Maren Leifheit-Nestler1, Felix Kirchhoff1, Julia Nespor1, Beatrice Richter1,2, Birga Soetje1, Michael Klintschar3, Joerg Heineke4, Dieter Haffner1. 1. Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Pediatric Research Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. 2. Department of Medicine and Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. 3. Institute for Forensic Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. 4. Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Rebirth-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Abstract
Background: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is discussed as a new biomarker of cardiac hypertrophy and mortality in patients with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD). We previously demonstrated that FGF23 is expressed by cardiac myocytes, enhanced in CKD and induces cardiac hypertrophy via activation of FGF receptor 4 independent of its co-receptor klotho. The impact of FGF23 on cardiac fibrosis is largely unknown. Methods: By conducting a retrospective case-control study including myocardial autopsy samples from 24 patients with end-stage CKD and in vitro studies in cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes, we investigated the pro-fibrotic properties of FGF23. Results: The accumulation of fibrillar collagens I and III was increased in myocardial tissue of CKD patients and correlated with dialysis vintage, klotho deficiency and enhanced cardiac angiotensinogen (AGT) expression. Using human fibrosis RT2 Profiler PCR array analysis, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and its related TGF-β receptor/Smad complexes, extracellular matrix remodeling enzymes and pro-fibrotic growth factors were upregulated in myocardial tissue of CKD patients. FGF23 stimulated cell proliferation, migration, pro-fibrotic TGF-β receptor/Smad complexes and collagen synthesis in cultured cardiac fibroblasts. In isolated cardiac myocytes, FGF23 enhanced collagen remodeling, expression of pro-inflammatory genes and pro-survival pathways and induced pro-hypertrophic genes. FGF23 stimulated AGT expression in cardiac myocytes and angiotensin II and aldosterone, as components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), induced FGF23 in cardiac myocytes. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that activated RAAS induces FGF23 expression in cardiac myocytes and thereby stimulates a pro-fibrotic crosstalk between cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts, which may contribute to myocardial fibrosis in CKD.
Background: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is discussed as a new biomarker of cardiac hypertrophy and mortality in patients with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD). We previously demonstrated that FGF23 is expressed by cardiac myocytes, enhanced in CKD and induces cardiac hypertrophy via activation of FGF receptor 4 independent of its co-receptor klotho. The impact of FGF23 on cardiac fibrosis is largely unknown. Methods: By conducting a retrospective case-control study including myocardial autopsy samples from 24 patients with end-stage CKD and in vitro studies in cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes, we investigated the pro-fibrotic properties of FGF23. Results: The accumulation of fibrillar collagens I and III was increased in myocardial tissue of CKDpatients and correlated with dialysis vintage, klotho deficiency and enhanced cardiac angiotensinogen (AGT) expression. Using humanfibrosis RT2 Profiler PCR array analysis, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and its related TGF-β receptor/Smad complexes, extracellular matrix remodeling enzymes and pro-fibrotic growth factors were upregulated in myocardial tissue of CKDpatients. FGF23 stimulated cell proliferation, migration, pro-fibrotic TGF-β receptor/Smad complexes and collagen synthesis in cultured cardiac fibroblasts. In isolated cardiac myocytes, FGF23 enhanced collagen remodeling, expression of pro-inflammatory genes and pro-survival pathways and induced pro-hypertrophic genes. FGF23 stimulated AGT expression in cardiac myocytes and angiotensin II and aldosterone, as components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), induced FGF23 in cardiac myocytes. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that activated RAAS induces FGF23 expression in cardiac myocytes and thereby stimulates a pro-fibrotic crosstalk between cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts, which may contribute to myocardial fibrosis in CKD.
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