Erythropoiesis stimulating agents are associated with serum fibroblast growth factor 23 metabolism in patients on hemodialysis.
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT: Background
This study aimed to determine associations among short- and long-acting erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs), changes in serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and biomarkers of iron metabolism.Methods
Among 108 patients on hemodialysis (HD), 44 received every 2 weeks or monthly doses of continuous erythropoiesis receptor activator (CERA), 31 received weekly doses of darbepoetin-α, 24 received three doses per week of epoetin-β and 9 were not treated with an ESA. Intact and C-terminal FGF23 and transferrin saturation (TSAT), ferritin, erythroferrone and hepcidin 25 were measured in blood samples collected before the HD session at the end of the dialysis week (baseline, Day 0) and on Days 3, 5, 7 and 14 thereafter.Results
Levels of ferritin, hepcidin 25 and erythroferrone as well as TSAT were significantly decreased or elevated in patients treated with CERA compared with other types of ESAs. Levels of C-terminal FGF23 increased in all groups during the observation period. Levels of intact FGF23 and ratios of intact FGF23 to C-terminal FGF23 gradually decreased between Days 3 and 7 in the CERA but not in the other groups. Multivariate models associated changes in hepcidin 25 and phosphate with those of intact FGF23.Conclusion
The long-acting ESA CERA might influence levels of intact FGF23 by increasing FGF23 cleavage in patients on HD in association with prolonged hepcidin 25 suppression.
SUBMITTER: Honda H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7986323 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Similar Datasets
Project description:BackgroundFibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) is a hormone that increases the rate of urinary excretion of phosphate and inhibits renal production of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, thus helping to mitigate hyperphosphatemia in patients with kidney disease. Hyperphosphatemia and low 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease, but the effect of the level of FGF-23 on mortality is unknown.MethodsWe examined mortality according to serum phosphate levels in a prospective cohort of 10,044 patients who were beginning hemodialysis treatment and then analyzed FGF-23 levels and mortality in a nested case-control sample of 200 subjects who died and 200 who survived during the first year of hemodialysis treatment. We hypothesized that increased FGF-23 levels at the initiation of hemodialysis would be associated with increased mortality.ResultsSerum phosphate levels in the highest quartile (>5.5 mg per deciliter [1.8 mmol per liter]) were associated with a 20% increase in the multivariable adjusted risk of death, as compared with normal levels (3.5 to 4.5 mg per deciliter [1.1 to 1.4 mmol per liter]) (hazard ratio, 1.2; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 1.4). Median C-terminal FGF-23 (cFGF-23) levels were significantly higher in case subjects than in controls (2260 vs. 1406 reference units per milliliter, P<0.001). Multivariable adjusted analyses showed that increasing FGF-23 levels were associated with a monotonically increasing risk of death when examined either on a continuous scale (odds ratio per unit increase in log-transformed cFGF-23 values, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.4 to 2.4) or in quartiles, with quartile 1 as the reference category (odds ratio for quartile 2, 1.6 [95% CI, 0.8 to 3.3]; for quartile 3, 4.5 [95% CI, 2.2 to 9.4]; and for quartile 4, 5.7 [95% CI, 2.6 to 12.6]).ConclusionsIncreased FGF-23 levels appear to be independently associated with mortality among patients who are beginning hemodialysis treatment. Future studies might investigate whether FGF-23 is a potential biomarker that can be used to guide strategies for the management of phosphorus balance in patients with chronic kidney disease.
