title: Can serum cystatin C reflect the glomerular filtration rate accurately in pediatric patients under chemotherapeutic treatment? A comparative study with Tc-99m DTPA two-plasma sample method.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It was assessed whether cystatin C (cysC) could be used as a marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by considering the technetium-99m diethylenetriamine penta-acetate (Tc-99m DTPA)-two blood sample method (GFRTc-99m DTPA) as the reference in pediatric patients under chemotherapeutic treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The chemotherapy group (CG) consisted of 31 patients (21 females, 10 males median age: 8.2 years; range: 2-16 years) who had been planned to receive allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. All patients in the CG received conditioning regimen (includes chemotherapy protocol) before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In addition, 21 patients (14 females, seven males median age: 9.5 years; range: 4-16 years) without any chemotherapy (nonchemotherapy group: nCG) were also prospectively investigated. Serum cysC, serum creatinine, GFRTc-99m DTPA, and GFR with a cysC-based formula (GFRcysC) were analyzed. Tubular function was also assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although we found good correlation between GFRTc-99m DTPA and cysC (r = -0.78), GFRTc-99m DTPA and GFRcysC (r = 0.91), cysC and creatinine (r = 0.91) in nCG, the same correlations were poor in CG (r = -0.42, r = 0.43, r = 0.46, respectively). Tubular function was impaired after chemotherapy. Bias+/-1.96 SD values were -6+/-15.7 and -3+/-54.8 ml/min/1.73 m in nCG and CG, respectively. Precision was also better in nCG (10 ml/min/1.73 m) than in CG (27.6 ml/min/1.73 m).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serum cysC and GFRcysC cannot reflect GFR accurately in pediatric patients under chemotherapeutic treatment. Tubular cell damage induced by chemotherapeutics could be a responsible factor through the impairment of tubular absorption and metabolism of cysC.
authors.affiliation: Department of aNuclear Medicine, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Gülsün
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tezcan
authors.forename: Ozgül
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Güngör
authors.forename: Arzu Kin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hazar
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.forename: Ayfer Gür
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yeşilipek
authors.forename: Halide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akbaş
authors.forename: Firat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Güngör
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D055316:Cystatin C / Q000097:blood*; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012015:Reference Standards; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D055316:Cystatin C; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate