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Association of plasma des-acyl ghrelin levels with CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

There are no effective therapies for malnutrition in CKD/ESRD patients. This study hypothesized that ghrelin, an endogenous orexigenic hormone, would correlate with renal function and might suggest therapeutic interventions for CKD/ESRD malnutrition.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Fifty-one CKD and 15 hemodialysis patients were enrolled. Acyl ghrelin (AG) and des-acyl ghrelin (DG) were determined using separate two-site-specific assays. Leptin, insulin, growth hormone, insulin-link growth factor-1, C-reactive protein, TNF-?, and IL-6 were also measured.

Results

Univariate correlation analyses showed that CKD stage was highly, positively correlated with the levels of preprandial and postprandial DG and positively correlated with TNF-?, IL-6, leptin, and age. Multivariate partial-correlation analyses showed that CKD was independently associated with the proportion of preprandial and postprandial DG, whereas TNF-?, IL-6, leptin, insulin, and age were not independently associated with either. Geometric mean (GM) preprandial and postprandial AG were comparable between CKD stages ?2 and >2, whereas GM preprandial DG and postprandial DG were 1.95-fold and 2.17-fold greater, respectively, for CKD stage >2 versus stage ?2. DG was the dominant form of ghrelin preprandially and postprandially for both CKD stages ?2 and >2. Dialysis had no effect on AG, but reduced DG by 73% to levels even lower (GM 48.7 pg/ml) than those seen postprandially in CKD stage ?2 patients (GM 77.0 pg/ml).

Conclusions

This study shows a strong and independent correlation of DG with CKD stage. Postprandial suppression of ghrelin is impaired with reduced renal function. Hemodialysis selectively removes DG but not AG.

SUBMITTER: Gupta RK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3700692 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of plasma des-acyl ghrelin levels with CKD.

Gupta Rohit K RK Kuppusamy Tamil T Patrie James T JT Gaylinn Bruce B Liu Jianhua J Thorner Michael O MO Bolton Warren K WK

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 20130606 7

<h4>Background and objectives</h4>There are no effective therapies for malnutrition in CKD/ESRD patients. This study hypothesized that ghrelin, an endogenous orexigenic hormone, would correlate with renal function and might suggest therapeutic interventions for CKD/ESRD malnutrition.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>Fifty-one CKD and 15 hemodialysis patients were enrolled. Acyl ghrelin (AG) and des-acyl ghrelin (DG) were determined using separate two-site-specific assays. Lep ...[more]

PMID: 23744005

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Association of plasma des-acyl ghrelin levels with CKD.

Background and objectives

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Results

Conclusions

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Association of plasma des-acyl ghrelin levels with CKD.

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