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D Prié

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Oncogenic osteomalacia: diagnostic importance of fibroblast growth factor 23 and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scan for the diagnosis and follow-up in one case.

A case of oncogenic osteomalacia is reported in a 71-year-old man who presented with bone pain, muscle weakness, and severe hypophosphatemia. The tumor which was localized in the left lower mandible was not detected by tomodensitometry, resonance magnetic imaging, and (111)IN-octreotide scintigraphy, but was easily localized by F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT SCAN (F-18 FDG PET/CT SCAN). To our knowledge, the value of this technique for detecting tumors in oncogenic osteomalacia has never been reported. Secondly, this case provided an opportunity for confirming the usefulness of serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) measurement for the diagnosis and follow-up. We conclude that FGF23 measurements combined with F-18 FDG PET/CT SCAN were decisive tools in a case of oncogenic osteomalacia and are likely to be of considerable importance for facilitating early diagnosis and follow-up in the future.

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Frequency of renal phosphate leak among patients with calcium nephrolithiasis.

BACKGROUND: Nephrolithiasis is a frequent disorder affecting 10 to 15% of the population in Europe and the United States. More than 80% of renal stones are made of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. The main identified risks for calcium renal stone formation are hypercalciuria and urinary saturation. A urine phosphate (Pi) loss is often associated with hypercalciuria; furthermore, hyperphosphaturia increases urinary saturation. METHODS: To determine whether urinary phosphate loss is associated with calcium urolithiasis, we measured renal Pi threshold (TmPi) in 207 stone formers with normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) serum concentration and in 105 control subjects. RESULTS: The TmPi followed a normal distribution in both groups. The mean TmPi was significantly lower in stone formers versus controls (0.72 +/- 0.13 vs. 0.87 +/- 0.18 mmol/L, P < 0.0001) because of a shift to the left of the TmPi distribution curve in the stone former population, with no evidence for bimodal distribution. Five percent of the controls had a TmPi <0.63 versus 19% of the stone formers. Daily urinary calcium excretion was significantly higher in stone formers than in controls. Calcium excretion was also significantly higher in stone formers with TmPi <0.63 mmol/L compared with those with TmPi > or =0.63. Serum PTH and ionized calcium concentrations were not different in stone formers and in control subjects, whatever the TmPi value. CONCLUSIONS: : A low TmPi is more frequently encountered in stone formers with a normal PTH concentration than in control subjects and is associated with a high urinary Ca excretion. The hypophosphatemia induced by a renal phosphate leak may predispose the subject to calcium stone formation by increasing the serum calcitriol level, calcium excretion, and urinary saturation.

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P-glycoprotein inhibitors stimulate renal phosphate reabsorption in rats.

BACKGROUND: Dipyridamole (Dip) was previously shown to increase renal phosphate (Pi) reabsorption in humans. However, the mechanism(s) underlying this renal tubular effect is not fully elucidated. It is known that Dip inhibits the activity of the P-glycoprotein (Pgp) multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1) expressed on the apical membrane of renal proximal tubular cells where the Na-Pi cotransporter (NPT2) is also expressed. We hypothesized that Dip could increase renal Pi reabsorption by inhibiting Pgp activity. METHODS: To test this hypothesis, the effects of Dip, verapamil (Ver), and cyclosporine A (CsA), three unrelated Pgp inhibitors, were studied on the renal Pi reabsorption in rats. RESULTS: All three drugs decreased the fractional excretion of Pi (FE(Pi)) in a dose-dependent manner within one hour after beginning the drug infusion, without altering the glomerular filtration rate or serum parathyroid hormone concentration. Sodium-dependent Pi uptake but not Na-glucose transport was increased in brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) when comparing treated with untreated rats. Western blot analysis showed that NPT2 protein was increased in BBMVs from treated rats. Dip and Ver had no effect when applied directly to BBMVs prepared from untreated rats. Pretreatment of rats with colchicine prevented the effects of Dip on the FE(Pi) and NPT2 expression in brush-border membranes. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that inhibition of Pgp in the proximal tubule increases Pi uptake and NPT2 translocation to the apical membrane.

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HNF1alpha controls renal glucose reabsorption in mouse and man.