| S-EPMC2890264 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BackgroundElevated serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is strongly associated with cardiovascular risk and mortality. Tenapanor, an inhibitor of gastrointestinal sodium/hydrogen exchanger isoform 3, decreased serum phosphate in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02081534) of patients receiving hemodialysis with hyperphosphatemia. Here, we report a secondary analysis of effects on serum FGF23 during that study.MethodsAfter 1-3 weeks of washout of phosphate binders, 162 patients were randomized to receive 4 weeks of treatment with placebo or one of six tenapanor regimens (3 or 30 mg once daily, or 1, 3, 10 or 30 mg twice daily). Intact FGF23 concentrations were determined from serum samples collected at screening, post-washout and end of treatment, assayed in duplicate in a single batch at the end of the study.ResultsAfter phosphate-binder washout, serum FGF23 concentrations increased in all groups [range of geometric means: 1430-2605 pg/mL before, to 2601-6294 pg/mL after washout (P < 0.001 for all patients analyzed as a single group)]. Serum FGF23 concentrations subsequently decreased in tenapanor-treated patients (2030-3563 pg/mL), whereas they increased further in placebo-treated patients (6930 pg/mL). In an analysis of covariance, FGF23 decreased by 9.1-27.9% in tenapanor-treated patients and increased by 21.9% in placebo-treated patients (P ≤ 0.001-0.04).ConclusionsFollowing a marked increase in serum FGF23 in response to withdrawal of phosphate binders, tenapanor significantly decreased serum FGF23 in patients receiving hemodialysis with hyperphosphatemia. Further studies are required to explore the long-term effects of controlling FGF23 with tenapanor.
| S-EPMC6365767 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Alterations in hemodialysis patients' serum trace metals have been documented. Early studies addressing associations levels of serum trace metals with erythropoietic responses and/or hematocrit generated mixed results. These studies were conducted prior to current approaches for erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) drug dosing guidelines or without consideration of inflammation markers (e.g. hepcidin) important for regulation of iron availability. This study sought to determine if the serum trace metal concentrations of incident or chronic hemodialysis patients associated with the observed ESA response variability and with consideration to ESA dose response, hepcidin, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels. Inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry was used to measure 14 serum trace metals in 29 incident and 79 prevalent dialysis patients recruited prospectively. We compared these data to three measures of ESA dose response, sex, and dialysis incidence versus dialysis prevalence. Hemoglobin was negatively associated with ESA dose and cadmium while positively associated with antimony, arsenic and lead. ESA dose was negatively associated with achieved hemoglobin and vanadium while positively associated with arsenic. ESA response was positively associated with arsenic. Vanadium, nickel, cadmium, and tin were increased in prevalent patients. Manganese was increased in incident patients. Vanadium, nickel, and arsenic increased with time on dialysis while manganese decreased. Changes in vanadium and manganese were largest and appeared to have some effect on anemia. Incident and prevalent patients' chromium and antimony levels exceeded established accepted upper limits of normal.
| S-EPMC7677396 | biostudies-literature
Project description:IntroductionImpaired response to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) is associated with increased mortality in patients with end-stage kidney disease. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully elucidated. Accumulating data reveal that selenium (Se), a trace element, plays a key role in stress erythropoiesis and erythrocyte homeostasis. We evaluated the relationship between serum Se levels and the response to ESAs in hemodialysis patients.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, we determined serum Se levels in 173 hemodialysis patients. We analyzed the association of serum Se with ESA responsiveness, as defined by ESA resistance index.ResultsOf the study participants, 50% had lower Se levels than the population-based reference values. We found that serum Se levels were significantly and inversely correlated with erythropoiesis resistance index (ERI) but not transferrin saturation (TSAT) or ferritin levels. Multiple regression analyses confirmed the association between Se levels and ESA hyporesponsiveness, independently of other known factors, such as iron status, being female, and dialysis vintage (β = -0.11, P < 0.001). When patients were divided according to Se levels and iron status, both low serum Se (<10.5 μg/dl) and iron deficiency significantly affected the response to ESA. Conversely, serum Se levels were significantly different among groups when patients were divided according to ERI quartiles. The association of low serum Se with ESA hyporesponsiveness persisted after adjustment of confounding variables.ConclusionSerum Se levels are associated with the response to ESAs and can predict ESA resistance independently of iron status in Japanese hemodialysis patients. These data open the possibility to test whether Se supplementation reduces ESA demand.
