title: Kidney transplantation decreases the tissue level of advanced glycosylation end-products.
abstract: We have studied the effect of chronic renal failure (CRF) and kidney transplantation on advanced glycosylation end-products (AGE) measured as collagen-linked fluorescence (CLF) in the skin and peritoneum of non-diabetic patients. Of 34 patients with CRF, 18 were studied before the commencement of peritoneal dialysis (CRF group), and 16 were studied 5-31 weeks after kidney transplantation (transplant group). The control group consisted of 24 patients with normal renal function. Skin CLF in the CRF group (20.9 +/- 2.02 U/mg) was higher than in the control (8.52 +/- 1.08 U/mg, P = 0.0001) and transplant groups (10.7 +/- 2.43 U/mg, P = 0.003). Peritoneal CLF in the CRF group (30.5 +/- 5.64 U/mg) was higher than in the control group (16.1 +/- 2.25 U/mg, P = 0.031) but was not different from the transplant group (19.4 +/- 3.66 U/mg, P = 0.11). Peritoneal CLF of control and transplant groups were not different (P = 0.45). The results of this study suggest that restoration of renal function affects tissue AGE levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyol
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dominiczak
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D003094:Collagen