Recently it has been shown that dominant mutations in the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha (HNF1alpha) gene, encoding for a homeoprotein that is expressed in liver, kidney, pancreas and intestine, result in maturity onset diabetes of the young type 3 (MODY3). HNF1alpha-null mice are diabetic, but at the same time suffer from a renal Fanconi syndrome characterized by urinary glucose loss. Here we show that MODY3 patients are also characterized by a reduced tubular reabsorption of glucose. The renal murine defect is due to reduced expression of the low affinity/high capacity glucose cotransporter (SGLT2). Our results show that HNF1alpha directly controls SGLT2 gene expression. Together these data indicate that HNF1alpha plays a key role in glucose homeostasis in mammals.

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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors increase fibrinolytic activity in rat aortic endothelial cells. Role of geranylgeranylation and Rho proteins.

3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors (HRIs) have been recently shown to prevent atherosclerosis progression. Clinical benefit results from combined actions on various components of the atherosclerotic lesion. This study was designed to identify the effects of HRI on one of these components, the endothelial fibrinolytic system. Aortas isolated from rats treated for 2 days with lovastatin (4 mg/kg body wt per day) showed a 3-fold increase in tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) activity. In a rat aortic endothelial cell line (SVARECs) and in human nontransformed endothelial cells (HUVECs), HRI induced an increase in tPA activity and antigen in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. In SVARECs, the maximal response was observed when cells were incubated for 48 hours with 50 micromol/L HRI. An increase of tPA mRNA was also in evidence. In contrast, HRI inhibited plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 activity and mRNA. The effects of HRI were reversed by mevalonate and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, but not by LDL cholesterol and farnesyl pyrophosphate, and were not induced by alpha-hydroxyfarnesyl phosphonic acid, an inhibitor of protein farnesyl transferase. C3 exoenzyme, an inhibitor of the geranylgeranylated-activated Rho protein, reproduced the effect of lovastatin on tPA and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 activity and blocked its reversal by geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate. The effect of HRI was associated with a disruption of cellular actin filaments without modification of microtubules. A disrupter of actin filaments, cytochalasin D, induced the same effect as lovastatin on tPA, whereas a disrupter of microtubules, nocodazole, did not. In conclusion, HRI can modify the fibrinolytic potential of endothelial cells, likely via inhibition of geranylgeranylated Rho protein and disruption of the actin filaments. The resulting increase of fibrinolytic activity of endothelial cells may contribute to the beneficial effects of HRI in the progression of atherosclerosis.

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Dipyridamole decreases renal phosphate leak and augments serum phosphorus in patients with low renal phosphate threshold.

It has been shown that an acute infusion of dipyridamole increased renal phosphate reabsorption in rats and humans. A prospective study was performed to determine whether chronic treatment by dipyridamole given orally could decrease renal phosphate leak and increase serum phosphorus in patients with idiopathic low renal phosphate threshold (TmPO4/GFR < 0.77 mM). Sixty-four patients with low TmPO4/GFR were included and treated with dipyridamole (75 mg, 4 times daily) for more than 12 mo. Serum phosphorus, TmPO4/GFR, parathyroid hormone, serum calcium, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D were measured sequentially before treatment, and after 3, 6 to 9, and 12 mo of treatment. Under chronic treatment with dipyridamole, TmPO4/GFR and serum phosphorus significantly increased in 80% of patients within 3 mo, with maximal values reached within 9 mo. This improvement persisted after 12 mo of treatment. In 28 patients, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations were above the normal range (> 42 pg/ml) and normalized in parallel with the increase of serum phosphorus. The 24-h calcium excretion (which was initially increased in patients with high vitamin D concentrations) and urolithiasis decreased under treatment. Ionized serum calcium and parathyroid hormone remained unchanged. After 2 yr, treatment was discontinued in three patients; serum phosphorus and TmPO4/GFR decreased within 1 mo after discontinuation. Dipyridamole at a dose of 75 mg 4 times daily increases low TmPO4/GFR and improves hypophosphatemia in patients with renal phosphate losses and can be used to treat these patients.