| S-EPMC9263417 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is common in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, and it can suppress erythropoiesis. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the consumption of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) and parathyroidectomy (PTX) in ESRD patients with SHPT and to determine the predictors for anemia improvement. The current standard of chronic kidney disease anemia therapy relies on the prescription of iron supplementation, and ESA. We retrospectively analyzed 81 ESRD patients with PTX at Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chiayi Christian Hospital from July 2004 to Dec 2018. The requirement of ESA therapy markedly declined from a dose of 41.6 (interquartile range [IQR], 0-91.2) to 10.3 (IQR, 0-59.5, p = 0.001) unit/kg/week. In addition, 63.7% of patients required iron replacement therapy preoperatively and the proportion reduced to 52.5% after PTX (p < 0.001). The hemoglobin (Hb) level showed an insignificant change from a median value of 10.7 g/dL (9.5-11.6 g/dL) before PTX to 10.5 g/dL (9.6-11.2 g/dL) at 6 months after PTX. A preoperative Hb level ≤ 10 mg/dL (odds ratio [OR], 20.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.71-125, p < 0.001) and transferrin saturation (TSAT) < 25% (OR, 12.8; 95% CI, 2.51-129, p < 0.001) were predictors for anemia improvement. Our study demonstrated that PTX markedly decreased the requirement of ESA. Patients with a low preoperative Hb level or low TSAT showed an increase in the Hb level after PTX. PTX may be considered not only for SHPT with refractory anemia but also for high ESA-dependent patients.
| S-EPMC9499136 | biostudies-literature
Project description:OBJECTIVE:Sucroferric oxyhydroxide, a novel iron-based phosphate-binder, has been shown to have beneficial effects in lowering serum phosphorus levels and improving renal anemia in clinical studies. Although an effect of this agent on fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has been reported in an animal study, there is little clinical data supporting this finding. This study aimed to evaluate the effect on chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder, FGF23, renal anemia, iron-related parameters, adverse events of sucroferric oxyhydroxide in hemodialysis patients. RESULTS:Hemodialysis patients, receiving existing hyperphosphatemia drugs with insufficient benefit, were administered sucroferric oxyhydroxide with/without calcium carbonate for 16 weeks. Serum phosphorus level declined rapidly in Week 8 (p?<?0.0001) and this decrease persisted until Week 16 (p?<?0.0001). FGF23 decreased (p?=?0.0412, Week 16), and hemoglobin increased (p?<?0.0001, Week 16). Cumulative dose of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (p?=?0.0122, Week 16), and intravenous iron (p?=?0.0233, Week 12) decreased. All adverse reactions were mild, and diarrhea was the most frequently observed adverse reaction (16.7%). Therefore, hyperphosphatemia treatment with sucroferric oxyhydroxide may safely improve serum phosphorus level, renal anemia, FGF23, and other factors that affect the prognosis of hemodialysis patients.
| S-EPMC5994086 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Background. We examined the changes in circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and Klotho concentrations in hemodialysis patients after parathyroidectomy (PTX). Methods. We enrolled a cohort of hemodialysis patients who received PTX. Postoperatively, patients received calcium supplements and/or vitamin D analogue (calcitriol) to maintain serum calcium within 7.0-8.0 mg/dL. Information on clinical parameters including bone-mineral metabolic variables was collected pre-PTX and on days 5 and 90 after PTX. Concomitantly, serum full-length FGF23 and α-Klotho levels were measured. The relationship between FGF23 and clinical parameters was analyzed by single linear regression. Results. Forty-six participants (33 women; 13 men) were enrolled in the study. Their mean age was 56.49 years. Serum FGF23 and α-Klotho concentrations were elevated on days 5 and 90 after PTX compared to baseline (p > 0.05). Serum FGF23 concentrations negatively correlated with serum calcium concentrations pre-PTX (Beta -0.31; R2 0.0949; p = 0.040), day 5 post-PTX (Beta -0.31; R2 0.0982; p = 0.036), and day 90 post-PTX (Beta -0.39; R2 0.1528; p = 0.008). Conclusions. There was no change in circulating FGF23 and Klotho concentrations after PTX in hemodialysis patients given postoperative calcium supplements and/or vitamin D analogue. Serum FGF23 concentrations pre-PTX and at days 5 and 90 after PTX were inversely related to serum calcium concentrations.
