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Studies with exogenous radiolabeled oxalate in normal humans have shown that renal excretion accounts for most of the disposal of oxalate. When jejunal tissue was mounted on an Ussing chamber, defective oxalate secretion was shown in ob/ob mice. The contribution of regional and systemic inflammation in this model was supported by high plasma and jejunal tumor necrosis factor interferon and interleukin-6 levels in ob/ob mice. With impaired kidney function, plasma oxalate concentration steadily increases and exceeds its saturation in the blood, therefore enhancing the risk of systemic tissue oxalate deposition. Radiolabeled oxalate studies445,446 have demonstrated net oxalate secretion, whereas endogenous renal oxalate clearance assessments447,448 using direct measurements of serum and urine oxalate levels have demonstrated net reabsorption. However, renal secretion of oxalate with high fractional excretion has been reported in patients with primary or enteric hyperoxaluria. In the Slc26a6 null mice, the hyperoxaluria appears to be driven mostly by hyperoxalemia rather than by a renal leak of oxalate. Shown is the plasma oxalate concentration, urine oxalate excretion rate, and intestinal oxalate absorption using 13C2-labeled oxalate in O. Enteric hyperoxaluria because of inflammatory bowel disease, jejunoileal bypass, and modern bariatric surgeries for morbid obesity are the most common cause of hyperoxaluria in the clinical practice. A national insurance claim database from 2002 to 2006 supported the notion that gastric banding is not associated with increased kidney stone risk. Fatty acids and bile salts precipitate luminal calcium, which can be compounded by low dietary intake. Lack of Oxalobacter formigenes because of excess bile salts also contributes to high luminal oxalate levels. The timing varies depending on the type of surgical procedure and nutritional and health status of the subjects. CaOx supersaturation was found to be highest in those patients who developed kidney stones. In most cases, normal urine is supersaturated with CaOx salt but blood is undersaturated. With unduly acidic urinary pH, urine becomes supersaturated with undissociated uric acid that can contribute to CaOx crystallization. It has been suggested that urinary pH elevation plays the most important role in the transformation of CaOx to CaP stones. A retrospective study of 62 patients has found that high urinary pH is the primary physiologic abnormality in those who evolved from CaOx to CaP. The disease manifestations commonly present during childhood; however, they may remain silent until puberty. The nature and source of these putative organic acids is unknown at present but likely has an enterohepatic origin. There are no systemic symptoms of amino acid deficiency in this disorder, but it causes 1% to 2% of renal stones in adults and 6% to 8% in pediatric patients. Despite equivalent amounts of exogenous acid intake (same urinary sulfate excretion, not shown), uric acid stone formers were found to have higher net acid excretion, and a lower fraction of the net acid was carried by ammonium. Individuals were studied under controlled metabolic diet so all differences are intrinsic to the subjects. In around 3% of patients with clinical cystinuria, there are no mutations in the two candidate loci. These may be as a result of mutations in promoter, regulatory, or intronic regions. It is believed that all cases of classic and isolated cystinuria are as a result of mutations in system b0+. A history of consanguinity may or may not be present because compound heterozygotes can come from seemingly unrelated partners. The features that raise suspicions are family history of cystinuria, staghorn calculi, positive nonquantitative screening test with sodium nitroprusside (>75 mg/L; 0. Poor cystine solubility and precipitation can lead to misleadingly low results, so alkalinization of collected urine is often required. These problems have led to the development of a solid-phase assay, which is reliable even in the presence of thiol drugs. In conjunction with the safe and easily available water, it is unclear whether there is an advantage to this therapy. In the absence of ill effects of salt restriction, it is reasonable to prescribe restricting salt intake to about 2 g/day. Reduction of animal protein has also been proposed because of the reduction of dietary cystine, and its precursor methionine may reduce cystine excretion,571 and the associated increase in urinary pH (UpH). PharmacologicTherapy Cystine solubility increases with increasing pH, which is achieved with oral potassium citrate. In over 50% of patients, the previously mentioned measures are unlikely to suffice, and treatment with a thiol agent is indicated. The two available agents are D-penicillamine and alpha-mercaptopropionylglycine, or tiopronin. These drugs work by reducing the disulfide bond of cystine, producing mixed compounds with cysteine, which are all more soluble than cystine. The prescription of these drugs is discussed in more detail in a subsequent section. These stones are rapidly growing, branch, and enlarge and fill the renal collecting system to form staghorns. Even with surgical removal, any remaining fragments containing the infecting bacteria furnish a nidus for further rapid stone growth. The nature of these stones to grow rapidly, recur, and cause morbidity and mortality has led to the appellation stone cancer. Struvite stones occur more frequently in women than in men, largely because of the higher incidence of urinary tract infections. Chronic urinary stasis or infections predispose to struvite stones so that old age, neurogenic bladder, indwelling urinary catheters, and urinary tract anatomic abnormalities are all predisposing factors. The presence of large stones in infected alkaline urine should alert the clinician to the potential presence of struvite. Given their potential for rapid growth and substantial morbidity, early detection and eradication are essential. Among the genetic diseases, the most common types are xanthine stones and 2,8-dihydroxyadenine stones. Acquired causes may be iatrogenic with the use of medications or caused by toxins or other diseases. Xanthine stones are present in about one-third of subjects with classic xanthinuria, which is an inborn error in metabolism inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Patients have very low serum urate levels but suffer from elevated levels of xanthine in the urine, leading to xanthine stones, hematuria, and sometimes occult kidney failure. Xanthine stones occur more often than hypoxanthine because of the lower solubility of xanthine in urine.

