Alison H Harrill1, Alison P Sanders2. 1. Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 TW Alexander Drive #K2-17, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA. 2. Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY, 10029, USA. alison.sanders@mssm.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is a critical need for sensitive biomarkers of renal disease and progression. Micro(mi)RNAs are attractive as next-generation biomarkers in kidney disease, particularly as urine miRNAs can inform kidney function and cellular integrity. This review summarizes recent epidemiologic and toxicologic advances using urinary miRNAs and exosomal miRNAs as novel biomarkers of chemical exposure and of kidney damage and disease. RECENT FINDINGS: Urine miRNA biomarkers offer improved stability over protein in stored samples, relative ease of collection and quantitation, and conserved sequence homology across species. Particularly in the case of emergent environmental health threats such as chronic kidney disease of unknown origin, urinary miRNAs hold promise as biomarkers of disease and/or exposure. We present evidence to address scientific knowledge gaps, comment on the relevance of urine-derived miRNAs in environmental health research, and discuss limitations and recommendations for future directions needed to advance miRNA biomarker strategies.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is a critical need for sensitive biomarkers of renal disease and progression. Micro(mi)RNAs are attractive as next-generation biomarkers in kidney disease, particularly as urine miRNAs can inform kidney function and cellular integrity. This review summarizes recent epidemiologic and toxicologic advances using urinary miRNAs and exosomal miRNAs as novel biomarkers of chemical exposure and of kidney damage and disease. RECENT FINDINGS: Urine miRNA biomarkers offer improved stability over protein in stored samples, relative ease of collection and quantitation, and conserved sequence homology across species. Particularly in the case of emergent environmental health threats such as chronic kidney disease of unknown origin, urinary miRNAs hold promise as biomarkers of disease and/or exposure. We present evidence to address scientific knowledge gaps, comment on the relevance of urine-derived miRNAs in environmental health research, and discuss limitations and recommendations for future directions needed to advance miRNA biomarker strategies.
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