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FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy.

ABSTRACT: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health epidemic that increases risk of death due to cardiovascular disease. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an important mechanism of cardiovascular disease in individuals with CKD. Elevated levels of FGF23 have been linked to greater risks of LVH and mortality in patients with CKD, but whether these risks represent causal effects of FGF23 is unknown. Here, we report that elevated FGF23 levels are independently associated with LVH in a large, racially diverse CKD cohort. FGF23 caused pathological hypertrophy of isolated rat cardiomyocytes via FGF receptor-dependent activation of the calcineurin-NFAT signaling pathway, but this effect was independent of klotho, the coreceptor for FGF23 in the kidney and parathyroid glands. Intramyocardial or intravenous injection of FGF23 in wild-type mice resulted in LVH, and klotho-deficient mice demonstrated elevated FGF23 levels and LVH. In an established animal model of CKD, treatment with an FGF-receptor blocker attenuated LVH, although no change in blood pressure was observed. These results unveil a klotho-independent, causal role for FGF23 in the pathogenesis of LVH and suggest that chronically elevated FGF23 levels contribute directly to high rates of LVH and mortality in individuals with CKD.

SUBMITTER: Faul C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3204831 | biostudies-other | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy.

Faul Christian C Amaral Ansel P AP Oskouei Behzad B Hu Ming-Chang MC Sloan Alexis A Isakova Tamara T Gutiérrez Orlando M OM Aguillon-Prada Robier R Lincoln Joy J Hare Joshua M JM Mundel Peter P Morales Azorides A Scialla Julia J Fischer Michael M Soliman Elsayed Z EZ Chen Jing J Go Alan S AS Rosas Sylvia E SE Nessel Lisa L Townsend Raymond R RR Feldman Harold I HI St John Sutton Martin M Ojo Akinlolu A Gadegbeku Crystal C Di Marco Giovana Seno GS Reuter Stefan S Kentrup Dominik D Tiemann Klaus K Brand Marcus M Hill Joseph A JA Moe Orson W OW Kuro-O Makoto M Kusek John W JW Keane Martin G MG Wolf Myles M

The Journal of clinical investigation 20111010 11

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health epidemic that increases risk of death due to cardiovascular disease. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an important mechanism of cardiovascular disease in individuals with CKD. Elevated levels of FGF23 have been linked to greater risks of LVH and mortality in patients with CKD, but whether these risks represent causal effects of FGF23 is unknown. Here, we report that elevated FGF23 levels are independently associated with LVH in a large, racial ...[more]

PMID: 21985788

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Project description:Background and objectivesHigh plasma concentration of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a risk factor for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in adults with CKD, and induces myocardial hypertrophy in experimental CKD. We hypothesized that high FGF23 levels associate with a higher prevalence of LVH in children with CKD.Design, setting, participants, & measurementsWe performed echocardiograms and measured plasma C-terminal FGF23 concentrations in 587 children with mild-to-moderate CKD enrolled in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) study. We used linear and logistic regression to analyze the association of plasma FGF23 with left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and LVH (LVMI ?95th percentile), adjusted for demographics, body mass index, eGFR, and CKD-specific factors. We also examined the relationship between FGF23 and LVH by eGFR level.ResultsMedian age was 12 years (interquartile range, 8-15) and eGFR was 50 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (interquartile range, 38-64). Overall prevalence of LVH was 11%. After adjustment for demographics and body mass index, the odds of having LVH was higher by 2.53 (95% confidence interval, 1.28 to 4.97; P<0.01) in participants with FGF23 concentrations ?170 RU/ml compared with those with FGF23<100 RU/ml, but this association was attenuated after full adjustment. Among participants with eGFR?45 ml/min per 1.73 m2, the prevalence of LVH was 5.4%, 11.2%, and 15.3% for those with FGF23 <100 RU/ml, 100-169 RU/ml, and ?170 RU/ml, respectively (Ptrend=0.01). When eGFR was ?45 ml/min per 1.73 m2, higher FGF23 concentrations were independently associated with LVH (fully adjusted odds ratio, 3.08 in the highest versus lowest FGF23 category; 95% confidence interval, 1.02 to 9.24; P<0.05; fully adjusted odds ratio, 2.02 per doubling of FGF23; 95% confidence interval, 1.29 to 3.17; P<0.01). By contrast, in participants with eGFR<45 ml/min per 1.73 m2, FGF23 did not associate with LVH.ConclusionsPlasma FGF23 concentration ?170 RU/ml is an independent predictor of LVH in children with eGFR?45 ml/min per 1.73 m2.

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