title: Copeptin, a surrogate marker for arginine vasopressin, is associated with disease severity and progression in IgA nephropathy patients.
abstract: Besides its essential role for water homeostasis, arginine vasopressin (AVP) may have deleterious effects on the kidney. Copeptin, a surrogate marker for AVP, has been shown to be related to renal outcome in patients with diabetic nephropathy and polycystic kidney disease. We investigated the association of copeptin with disease severity and progression in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).
  
  
  
  We included a prospective cohort of 59 patients with biopsy proven IgAN. Urinary excretion of α1 microglobulin (α1m), β 2 microglobulin (β2m), kidney injury molecule-1, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and total protein were measured at baseline. Plasma copeptin was determined from stored baseline serum samples. Cox regression was performed for the composite renal outcome defined as doubling of serum creatinine, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or start of immunosuppressive therapy, and for the individual components during 5-year follow-up.
  
  
  
  In IgAN patients [male: 72%, age: 42 ± 13 years, mean arterial pressure (MAP): 101 ± 12 mmHg, proteinuria: 1.4 (0.7-2.3) g/day, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR): 48 ± 21 mL/min/1.73 m 2 ] median copeptin was 9.4 (5.3-18.4) pmol/L. At baseline, copeptin was associated with α1m [standardized beta (St. β) = 0.34, P = 0.009], β2m (St. β = 0.33, P = 0.01) and proteinuria (St. β = 0.36, P = 0.053), adjusted for sex and eGFR. During follow-up, the highest tertile of baseline copeptin was positively associated with the incidence of the composite renal outcome as well as with the individual components of doubling of creatinine, ESRD and start of immunosuppressive therapy. In Cox regression models, copeptin showed prognostic value over MAP, proteinuria and eGFR for the composite renal outcome.
  
  
  
  Copeptin is associated with disease severity and prognosis in IgAN patients and may have additional prognostic value besides established risk markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zittema
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan A J G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van den Brand
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stephan J L
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jack F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wetzels
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ron T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Gansevoort
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006020:Glycopeptides; C048197:copeptins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D003404:Creatinine
keywords: IgA nephropathy; copeptin; predictor; renal outcome