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Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and alpha-Klotho (αKL) in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Zuzanna Gamrot1, Piotr Adamczyk2, Elżbieta Świętochowska3, Dagmara Roszkowska-Bjanid4, Jakub Gamrot5, Maria Szczepanska6
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Pubmed: 34647605
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Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(6):625-633.
Affiliations
  1. Unit of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Chorzow City Hospital, Poland
  2. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
  3. Chair and Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
  4. Pediatric Nephrology Ward, Public Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Zabrze, Poland
  5. Student’s Scientific Society, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, Poland
  6. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

open access

Vol 72, No 6 (2021)
Original Paper
Submitted: 2021-05-05
Accepted: 2021-08-19
Published online: 2021-10-06

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children, despite the progress in science and technology, is still a serious challenge. Early CKD detection gives a chance of early therapeutic intervention and lowering the progression of the disease. According to several publications indicating the possible use of alpha-Klotho (αKL) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) for the early detection of the disease in adults, an attempt was made to evaluate their usefulness in the paediatric population.

Material and methods: The study group consisted of 42 patients with CKD with a mean age of 10.7 years (18 girls and 24 boys). The control group involved 21 healthy children with a mean age of 8.4 years (11 girls and 10 boys). Anthropometrical parameters and blood pressure were taken and routine biochemical tests were performed in the whole group. The concentrations of TNFα and αKL in serum and urine were determined by enzyme immunoassay.

Results: Children from the CKD group showed a statistically significant difference in serum TNFα and αKL in comparison to the control group. There was no significant relationship between the evaluated markers and sex, presence of hypertension, or proteinuria in the children. The mean αKL serum concentration was higher in patients on dialysis compared to the group of conservatively treated children, whereas the values of TNFα in serum and urine, as well as the αKL in urine, did not differ significantly in these groups. A significant positive correlation was found between serum αKL concentration and serum creatinine, but there was no other correlation between serum αKL or TNFα concentration and any of the measured anthropometric and laboratory parameters.

Conclusions: Serum TNFα and αKL levels in children with chronic kidney disease, although being statistically different compared to the group of healthy children, except for the correlation of serum aKL and creatinine, showed no other correlations to the most parameters used for chronic kidney disease evaluation including, eGFR. Their usefulness in the early detection of kidney dysfunction in children was not proven. 

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children, despite the progress in science and technology, is still a serious challenge. Early CKD detection gives a chance of early therapeutic intervention and lowering the progression of the disease. According to several publications indicating the possible use of alpha-Klotho (αKL) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) for the early detection of the disease in adults, an attempt was made to evaluate their usefulness in the paediatric population.

Material and methods: The study group consisted of 42 patients with CKD with a mean age of 10.7 years (18 girls and 24 boys). The control group involved 21 healthy children with a mean age of 8.4 years (11 girls and 10 boys). Anthropometrical parameters and blood pressure were taken and routine biochemical tests were performed in the whole group. The concentrations of TNFα and αKL in serum and urine were determined by enzyme immunoassay.

Results: Children from the CKD group showed a statistically significant difference in serum TNFα and αKL in comparison to the control group. There was no significant relationship between the evaluated markers and sex, presence of hypertension, or proteinuria in the children. The mean αKL serum concentration was higher in patients on dialysis compared to the group of conservatively treated children, whereas the values of TNFα in serum and urine, as well as the αKL in urine, did not differ significantly in these groups. A significant positive correlation was found between serum αKL concentration and serum creatinine, but there was no other correlation between serum αKL or TNFα concentration and any of the measured anthropometric and laboratory parameters.

Conclusions: Serum TNFα and αKL levels in children with chronic kidney disease, although being statistically different compared to the group of healthy children, except for the correlation of serum aKL and creatinine, showed no other correlations to the most parameters used for chronic kidney disease evaluation including, eGFR. Their usefulness in the early detection of kidney dysfunction in children was not proven. 

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Keywords

children; chronic kidney disease; TNF alpha; alpha Klotho; renal replacement therapy

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Title

Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and alpha-Klotho (αKL) in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Journal

Endokrynologia Polska

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Vol 72, No 6 (2021)

Article type

Original paper

Pages

625-633

Published online

2021-10-06

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DOI

10.5603/EP.a2021.0082

Pubmed

34647605

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Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(6):625-633.

Keywords

children
chronic kidney disease
TNF alpha
alpha Klotho
renal replacement therapy

Authors

Zuzanna Gamrot
Piotr Adamczyk
Elżbieta Świętochowska
Dagmara Roszkowska-Bjanid
Jakub Gamrot
Maria Szczepanska

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