title: Elevated circulating levels and tissue expression of pentraxin 3 in uremia: a reflection of endothelial dysfunction.
abstract: Elevated systemic pentraxin 3 (PTX3) levels appear to be a powerful marker of inflammatory status and a superior outcome predictor in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). As previous data imply that PTX3 is involved in vascular pathology and that adipose tissue mass may influence circulating PTX3 levels, we aimed to study the importance of adipose tissue expression of PTX3 in the uremic milieu and its relation to endothelial dysfunction parameters. Plasma PTX3 and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) PTX3 mRNA levels were quantified in 56 stage 5 CKD patients (median age 57 [range 25-75] years, 30 males) and 40 age and gender matched controls (median age 58 [range 20-79] years, 27 males). Associations between PTX3 measures and an extensive panel of clinical parameters, including surrogate markers of endothelial function, were assessed. Functional ex vivo studies on endothelial status and immunohistochemical staining for PTX3 were conducted in resistance subcutaneous arteries isolated from SAT. SAT PTX3 mRNA expression correlated with plasma PTX3 concentrations (rho = 0.54, p = 0.0001) and was increased (3.7 [0.4-70.3] vs. 1.2 [0.2-49.3] RQ, p = 0.02) in CKD patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but was not significantly different between patients and controls. The association to CVD was lost after adjustments. SAT PTX3 mRNA levels were independently correlated to asymmetric dimethylarginine and basal resistance artery tone developed after inhibition with nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase (rho = -0.58, p = 0.002). Apparent positive PTX3 immunoreactivity was observed in both patient and control arteries. In conclusion, fat PTX3 mRNA levels are associated with measures of endothelial cell function in patients with CKD. PTX3 may be involved in adipose tissue-orchestrated mechanisms that are restricted to the uremic milieu and modify inflammation and vascular complications in CKD patients.
authors: Divisions of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Witasp
authors: Mikael
authors: M
authors: Rydén
authors: Juan Jesús
authors: JJ
authors: Carrero
authors: Abdul Rashid
authors: AR
authors: Qureshi
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Nordfors
authors: Erik
authors: E
authors: Näslund
authors: Folke
authors: F
authors: Hammarqvist
authors: Samsul
authors: S
authors: Arefin
authors: Karolina
authors: K
authors: Kublickiene
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Stenvinkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004727:Endothelium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000683:Serum Amyloid P-Component / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050507:Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014655:Vascular Resistance; D000099153:Pentraxins
chemical_list: D001120:Arginine; D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000683:Serum Amyloid P-Component; D000099153:Pentraxins; C018524:N,N-dimethylarginine
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