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Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology. Its association with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and thalassemia minor. Targeted exome sequencing integrated with clinicopathological information reveals novel and rare mutations in atypical, suspected and unknown cases of Alport syndrome or proteinuria. These advances have allowed the identification of genes expressed in the renal tubule (Table 44. Diseases described in this section are relatively rare (1: 2000 or less; affecting fewer than 200,000 persons in the United States) and some were previously restricted to pediatric nephrology; however, advances in therapy have increased longevity for many patients, thus confronting the adult nephrologist with new challenges. Acquired forms in adults are often associated with urinary excretion of protein corresponding to a paraproteinemic disorder or the nephrotic syndrome, with residual cases being secondary to tubular damage caused by toxic or immunologic factors. It exhibits a very extensive apical endocytic apparatus consisting of an elaborate network of coated pits and small, coated and noncoated endosomes. In addition, the cells contain a large number of late endosomes, prelysosomes, lysosomes, and so-called dense apical tubules involved in receptor recycling from the endosomes to the apical plasma membrane. It is characterized by variable degrees of phosphate, glucose, amino acid, and bicarbonate wasting. In general, the disease mechanism for these disorders can be categorized as either (i) accumulation of a toxic metabolite. Aggregate-containing mitochondria in proximal tubular cells are associated with elevated production of reactive oxygen species, initiation of an inflammatory response, and increased cell death. For example, the defect is reversed after dietary restriction of tyrosine and phenylalanine in tyrosinemia,5 fructose in hereditary fructose intolerance,6 and galactose in galactosemia. The proteins appearing in the proximal tubule are reabsorbed by endocytosis (see the luminal part of the schematic representation). The protein component is degraded, whereas the vitamin, as well as iron, is transported across the epithelial cell (not represented). Diseases described in this section are relatively rare (1: 2000; affecting <200,000 persons in the United States) and some were previously restricted to pediatric nephrology; however, advances in therapy have increased longevity for many patients, thus confronting the adult nephrologist with new challenges. The pattern of excretion of amino acids parallels that in physiologic conditions, so those excreted at the highest levels are histidine, serine, cystine, lysine, and glycine. Aminoaciduria is usually quantified by one of several chromatographic methods in specialized centers. Clinically, losses are relatively modest and do not lead to specific deficiencies. Rickets and osteomalacia, which are caused by increased urinary losses of phosphate as well as by impaired 1-hydroxylation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, can compose the dominant clinical picture. Bone manifestations in subjects with adult-onset renal Fanconi syndrome are severe bone pain and spontaneous fractures. Because the more distal segments have substantial bicarbonate reabsorptive capacity, the plasma bicarbonate concentration is usually maintained between 12 and 20 mmol/L. The diagnosis can be established by raising the plasma bicarbonate concentration with an intravenous sodium bicarbonate infusion (0. Hypokalemia can contribute to decreased concentrating ability of the kidney from abnormal tubule function of the distal tubule and collecting duct. Supplementation with sodium chloride is indicated and achieves clinical improvement. The pathogenesis is not known but could be related to abnormal recycling of proteins involved in calcium reabsorption by the proximal tubule, natriuresis, and increased vitamin D synthesis from hypophosphatemia. Hypercalciuria is only occasionally associated with nephrolithiasis, possibly because of the presence of polyuria. ClC-5 forms a dimer of two identical subunits, each of which contains a complete ion conduction pathway and is composed of 18 -helices. Patients have varying degrees of low-molecular-weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria with calcium nephrolithiasis, rickets, nephrocalcinosis, and renal failure. The disease affects male patients predominantly, and female patients have an attenuated phenotype. Affected male patients usually excrete 2-microglobulin in amounts that are more than 100-fold the upper limit of normal. Low-molecular-weight proteinuria is not a specific finding because it can be seen in tubulointerstitial diseases as well.

