Vincent Fridén1, Karin Starnberg1, Aida Muslimovic1, Sven-Erik Ricksten2, Christian Bjurman1, Niklas Forsgard1, Anna Wickman3, Ola Hammarsten4. 1. Department of clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden. 2. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden. 3. Centre for Physiology and Bio-Imaging, Core Facilities, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden. 4. Department of clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: ola.hammarsten@clinchem.gu.se.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The extent of kidney-dependent clearance of the cardiac damage biomarker cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined clearance of cTnT after injection of heart extracts in rats with or without clamped kidney vessels. The extent of degradation of cTnT to fragments able to pass the glomerular membrane and the kidney extraction index of cTnT was examined in human subjects. After a bolus injection of rat cardiac extract, simulating a large myocardial infarction, there was no significant difference in clearance of cTnT with or without kidney function. However, a slower clearance was observed late in the clearance process, when cTnT levels were low. When low levels of rat cardiac extract were infused at a constant rate to steady state, clamping of the renal vessels resulted in significant 2-fold reduction in clearance of cTnT. Over 60% of the measured cTnT in human subjects had a molecular weight below 17kDa, expected to have a relatively free passage over the glomerular membrane. The extraction index of cTnT in three heart failure patients undergoing renal vein catheterization was 8-19%. Kidney function adjusted cTnT levels increased the area under the ROC curve for diagnosis of myocardial infarction of the cTnT analysis in an emergency room cohort. CONCLUSIONS: At high concentrations, often found after a large myocardial infarction, extrarenal clearance of cTnT dominates. At low levels of cTnT, often found in patients with stable cTnT elevations, renal clearance also contribute to the clearance of cTnT. This potentially explains why stable cTnT levels tend to be higher in patients with low kidney function.
OBJECTIVE: The extent of kidney-dependent clearance of the cardiac damage biomarker cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined clearance of cTnT after injection of heart extracts in rats with or without clamped kidney vessels. The extent of degradation of cTnT to fragments able to pass the glomerular membrane and the kidney extraction index of cTnT was examined in human subjects. After a bolus injection of rat cardiac extract, simulating a large myocardial infarction, there was no significant difference in clearance of cTnT with or without kidney function. However, a slower clearance was observed late in the clearance process, when cTnT levels were low. When low levels of rat cardiac extract were infused at a constant rate to steady state, clamping of the renal vessels resulted in significant 2-fold reduction in clearance of cTnT. Over 60% of the measured cTnT in human subjects had a molecular weight below 17kDa, expected to have a relatively free passage over the glomerular membrane. The extraction index of cTnT in three heart failurepatients undergoing renal vein catheterization was 8-19%. Kidney function adjusted cTnT levels increased the area under the ROC curve for diagnosis of myocardial infarction of the cTnT analysis in an emergency room cohort. CONCLUSIONS: At high concentrations, often found after a large myocardial infarction, extrarenal clearance of cTnT dominates. At low levels of cTnT, often found in patients with stable cTnT elevations, renal clearance also contribute to the clearance of cTnT. This potentially explains why stable cTnT levels tend to be higher in patients with low kidney function.
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