Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several renal histopathological features, including mesangial hypercellularity, glomerulosclerosis, tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis, are considered to be independent predictors of end-stage renal failure in patients with gl...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMC
2012-05-01
|
| Series: | BMC Nephrology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/13/29 |
| _version_ | 1811248257975713792 |
|---|---|
| author | Li Yanhong Wang Jian Zhu Xueming Feng Qihua Li Xiaozhong Feng Xing |
| author_facet | Li Yanhong Wang Jian Zhu Xueming Feng Qihua Li Xiaozhong Feng Xing |
| author_sort | Li Yanhong |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several renal histopathological features, including mesangial hypercellularity, glomerulosclerosis, tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis, are considered to be independent predictors of end-stage renal failure in patients with glomerular diseases. Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (MesPGN) is characterized by proliferations of mesangial cells with increase in mesangial matrix and/or deposits in mesangial region. The purpose of this study is to determine the association between urinary protein markers measured at the same time as renal biopsy and the severity of renal histological lesions in children with MesPGN, and to evaluate whether these markers could serve as predictors of severe renal histological lesions in this population.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Ninety-eight children with MesPGN (40 with IgA nephropathy, 37 with IgM nephropathy, and 21 with MesPGN without IgA/IgM deposition) were enrolled. Urinary level of IgG, albumin, transferrin, α1-microglobulin, β2-microglobulin and <it>N</it>-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase from a morning sample before biopsy was measured.</p> <p>The scores of mesangial hypercellularity, glomerulosclerosis, and tubule-interstitial damage were used to semi-quantitatively evaluate renal histological lesions.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The urine proteins, as independent factors associated with severe mesangial cellularity (> 5 mesangial cells/ mesangial area) were transferrin, albumin, α1-microglobulin, IgG and 24-hour total protein, with severe glomerulosclerosis (≥ 10 % glomeruli showing segmental adhesions or sclerosis) were transferrin and 24-hour total protein, and with severe tubule-interstitial damage (focal or diffuse tubular and interstitial lesions) were transferrin and <it>N</it>-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase. Urinary transferrin achieved the area under-the-receiver-operating-characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.86 and 0.82, respectively, for predicting severe mesangial cellularity and glomerulosclerosis. Urinary <it>N</it>-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase achieved the highest AUC of 0.82 for predicting severe tubule-interstitial damage. The combination of urinary protein markers, however, did not improve the predictability for renal histological lesions.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Urinary protein markers are useful to predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with MesPGN, which suggests that urinary proteins might be useful to predict the development and progression of renal histological lesions, and assist in evaluating the outcome and prognosis in children with MesPGN as non-invasive and easily repeatable indicators on the follow-up examination.</p> |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T15:24:54Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-5fad1b32f9d749578f7fbfaec6fdfdc8 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1471-2369 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T15:24:54Z |
| publishDate | 2012-05-01 |
| publisher | BMC |
| record_format | Article |
| series | BMC Nephrology |
| spelling | doaj.art-5fad1b32f9d749578f7fbfaec6fdfdc82022-12-22T03:27:18ZengBMCBMC Nephrology1471-23692012-05-011312910.1186/1471-2369-13-29Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritisLi YanhongWang JianZhu XuemingFeng QihuaLi XiaozhongFeng Xing<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several renal histopathological features, including mesangial hypercellularity, glomerulosclerosis, tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis, are considered to be independent predictors of end-stage renal failure in patients with glomerular diseases. Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (MesPGN) is characterized by proliferations of mesangial cells with increase in mesangial matrix and/or deposits in mesangial region. The purpose of this study is to determine the association between urinary protein markers measured at the same time as renal biopsy and the severity of renal histological lesions in children with MesPGN, and to evaluate whether these markers could serve as predictors of severe renal histological lesions in this population.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Ninety-eight children with MesPGN (40 with IgA nephropathy, 37 with IgM nephropathy, and 21 with MesPGN without IgA/IgM deposition) were enrolled. Urinary level of IgG, albumin, transferrin, α1-microglobulin, β2-microglobulin and <it>N</it>-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase from a morning sample before biopsy was measured.</p> <p>The scores of mesangial hypercellularity, glomerulosclerosis, and tubule-interstitial damage were used to semi-quantitatively evaluate renal histological lesions.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The urine proteins, as independent factors associated with severe mesangial cellularity (> 5 mesangial cells/ mesangial area) were transferrin, albumin, α1-microglobulin, IgG and 24-hour total protein, with severe glomerulosclerosis (≥ 10 % glomeruli showing segmental adhesions or sclerosis) were transferrin and 24-hour total protein, and with severe tubule-interstitial damage (focal or diffuse tubular and interstitial lesions) were transferrin and <it>N</it>-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase. Urinary transferrin achieved the area under-the-receiver-operating-characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.86 and 0.82, respectively, for predicting severe mesangial cellularity and glomerulosclerosis. Urinary <it>N</it>-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase achieved the highest AUC of 0.82 for predicting severe tubule-interstitial damage. The combination of urinary protein markers, however, did not improve the predictability for renal histological lesions.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Urinary protein markers are useful to predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with MesPGN, which suggests that urinary proteins might be useful to predict the development and progression of renal histological lesions, and assist in evaluating the outcome and prognosis in children with MesPGN as non-invasive and easily repeatable indicators on the follow-up examination.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/13/29 |
| spellingShingle | Li Yanhong Wang Jian Zhu Xueming Feng Qihua Li Xiaozhong Feng Xing Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis BMC Nephrology |
| title | Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| title_full | Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| title_fullStr | Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| title_short | Urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| title_sort | urinary protein markers predict the severity of renal histological lesions in children with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/13/29 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT liyanhong urinaryproteinmarkerspredicttheseverityofrenalhistologicallesionsinchildrenwithmesangialproliferativeglomerulonephritis AT wangjian urinaryproteinmarkerspredicttheseverityofrenalhistologicallesionsinchildrenwithmesangialproliferativeglomerulonephritis AT zhuxueming urinaryproteinmarkerspredicttheseverityofrenalhistologicallesionsinchildrenwithmesangialproliferativeglomerulonephritis AT fengqihua urinaryproteinmarkerspredicttheseverityofrenalhistologicallesionsinchildrenwithmesangialproliferativeglomerulonephritis AT lixiaozhong urinaryproteinmarkerspredicttheseverityofrenalhistologicallesionsinchildrenwithmesangialproliferativeglomerulonephritis AT fengxing urinaryproteinmarkerspredicttheseverityofrenalhistologicallesionsinchildrenwithmesangialproliferativeglomerulonephritis |