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Treatment with insulin should be considered to achieve a modest reduction in HbA1c and reduce mortality risk. Measure glycated albumin instead of HbA1c to assess glycemic control, as it provides a measure of intermediate-term glycemic control and is not confounded by anemia and shortened red cell survival, and decide how to treat the patient after results of this test become available. Answer: c Rationale: Although there are no clinical trials assessing the benefits of glycemic control in diabetic patients receiving renal replacement therapy, well-conducted observational studies in dialysis populations consistently demonstrate a J-shaped relationship between HbA1c level and all-cause mortality in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and in those receiving either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Hence modest improvements in HbA1c to levels below 9% may improve health outcomes. She reports no other health issues except that she has some occasional numbness and tingling in her feet. 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IgA nephropathy would also be unlikely given the time of the upper respiratory infection. Postinfection is not an option, as complement levels are normal and immunofluorescence is negative. In type 1 diabetic patients, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy is an early finding and starts before diabetic glomerulopathy is established c. There is substantial overlap between diabetic glomerular structural changes between normoalbuminuric and microalbuminuric patients Answer: d Rationale: There is substantial overlap between glomerular basement membrane width and mesangial fractional volume values in normoalbuminuric and microalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients. It is responsible for the maladaptive and excessive salt and water retention that feeds the vicious circle of increased filling pressures, low cardiac output, and reduced organ (and renal) perfusion, which triggers even more salt and water retention. It is important to note here that these classifications, including the term "cardiorenal syndrome," have been proposed by experts in the field. However, it does serve as a starting point to determine which organ dysfunction is the more likely initiating trigger and which one is a consequence of the other. The subclassification is based on the time relationship between the failure of both organs, one occurring before the other, and differentiating between acute and chronic situations. The more subdivisions that are proposed, the more difficult it is to define a homogeneous population in which specific treatment algorithms may be proposed. However, at present, there is little evidence that such a subgroup actually exists or affects treatment. In particular, cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, peripheral artery disease, and obesity, predispose to failure of both organs. Because the kidney is dependent on a pressure gradient across the glomerular membrane to allow passive filtration, any change in pressure inside the glomerulus or pressure in the Bowman capsule may influence filtration. An increase in renal venous pressure leads to an increase in renal interstitial pressure. Although uncertain, it is possible that this will further compromise renal function. There are, however, systemic modulating factors that have been designated as "cardiorenal connectors. The main determinants of decreased glomerular filtration rate are a decrease in renal blood flow and an increase in central and renal venous pressure. The latter can be caused by intravascular congestion but also by an increase in intraabdominal pressure. Owing to increased renal venous pressure, renal interstitial pressure rises, which results in a so-called congested kidney, because the kidney is encapsulated (B and C). Decreased renal blood flow and low blood pressure trigger renal autoregulation, preserving the glomerular filtration rate by increasing the filtration fraction by increased efferent vasoconstriction. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, thereby impairing prostaglandin-associated increased or dependent renal blood flow. Increased interstitial pressure causes increased pressure in the Bowman capsule, which directly opposes filtration and in a glomerulus, where the filtration gradient is already low due to a decreased renal blood flow and increased renal venous pressure. Concomitant diseases have direct but differential effects on glomerular filtration, glomerular integrity, and podocyte function, as well as autoregulation. Different therapies have different renal effects and exert their action at specific sites, as indicated in this diagram. Intravascular volume depletion (in the presence or absence of congestion) can lead to impaired renal perfusion and decreased glomerular filtration rate.

