Kelly Meza1, Sharmi Biswas1, Yuan-Shan Zhu2, Anuradha Gajjar1,3, Eduardo Perelstein1,3, Juhi Kumar1,3, Oleh Akchurin4,5. 1. Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA. 2. Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science Center, New York, NY, USA. 3. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital, 505 East 70th Street-HT 388, New York, NY, 10021, USA. 4. Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA. oma9005@med.cornell.edu. 5. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital, 505 East 70th Street-HT 388, New York, NY, 10021, USA. oma9005@med.cornell.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mineral and bone disorder (MBD) and growth impairment are common complications of pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD). Chronic inflammation detrimentally affects bone health and statural growth in non-CKD settings, but the impact of inflammation on CKD-MBD and growth in pediatric CKD remains poorly understood. This study assessed associations between inflammatory cytokines with biomarkers of CKD-MBD and statural growth in pediatric CKD. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of children with predialysis CKD stages II-V. Cytokines (IL-1b, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-13, TNF-α, interferon-γ), bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), and procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP) were measured at the same time as standard CKD-MBD biomarkers. Associations between cytokines, CKD-MBD biomarkers, and height z-score were assessed using linear regression analysis. RESULTS: Among 63 children, 52.4% had stage 3 CKD, 76.2% non-glomerular CKD etiology, and 21% short stature. TNF-α was the only cytokine associated with parathyroid hormone (PTH) independent of glomerular filtration rate. After stratification by low, medium, and high TNF-α tertiles, significant differences in PTH, serum phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, BAP, P1NP, and height z-score were found. In a multivariate analysis, TNF-α positively associated with phosphorus, PTH, and alkaline phosphatase and inversely associated with height z-score, independent of kidney function, age, sex, and active vitamin D analogue use. CONCLUSIONS: TNF-α is positively associated with biomarkers of CKD-MBD and inversely associated with height z-score, indicating that inflammation likely contributes to the development of CKD-MBD and growth impairment in pediatric CKD. Prospective studies to definitively assess causative effects of inflammation on bone health and growth in children with CKD are warranted.
BACKGROUND: Mineral and bone disorder (MBD) and growth impairment are common complications of pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD). Chronic inflammation detrimentally affects bone health and statural growth in non-CKD settings, but the impact of inflammation on CKD-MBD and growth in pediatric CKD remains poorly understood. This study assessed associations between inflammatory cytokines with biomarkers of CKD-MBD and statural growth in pediatric CKD. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of children with predialysis CKD stages II-V. Cytokines (IL-1b, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-13, TNF-α, interferon-γ), bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), and procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP) were measured at the same time as standard CKD-MBD biomarkers. Associations between cytokines, CKD-MBD biomarkers, and height z-score were assessed using linear regression analysis. RESULTS: Among 63 children, 52.4% had stage 3 CKD, 76.2% non-glomerular CKD etiology, and 21% short stature. TNF-α was the only cytokine associated with parathyroid hormone (PTH) independent of glomerular filtration rate. After stratification by low, medium, and high TNF-α tertiles, significant differences in PTH, serum phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, BAP, P1NP, and height z-score were found. In a multivariate analysis, TNF-α positively associated with phosphorus, PTH, and alkaline phosphatase and inversely associated with height z-score, independent of kidney function, age, sex, and active vitamin D analogue use. CONCLUSIONS: TNF-α is positively associated with biomarkers of CKD-MBD and inversely associated with height z-score, indicating that inflammation likely contributes to the development of CKD-MBD and growth impairment in pediatric CKD. Prospective studies to definitively assess causative effects of inflammation on bone health and growth in children with CKD are warranted.
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CKD-mineral and bone disorder; Chronic kidney disease; Inflammation; Pediatric; TNF-α
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