Gitelman-Like Syndrome Caused by Pathogenic Variants in mtDNA

Background: Gitelman syndrome is the most frequent hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy characterized by hypokalemic alkalosis and hypomagnesemia. Gitelman syndrome is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in SLC12A3, encoding the Na+-Cl− cotransporter (NCC) expressed in the distal convoluted tubule. Pathogenic variants of CLCNKB, HNF1B, FXYD2, or KCNJ10 may result in the same renal phenotype of Gitelman syndrome, as they can lead to reduced NCC activity. For approximately 10 percent of patients with a Gitelman syndrome phenotype, the genotype is unknown. Methods: We identified mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants in three families with Gitelman-like electrolyte abnormalities, then investigated 156 families for variants in MT-TI and MT-TF, which encode the transfer RNAs for phenylalanine and isoleucine. Mitochondrial respiratory chain function was assessed in patient fibroblasts. Mitochondrial dysfunction was induced in NCC-expressing HEK293 cells to assess the effect on thiazide-sensitive 22Na+ transport. Results: Genetic investigations revealed four mtDNA variants in 13 families: m.591C>T (n=7), m.616T>C (n=1), m.643A>G (n=1) (all in MT-TF), and m.4291T>C (n=4, in MT-TI). Variants were near homoplasmic in affected individuals. All variants were classified as pathogenic, except for m.643A>G, which was classified as a variant of uncertain significance. Importantly, affected members of six families with an MT-TF variant additionally suffered from progressive chronic kidney disease. Dysfunction of oxidative phosphorylation complex IV and reduced maximal mitochondrial respiratory capacity were found in patient fibroblasts. In vitro pharmacological inhibition of complex IV, mimicking the effect of the mtDNA variants, inhibited NCC phosphorylation and NCC-mediated sodium uptake. Conclusion: Pathogenic mtDNA variants in MT-TF and MT-TI can cause a Gitelman-like syndrome. Genetic investigation of mtDNA should be considered in patients with unexplained Gitelman syndrome-like tubulopathies

Sclerostin and chronic kidney disease : clinical study

Le groupe des KDIGO a défini un nouveau syndrome regroupant les troubles minéraux et osseux et les calcifications vasculaires au cours de la maladie rénale chronique {TMO-MRC). Les TMO-MRC sont associés à une augmentation du risque de fracture, de calcification vasculaire et à une surmortalité. La quête d'un biomarqueur fiable de la maladie osseuse et des calcifications vasculaires reste le défi du néphrologue. Au cours des dernières années, de nombreuses protéines de l'os ont été associées aux calcifications vasculaires chez les patients urémiques, tels que les phosphatases alcalines osseuses et, plus récemment, la sclérostine. Cette petite protéine est secrétée par l'ostéocyte et inhibe l'ostéoformation en bloquant la voie de signalisation Wnt dans l'ostéoblaste. Il a récemment été suggéré que la sclérostine aurait une activité catabolique sur l'os et serait impliquée dans la déminéralisation du squelette. L'objectif de ce travail était d'étudier la sclérostine au cours de la MRC. Nous avons tout d'abord montré que les concentrations sériques de sclérostine augmentaient avec la baisse du débit de filtration glomérulaire mesurée par la clairance de l'inuline et ce dès le stade 3 de la MRC, indépendamment de l'âge. De plus, cette étude nous a permis de montrer pour la première fois que la phosphorémie était indépendamment et positivement associée à la sclérostine sérique. Ensuite, nous avons retrouvé une association positive et forte entre la concentration sérique de sclérostine et les calcifications vasculaires chez des patients en hémodialyse chronique. Enfin, nous avons montré que les calcifications artérielles étaient significativement associées à une qualité osseuse corticale altérée étudiée en scanner quantitatif de haute résolution. Ces résultats suggèrent que la sclérostine pourrait constituer un messager important dans la relation entre l'os et la paroi vasculaire calcifiée des patients atteints d'une insuffisance rénale chronique terminaleThe KDlGO group identified a new syndrome involving mineral and bone disorders and vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease (CKD-MBD}. CKD-MBD are associated with an increased risk of fracture, vascular calcification and increased mortality. The search for a reliable biomarker of bone disease and vascular calcification remains the challenge of the nephrologist. ln recent years, many bone proteins have been associated with vascular calcification in uremic patients, such as bone alkaline phosphatase and more recently sclerostin. This small protein is secreted by the osteocyte and is an inhibitor of bone formation by blocking the Wnt signaling in osteoblasts. lt has recently been suggested that sclerostin has a catabolic activity on bone and is involved in the demineralization of the skeleton. The aim of this research was to study the sclerostin during the course of CKD. We first showed that serum levels of sclerostin increased with the decrease of glomerular filtration rate measured by inulin clearance already from stage 3 chronic kidney disease, regardless of age. Furthermore, in this study, we showed for the first time that serum phosphorus was independently and positively associated with serum sclerostin. Subsequently we found a positive and strong association between serum sclerostin and vascular calcification in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Finally, we have shown that arterial calcification were significantly associated with an altered cortical bone quality studied by high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography. These results suggest that sclerostin could be an important messenger in the cross-talk between the bone and the calcified vascular wall in end stage renal diseas