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Thus upregulation of renal endothelial adhesion molecules may facilitate the egress of leukocytes from the circulation into the mesangium, where they may participate in further renal injury. The recruited cellular infiltrate may constitute an abundant source of potent pleiotropic cytokine products, which in turn influence other infiltrating leukocytes, dendritic cells, and kidney cells, stimulating cell proliferation, elaboration of extracellular matrix components, and increased endothelial adhesiveness. Alternatively, it has been proposed that excessive uptake of filtered proteins by tubule epithelial cells stimulates expression of cell adhesion and chemoattractant molecules that recruit macrophages and other monocytic cells to tubulointerstitial areas349 (see later for further discussion). Fate-mapping studies have indicated that mesenchymal cells called pericytes are the predominant source of myofibroblasts, and that epithelial to mesenchymal transdifferentiation is not a source of myofibroblasts or accounts for only a small minority. Abnormal excretion of protein in the urine is the hallmark of experimental and clinical glomerular disease. Whereas immune complex deposition and resulting inflammation account for abnormal permeability of the glomerular filtration barrier to proteins in glomerulonephritis, studies in rats subjected to extensive renal ablation have shown loss of glomerular barrier function to proteins of similar molecular size, yet in the apparent absence of primary immune-mediated renal injury or inflammatory response. Sieving studies using dextrans and other macromolecules in rats 7 or 14 days after 5/6 nephrectomy have revealed the loss of both size and charge selectivity of the glomerular filtration barrier. Ultrastructural examination of the remnant kidneys has revealed detachment of glomerular endothelial cells and visceral epithelial cells from the glomerular basement membrane. In addition, protein reabsorption droplets and attenuation of cytoplasm resulting in bleb formation was observed in podocytes. The authors concluded that the altered permselectivity may be caused in part by the separation of endothelial cells from the glomerular basement membrane, allowing access of macromolecules and, in part, to loss of anionic sites in the lamina rara externa, resulting in loss of charge selectivity and detachment of podocytes. These nonhemodynamic factors have been extensively studied in recent years and may offer new therapeutic targets for future renoprotective interventions. Preliminary evidence has suggested that exposure of tubule cells to albumin may also induce apoptosis. Despite the previous evidence, other investigators have raised concerns regarding the interpretation of these observations. Furthermore, many of the experiments were performed in cells that were routinely cultured in the presence of high concentrations of protein (serum) that could significantly alter their phenotype. In particular, some have found proliferative or profibrotic responses when proximal tubule cells are exposed to serum or serum fractions, but no response after exposure to purified forms of albumin or transferrin, suggesting that factors other than albumin or transferrin may be involved. In one experiment, albumin-bound fatty acids stimulated macrophage chemotactic activity, whereas delipidated albumin did not. To examine the role of filtered complement in renal injury, rats with puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis were subjected to complement depletion with cobra venom factor or inhibition of complement activation by the administration of soluble recombinant human complement receptor type 1, before the onset of proteinuria. A more selective approach, using recombinant complement inhibitory molecules targeted to proximal tubule cells with carrier antibodies to brush border antigen, resulted in a significant reduction of interstitial fibrosis in the same model. This implies that filtered rather than locally synthesized C3 is important in the pathogenesis of interstitial inflammation associated with proteinuria. The relevance of these findings to the processes occurring in vivo has been borne out by studies in rats. Furthermore, proximal tubule cells that stained positive for IgG also showed evidence of increased osteopontin production. Most of these glomeruli were not globally sclerosed, implying that the tubular injury was responsible for the final loss of function in these nephrons. The authors speculated that the absorption of excess filtered protein may play an important role in this tubular injury. Establishing a cause and effect relationship between proteinuria and renal damage in humans is difficult but several clinical studies have provided evidence to support this. The mechanisms and consequences of proteinuria are discussed further in Chapter 30. The inflammatory infiltrate is composed of lymphocytes, macrophages, detritic cells, and mast cells. The profibrotic role of macrophages is illustrated by observations that the extent of macrophage accumulation correlates closely with the severity of fibrosis,426 and macrophage depletion attenuates fibrosis. Different investigators have identified resident fibroblasts,429 transdifferentiation from tubule epithelial cells and endothelial cells,430,431 bone marrow-derived fibrocytes,432 and pericytes354 as possible sources. Investigators have sought to identify the relative contribution of different cell types to the production of collagen I using cell