulates VCAM-1 expression on TNF-α-stimulated HUVECs. By genome-wide gene expression profiling and pathway analysis we studied the relevance of particular pathways for the anti-inflammatory effect of CORM-3. In CORM-3-stimulated HUVECs significant changes in expression were found for genes implicated in the proteasome and porphyrin pathways. Although proteasome activities were increased by CORM-3, proteasome inhibitors did not abolish the effect of CORM-3. Likewise, heme oxygenase-1 inhibitors did not abrogate the ability of CORM-3 to downregulate VCAM-1 expression. Interestingly, CORM-3 inhibited MAPK p38, and the p38 inhibitor SB203580 downregulated VCAM-1 expression. However, downregulation of VCAM-1 by CORM-3 occurred only at concentrations that partly inhibit ATP production and sodium azide and oligomycin paralleled the effect of CORM-3 in this regard. Our results indicate that CORM-3-induced downregulation of VCAM-1 is mediated via p38 inhibition and mitochondrial respiration, whereas the ubiquitin-proteasome system seems not to be involved.
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- Claudia Bergstraesser
- Fifth Medical Department, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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Vavrincova-Yaghi D, Deelman LE, Goor H, Seelen M, Kema IP, Smit-van Oosten A, Zeeuw D, Henning RH, Sandovici M. Gene therapy with adenovirus-delivered indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase improves renal function and morphology following allogeneic kidney transplantation in rat. J Gene Med 2011; 13:373-81. [PMID: 21710661 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), the rate-limiting enzyme in the tryptophan catabolism, has recently emerged as an important immunosuppressive enzyme involved in the regulation of both physiologic (maternal tolerance), as well as pathologic (neoplasia, autoimmune diseases, asthma) processes. Accumulating evidence points to a role for IDO in suppressing T-cell responses, thereby promoting tolerance. In the present study, we investigate the effects of adenovirus-mediated gene therapy with IDO on the acute rejection of the transplanted kidneys. METHODS The experiments were performed in a rat Fisher to Lewis acute renal rejection model. RGD modified adenovirus carrying IDO gene (RGD-AdTIDO, n = 9) or RGD modified adenovirus carrying green fluorescent protein gene (RGD-AdTL, n = 8) were injected into the renal artery of the donor kidney before transplantation. A group receiving saline (n = 8) served as control. Rats were sacrificed after 7 days. RESULTS Successful gene delivery was confirmed with real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. RGD-AdTIDO significantly decreased elevated plasma creatinine (93.7 ± 18.9 µmol/l) compared to the RGD-AdTL (248.2 ± 43.6 µmol/l) and saline (228.3 ± 46.4 µmol/l) treated rats. Moreover, RGD-AdTIDO therapy diminished the infiltration of CD8+ T cells and macrophages into the graft and reduced renal interstitial pre-fibrosis. Also, it limited the up-regulation of kidney injury molecule-1, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-17 and transforming growth factor-β mRNA expression, and increased foxp3 mRNA expression compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS RGD-AdTIDO therapy improves renal function and morphology in a clinically relevant model of acute rejection.
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- Diana Vavrincova-Yaghi
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
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Reznichenko A, van Dijk MCRF, van der Heide JH, Bakker SJL, Seelen M, Navis G. Uromodulin in renal transplant recipients: elevated urinary levels and bimodal association with graft failure. Am J Nephrol 2011; 34:445-51. [PMID: 21968132 DOI: 10.1159/000332231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2011] [Accepted: 08/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Urinary uromodulin (UMOD) predicts renal prognosis in native kidneys, but data are conflicting. We investigated its prognostic impact for graft failure (GF) in renal transplant recipients (RTR; n = 600). METHODS UMOD concentration was measured cross-sectionally in RTR at 6.0 years [2.6-11.4] post-transplant, in matched patients with native chronic kidney disease (CKD) and healthy subjects. In 59 cases, RTR allograft biopsies were reviewed. RESULTS During a follow-up of 5.3 years [4.5-5.7], GF had occurred in 7% of RTR. Median UMOD excretion (mg/24 h) was 20.4 in RTR, 11.6 in CKD and 5.7 in controls (p < 0.001). There was a curvilinear association between UMOD excretion and baseline renal function (p < 0.003) and death-censored GF, with 5.5, 11.5 and 4.0% of the cases in subsequent UMOD excretion tertiles, respectively (p = 0.002). On multivariate Cox regression analysis, hazard ratios for GF for the 1st and 3rd tertiles were 0.37 (p = 0.01) and 0.21 (p = 0.001), respectively. Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy were more severe in the middle tertile (p = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS Urinary UMOD is elevated in RTR and associated with graft function, morphology and outcome in a bimodal fashion. Dissection of the disparate mechanisms of GF prediction by urinary UMOD might provide new clues for its alleged pathogenetic significance in progressive renal function loss.
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- Anna Reznichenko
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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van Dijk M, Niesing J, van der Heide J, de Maar E, Ploeg R, van Son W, Seelen M. Gastrointestinal symptoms in kidney transplant recipients: what about silent sufferers? Prog Transplant 2010. [DOI: 10.7182/prtr.20.1.ek7123337w497594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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