Prise en charge de la maladie minérale et osseuse des patients hémodialysés en France (résultats de l'observatoire national du métabolisme phosphocalcique)

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Nutrition and chronic kidney disease

The incidence of malnutrition disorders in chronic kidney disease (CKD) appears unchanged over time, whereas patient-care and dialysis techniques continue to progress. Despite some evidence for cost-effective treatments, there are numerous caveats to applying these research findings on a daily care basis. There is a sustained generation of data confirming metabolic improvement when patients control their protein intake, even at early stages of CKD. A recent protein–energy wasting nomenclature allows a simpler approach to the diagnosis and causes of malnutrition. During maintenance dialysis, optimal protein and energy intakes have been recently challenged, and there is no longer an indication to control hyperphosphatemia through diet restriction. Recent measurements of energy expenditure in dialysis patients confirm very low physical activity, which affects energy requirements. Finally, inflammation, a common state during CKD, acts on both nutrient intake and catabolism, but is not a contraindication to a nutritional intervention, as patients do respond and improve their survival as well as do noninflamed patients

Water-Soluble Vitamins and Trace Elements Losses during On-Line Hemodiafiltration

International audienceMaintenance hemodialysis induces water-soluble vitamins and trace elements losses, which is why recommendations regarding potential supplementation were provided, but mainly based on conventional hemodialysis. This study′s aim was to measure the water–soluble vitamins and trace element losses during one on-line post-dilution hemodiafiltration (HDF) session. Thirty-nine patients under maintenance HDF were enrolled. We used the Theraflux® sampler (Theradial Corp., Orvault, France) to analyze the full session dialysate mass transfer. Blood and dialysate samples were collected before and after one HDF session to measure B1, B2, B6, B9, B12, C vitamins, zinc, and selenium concentrations. Values significantly decreased for B1 (20.2%), B2 (13%), B6 (25.4%), B9 (32.6%), C (66.6%) and selenium (6.7%). No significant differences were found for vitamin B12 and zinc. The dialysate losses per session were 1.12 ± 0.88 mg for vitamin B1, 0.28 ± 0.30 mg for B2, 0.33 ± 0.09 mg for B6, 0.3 ± 0.18 mg for B9, 147.5 ± 145.50 mg for C and 25.75 ± 6.91 mg for zinc. Vitamin B12 and selenium were under detection values. In conclusion, during a standard 4hr-HDF session, we found important losses for vitamin B1, B6, B9, C and zinc, suggesting the need for regular monitoring of plasma levels and systematic supplementation of these compounds

Première réplication virale du Covid-19 identifiée dans le liquide de dialyse péritonéale d’un patient symptomatique

RETRACTED : the authors retracted see : https://bdd.rdplf.org/index.php/bdd/article/view/54713 The COVID-19 pandemic is characterized by a disease with mainly respiratory tropism and varying severity. Viral excretion of COVID-19 has been described in both urine and stool  with the risk of contamination by stool. No viral replication in the peritoneal dialysis fluid has been reported to date. We report an observation demonstrating the presence of the virus in the peritoneal dialysis drainage fluid of a COVID-19 patient. This underlines the importance in COVID-19 patients of considering dialysis fluid as a possible source of contamination.EN RAISON D'UNE ERREUR DE MESURE DECOUVERTE PAR LES AUTEURS APRES PUBLICATION ILS ONT SOUHAITE SE RETRACTER DE CET ARTICLE, VOIR : https://bdd.rdplf.org/index.php/bdd/article/view/54713 La pandémie liée au Covid-19 se caractérise par une maladie avec un tropisme principalement respiratoire et de sévérité variable . L’excrétion virale du Covid-19 a été décrite dans les urines et les selles avec un risque de contamination par les selles. Aucune réplication virale dans le liquide de dialyse péritonéale n’avait été rapportée à ce jour . Nous rapportons une observation démontrant la présence du virus dans le liquide de drainage de dialyse péritonéale d’un patient COVID-19. Cela souligne l’importance chez les patients COVID-19 de considérer le liquide de dalyse comme une source de contamination possible

Serum levels of the adipokine zinc-alpha2-glycoprotein (ZAG) predict mortality in hemodialysis patients