type-specific knockouts. Furthermore, initial collagen I synthesis was attributable to resident mesenchymal fibroblasts and was beneficial in preserving renal function in this model, whereas bone marrow-derived cells were responsible for later collagen I production that did not affect renal function. Matrix accumulation has been proposed to commence with the appearance of collagen nucleators in the interstitial fluid that act as a scaffold for the deposition of fibrillar collagens. This negative result may have been in part attributed to the relatively short trial duration, inadequate dosing of the antibody, or selection of participants with relatively severe and advanced nephropathy. Nevertheless, it is likely that the development of interventions to inhibit renal fibrosis will remain an area of active research and result in multiple potential novel therapies. Attention has been focused on the potential role of miRs to modulate renal fibrosis. Early experiments found no persisting renal damage after dietary acid loading in rats with normal renal function and no renoprotection associated with sodium bicarbonate treatment in the 5/6 nephrectomy model, suggesting that acidosis does not initiate or exacerbate renal damage. Treatment with calcium citrate has also been shown to improve acidosis and reduce glomerular as well as interstitial injury in the 5/6 nephrectomy model. In the first randomized study in adults with a creatinine clearance of 15 to 30 mL/min, randomization to treatment of acidosis (serum bicarbonate, 16-20 mmol/L) with sodium bicarbonate was associated with a lower decline in creatinine clearance (1. Both interventions achieved an increase in serum bicarbonate levels and were associated with a decrease in urinary angiotensinogen. Several clinical observations have also supported an association between glomerular hypertrophy and renal injury. Rats subjected to 5/6 nephrectomy were compared with rats in which 2/3 of the left kidney was infarcted and the right ureter drained into the peritoneal cavity, an intervention that apparently results in decreased renal clearance without compensatory renal hypertrophy. At 4 weeks, however, the maximal planar area of the glomerulus was significantly less, and glomerular injury, as assessed by sclerosis index, was significantly reduced in ureteroperitoneostomized rats versus 5/6 nephrectomized controls. Accordingly, the authors have concluded that glomerular hypertrophy is more important than glomerular capillary hypertension in the progression of glomerular injury in this model. Dietary sodium restriction has also been used to inhibit renal hypertrophy after 5/6 nephrectomy. Although sodium restriction had no effect on glomerular hemodynamics, glomerular volume was significantly reduced in 5/6 nephrectomized rats fed low versus normal sodium diets. These findings were extended by another study in which the effect of sodium restriction in preventing glomerular hypertrophy and ameliorating glomerular injury was confirmed, but which also found that these benefits were overcome by the administration of an androgen that stimulated glomerular hypertrophy, despite sodium restriction. Absence of progressive glomerular injury in a normotensive rat remnant kidney model. Alternatively, glomerulosclerosis may be viewed as a maladaptive growth response following loss of renal mass and resulting in excessive mesangial proliferation and extracellular matrix production. Dietary caloric restriction that prevented weight gain and glomerular enlargement also prevented the proteinuria. In the remnant kidney model, adrenal hypertrophy and markedly elevated plasma aldosterone levels have been reported. Furthermore, rats subjected to ureteroperitoneostomy developed significantly more glomerulosclerosis than sham-operated controls, despite a lack of increase in glomerular size. Furthermore, the inflammatory and profibrotic mechanisms that eventuate in glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis may be provoked by both hemodynamic and nonhemodynamic stimuli. Blood pressure should be reduced to less than 130/80 mmHg and even lower targets should be considered in persons with persistent proteinuria, judged to be at low risk of adverse effects from lower blood pressue. Combination therapy should therefore not be used in the patient groups included in these studies. Persistent renal hyperfunction due to continuous excessive protein intake, however, leads to renal injury in experimental models.

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The Hgb concentration at the initiation of dialysis has been declining since 2007 and, in most patients beginning hemodialysis in the United States, the Hgb value is now below 10 g/dL. For this mechanism to function properly, several other cofactors such as iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid are also required. Its production in the kidney is modulated by the delivery of oxygen from the circulating erythrocytes. When the mass of the circulating erythrocytes decreases because of decreased production, enhanced destruction, or loss of erythrocytes, the reduction in oxygen delivery results in increased production of this hormone. The first recognition of the linkage between hypoxia and erythrocyte quantity arose from astute 19th century observations on the effects of living at a higher altitude. When one animal breathed air with low oxygen tension and the other breathed normal air, both animals demonstrated increased bone marrow erythropoiesis. 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