Urinary Extracellular Vesicles of Podocyte Origin and Renal Injury in Preeclampsia
Autor: | Natasa Milic, John C. Lieske, Tracey L. Weissgerber, Åsa Nääv, Wendy M. White, Vesna D. Garovic, Muthuvel Jayachandran, Joseph P. Grande, Lena Erlandsson, Rangit Reddy Vallapureddy, Ulrik Dolberg Anderson, Ladan Zand, Stefan R. Hansson, Maria L. Gonzalez Suarez, Karl A. Nath, Sarwat I. Gilani |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Urinary system 030232 urology & nephrology Kidney urologic and male genital diseases Podocyte Preeclampsia Nephrin Extracellular Vesicles 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pre-Eclampsia Clinical Research Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Humans Proteinuria biology Podocytes urogenital system business.industry Haptoglobin Hemopexin General Medicine medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Nephrology biology.protein Podocin Female medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28:3363-3372 |
ISSN: | 1533-3450 1046-6673 |
Popis: | Renal histologic expression of the podocyte-specific protein, nephrin, but not podocin, is reduced in preeclamptic compared with normotensive pregnancies. We hypothesized that renal expression of podocyte-specific proteins would be reflected in urinary extracellular vesicles (EVs) of podocyte origin and accompanied by increased urinary soluble nephrin levels (nephrinuria) in preeclampsia. We further postulated that podocyte injury and attendant formation of EVs are related mechanistically to cellfree fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in maternal plasma. Our study population included preeclamptic (n=49) and normotensive (n=42) pregnant women recruited at delivery. Plasma measurements included HbF concentrations and concentrations of the endogenous chelators haptoglobin, hemopexin, and α1- microglobulin. We assessed concentrations of urinary EVs containing immunologically detectable podocyte-specific proteins by digital flow cytometry and measured nephrinuria by ELISA. The mechanistic role of HbF in podocyte injury was studied in pregnant rabbits. Compared with urine from women with normotensive pregnancies, urine from women with preeclamptic pregnancies contained a high ratio of podocin-positive to nephrin-positive urinary EVs (podocin+ EVs-to-nephrin+ EVs ratio) and increased nephrinuria, both of which correlated with proteinuria. Plasma levels of hemopexin, which were decreased in women with preeclampsia, negatively correlated with proteinuria, urinary podocin+ EVs-to-nephrin+ EVs ratio, and nephrinuria. Administration of HbF to pregnant rabbits increased the number of urinary EVs of podocyte origin. These findings provide evidence that urinary EVs are reflective of preeclampsia-related altered podocyte protein expression. Furthermore, renal injury in preeclampsia associated with an elevated urinary podocin+ EVs-to-nephrin+ EVs ratio and may be mediated by prolonged exposure to cellfree HbF. |
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