Wasting has been associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We investigated whether serum zinc-alpha2-glycoprotein (ZAG), a potent cachectic and lipid-mobilizing factor that is increased in patients with CKD, predicts clinical outcomes in patients on chronic hemodialysis. We quantified serum ZAG at baseline in a prospective cohort of 252 patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Serum ZAG concentrations were inversely associated with serum albumin, creatinine, and triglycerides and, conversely, positively associated with age. Although ZAG is strongly linked to protein energy wasting (PEW) in patients with cancer, higher ZAG concentrations were not associated with PEW in our cohort. During a mean study follow-up of 954 days, 49 patients died and 62 patients experienced a cardiovascular event. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed a significant correlation between serum ZAG concentrations and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events. In separate multivariable Cox regression models, serum ZAG concentrations remained significantly associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events after adjustment for demographic factors (age, sex, and dialysis vintage), metabolic parameters (serum albumin, prealbumin, triglycerides, cholesterol, normalized protein catabolic rate, and body mass index), and cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes, dyslipidemia, history of cardiovascular disease, smoking, and diuretic use as a proxy of residual renal function). Thus, serum ZAG appears to be a strong and independent predictor of mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal disease. Further studies are necessary to confirm this association and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms

Quantitative histomorphometric analysis of halved iliac crest bone biopsies yield comparable ROD diagnosis as full 7.5mm wide samples.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Histomorphometric analysis of a transiliac bone biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of renal osteodystrophy (ROD). This procedure is costly, invasive and usually performed with a trephine with an internal diameter of 7.5 mm. Our objective was to evaluate the accuracy of ROD diagnosis on halved histological bone sections to determine if they are comparable to the standard 7.5 mm samples. DESIGN: We included 68 bone biopsies performed in CKD patients for diagnostic purposes with a 7.5 mm diameter trephine. Quantitative histomorphometric analysis of the whole bone samples was performed including assessment of bone mineralization, turnover and volume. Each histological section (representing the whole 7.5 mm diameter biopsy) was then divided lengthwise in two hemisections (representing the 3.5 mm diameter biopsy). Histomorphometric analysis was repeated this time on the two hemibiopsies for each sample, blinded from initial results. Diagnoses were classified as osteitis fibrosa, adynamic bone disease, mixed uremic bone disease, osteomalacia or other. Correlations between the whole sample and the hemibiopsies for each parameter were studied. Concordance between the various bone parameters and final ROD diagnosis obtained from the whole section versus the two hemi sections was evaluated. RESULTS: Highly significant correlations were found between parameters measured on the whole section and the corresponding hemisections, with r coefficient of 0.98 for osteoid surface and thickness and bone formation rate, 0.97 for osteoclast surface, and 0.96 for bone volume (p < 0.001). Final diagnosis was in full accordance between the whole biopsy and the two corresponding hemi-biopsies in 91% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: Accurate diagnosis of ROD type was obtained by evaluation of bone surface areas of 3 mm diameter. These data suggest that small invasive bone biopsies might provide accurate ROD diagnostics while decreasing both invasiveness and cost of the procedure.status: publishe

Expanded biochemical analyses of human tear fluid: Polyvalent faces of the schirmer strip

International audienceThe tear film forms a protective barrier between the ocular surface and the external environment. Despite its small volume, recent advancements in preanalytical and analytical procedures have enabled its in-depth analysis using multiple approaches. However, the diversity of tear film collection methods and the lack of standardization in pre-analytical methods represent the main obstacles to reproducible results and comparison among different studies. In this study, we first improved the pre-analytical procedures for the extraction of various molecular entities from Schirmer strips (ScS). Subsequently, our investigation focused on analyzing the molecular variances that might occur between two primary tear collection methods: capillary tube (CT) and ScS. Additionally, we examined different parts of the ScS to underscore these variations, which could serve as crucial factors for developing a standardized, optimized protocol for sample processing. Our results show that the inclusion of surfactants in the extraction process enhanced both the yield of protein extraction and the number of proteins identified in ScS, by effectively lysing the cells and improving the solubility of several intracellular proteins. In addition to proteins, nucleic acids could also be recovered for gene expression analyses, particularly from the bulb region of the ScS which is placed in the cul-de-sac. Despite their diluted nature, extracts from ScS remain a suitable material for retrieving tear proteins such as IL-17A at levels as low as the fg/mL range, thanks to highly sensitive immunoassays. Collection methods can affect measured tear protein levels. Lactoferrin is found in higher percentages in capillary electrophoresis analysis of tears collected using ScS compared to tears collected by CT (39.6 ± 4.8% versus 31 ± 4.4%)