| S-EPMC5143687 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BackgroundElevated serum concentrations of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) are associated with cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and those undergoing dialysis.ObjectivesWe tested the hypotheses that polymorphisms in FGF23, its co-receptor alpha-klotho (KL), and/or FGF23 receptors (FGFR) are associated with cardiovascular events and/or mortality.MethodsWe used 1,494 DNA samples collected at baseline from the Evaluation of Cinacalcet HCl Therapy to Lower Cardiovascular Events Trial, in which patients were randomized to the calcimimetic cinacalcet or placebo for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism. We analyzed European and African Ancestry samples separately and then combined summary statistics to perform a meta-analysis. We evaluated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in FGF23, KL, and FGFR4 as the key exposures of interest in proportional hazards (Cox) regression models using adjudicated endpoints (all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure [HF]) as the outcomes of interest.Resultsrs11063112 in FGF23 was associated with cardiovascular mortality (risk allele = A, hazard ratio [HR] 1.32, meta-p value = 0.004) and HF (HR 1.40, meta-p value = 0.007). No statistically significant associations were observed between FGF23 rs13312789 and SNPs in FGFR4 or KL genes and the outcomes of interest.Conclusionsrs11063112 was associated with HF and cardiovascular mortality in patients receiving dialysis with moderate to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism.
| S-EPMC6473180 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BackgroundWe aimed to identify associations between erythroferrone (ERFE), a regulator of hepcidin 25, and biomarkers of erythropoiesis and iron metabolism. We also aimed to determine the effects of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA), continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) and darbepoetin-α (DA) on ERFE production in patients on hemodialysis (HD).MethodsBlood samples were obtained from 59 patients before HD sessions on day 0 (baseline). Twenty patients who were injected with either CERA (N = 10) or DA (N = 10) at the end of the dialysis week (day 0), who had ferritin ≥ 100 ng/mL and/or transferrin saturation ≥ 20%, and hemoglobin > 9 g/dL were selected from among the 59 patients. Blood was sampled serially before HD sessions on days 3, 5, 7 from patients on DA and on the same days plus day 14 from those on CERA.ResultsLevels of ERFE correlated inversely with those of hepcidin 25 and ferritin, and positively with those of soluble transferrin receptor. The hepcidin 25: ERFE ratio and hepcidin 25 levels positively correlated with ferritin levels. Levels of ERFE significantly increased from day 3 of treatment with DA and CERA and decreased by days 7 and 14, respectively. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents concomitantly decreased levels of hepcidin 25 as those of ERFE increased.ConclusionWe identified a novel association between ESA and ERFE in patients on HD. Both DA and CERA increased levels of ERFE that regulated hepcidin 25 and led to iron mobilization from body stores during erythropoiesis.
| S-EPMC4792384 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Rationale & objectivePatients with chronic kidney failure have markedly elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) levels and decreased soluble Klotho levels. However, no studies have examined the effects of hemodialysis initiation on the levels of these hormones and other parameters of mineral metabolism.Study designProspective single-arm study.Setting & participants20 individuals with incident kidney failure initiating hemodialysis.ExposureInitiation of hemodialysis. Dose adjustments of phosphate binders and vitamin D receptor activators and use of calcimimetics, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, and intravenous iron were prohibited.OutcomesChanges in serum levels of FGF-23, soluble Klotho, and other biochemical parameters of mineral metabolism, measured before and after each hemodialysis session, for a total of 4 sessions over 5 days.Analytical approachRepeated-measures analysis of variance.ResultsAt baseline, participants had 18-fold higher median FGF-23 levels and 1.6-fold lower mean soluble Klotho levels compared with age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. Initiation of hemodialysis led to progressive reductions in serum phosphorus, intact parathyroid hormone, and FGF-23 levels, with dialysis-related fluctuations. No reductions were observed in levels of α1-microglobulin, which has molecular weight comparable to FGF-23. The magnitude of the FGF-23 level reductions was strongly associated with concomitant changes in serum phosphorus levels but not with the changes in intact parathyroid hormone levels. Soluble Klotho levels did not change after the initiation of hemodialysis.LimitationsSingle-arm design, small sample size, short follow-up period.ConclusionsInitiation of hemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney failure led to progressive reductions in FGF-23 levels in association with reductions in serum phosphorus levels. These results suggest that phosphorus is a strong inducer of FGF-23 production and that regulation of FGF-23 production is a rapid process.
| S-EPMC7525799 | biostudies-literature