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Relationship between biomarkers of tubular injury and intrarenal hemodynamic dysfunction in youth with type 1 diabetes

  • Melissa J. Johnson
  • , Kalie L. Tommerdahl
  • , Carissa Vinovskis
  • , Sushrut Waikar
  • , Trenton Reinicke
  • , Chirag R. Parikh
  • , Wassim Obeid
  • , Robert G. Nelson
  • , Daniel H. van Raalte
  • , Laura Pyle
  • , Kristen J. Nadeau
  • , Petter Bjornstad*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Boston University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  • Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Colorado School of Public Health

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Abstract

Background: Early identification of youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at risk for diabetic kidney disease may improve clinical outcomes. We examined the cross-sectional relationship between kidney biomarkers neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (NGAL), copeptin, interleukin-18 (IL-18), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), chitinase-3-like protein-1 (YKL-40), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and intrarenal hemodynamic function in adolescents with T1D. Methods: Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), renal vascular resistance (RVR), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), intraglomerular pressure (PGLO), efferent arteriole resistance (RE), afferent arteriolar resistance (RA), and renal plasma flow (RPF), and the above indicated biomarkers were assessed in youth aged 12–21 years with and without T1D of < 10 years duration. Results: Fifty adolescents with T1D (16.1 ± 3.0 years, HbA1c 8.6 ± 1.2%) and 20 adolescents of comparable BMI without T1D (16.1 ± 2.9 years, HbA1c 5.2 ± 0.2%) were enrolled. Adolescents with T1D demonstrated significantly higher GFR, RPF, RE, and PGLO than controls (39%, 33%, 74%, and 29%, respectively, all p < 0.0001). Adolescents with T1D also exhibited significantly lower RVR and RA than controls (25% and 155%, respectively, both p < 0.0001). YKL-40 and KIM-1 concentrations, respectively, were positively associated with GFR (r: 0.43, p = 0.002; r: 0.41, p = 0.003), RPF (r: 0.29, p = 0.08; r: 0.34, p = 0.04), UACR (r: 0.33, p = 0.02; r: 0.50, p = 0.0002), and PGLO (r: 0.45, p = 0.006; r: 0.52, p = 0.001) in adolescents with T1D. Conclusions: Higher concentrations of biomarkers YKL-40 and KIM-1 may help define the risk for intraglomerular hemodynamic dysfunction in youth with T1D. Graphical abstract: A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3085-3092
Number of pages8
JournalPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
Volume37
Issue number12
Early online date2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Biomarkers
  • Diabetic kidney disease
  • KIM-1
  • Pediatrics
  • Tubular injury
  • YKL-40

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