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Lovastatin-induced inhibition of renal epithelial tubular cell proliferation involves a p21ras activated, AP-1-dependent pathway.

Proliferation of tubular epithelial cells underlies the development of cystic lesions and the subsequent impairment of renal function after renal mass reduction. The effect of HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (HRI) on cell proliferation was investigated in rat renal proximal tubular epithelial cells in primary culture. Treatment of renal tubular epithelial cells with three different HRI reduced fetal calf serum (FCS)-induced [3H]-thymidine incorporation (IC50 values were 0.7 microM, 1.7 microM, and 1.6 microM for simvastatin, lovastatin, and compactin, respectively), and lovastatin blocked BrdUrd incorporation, as assessed by immunocytochemical studies. The proliferative effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) was similarly abolished by lovastatin. The effect of lovastatin (1 microM) was prevented by 100 microM mevalonate, 5 microM farnesyl-pyrophosphate and 5 microM geranylgeranyl-pyrophosphate (in percent of control value, 31% vs. 102%, 60%, and 82%, respectively) while cholesterol and other products of the mevalonate pathway were inactive. Immunoblot analysis showed that lovastatin decreased membrane-bound p21ras and inhibited FCS-induced c-fos and c-jun protein expression. Furthermore, electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated the functional impairement of AP-1 DNA binding activity in lovastatin-treated cells. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that HRI are antiproliferative in epithelial tubule cells and that this effect is exerted, at least in part, via inhibition of the p21ras-activated and AP-1 dependent mitogenic cascade.

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Cloning of the rabbit homologue of mouse 'basigin' and rat 'OX-47': kidney cell type-specific expression, and regulation in collecting duct cells.

Monoclonal antibody '4D4' was generated against a gel-purified 43-50 kDa fraction of rabbit erythrocyte (RBC) ghosts. Immunoblots of rabbit RBCs, skeletal muscle, and kidney, and of a rabbit cortical collecting duct cell line (RC.SV3) yielded broad bands of 30-70 kDa that migrated at approximately 31 kDa after deglycosylation. In kidney sections, 4D4 labeled the basal plasma membranes of the proximal tubule, medullary thick ascending limb of Henle, cortical, medullary, and papillary collecting ducts, and papillary surface epithelium, as well as the lateral membranes of alpha and beta-type intercalated cells. Antibody 4D4 was used to clone a full-length kidney cDNA, which predicted a 31 kDa immunoglobulin-like glycoprotein with high homology to mouse 'gp42' or 'basigin', human 'M6' or 'EMMPRIN', rat 'OX-47' or 'CE-9', and avian 'neurothelin', 'HT7', or '5A11'. When heterologously expressed in HeLa cells, glycosylated immunoreactive protein was expressed at the plasma membrane. In the case of the endogenous protein in RC.SV3 cells, interferon-gamma and A23187 decreased, and fetal calf serum increased, steady-state mRNA levels. Thus, this molecule exhibits a high degree of cell type-specific expression in the kidney and undergoes regulation by cytokines and serum in kidney epithelial cells.

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ANP-stimulated cGMP egression in renal principal cells: abrogation of polarity by SV40 large T.

Egression of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-stimulated guanosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) was compared with that of isoproterenol-stimulated adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in a rabbit collecting duct cell line transformed with a temperature-sensitive strain of simian virus 40 (SV40). At 39.5 degrees C (inactivated large T), cells exhibit major features of principal cells, whereas at 33 degrees C (functional large T) they lose most of their specific properties. When cells were grown on plastic at 39.5 degrees C, both cyclic nucleotides were predominantly released extracellularly via probenecid-sensitive carriers. Probenecid (3mM) reduced the ratios of extracellular cGMP and cAMP by 84 and 70%, respectively. The amount of extracellular cGMP or cAMP ws linearly correlated with the time integral of the intracellular cyclic nucleotide, suggesting first-order kinetics. The apparent first-order rate constant (k) was sixfold greater for cGMP (0.139 +/- 0.037 min-1, n = 3 experiments) than for cAMP (0.022 +/- 0.003(-1), n = 3 experiments). 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine markedly inhibited extrusion of cGMP (k = 0.022 +/- 0.003 min-1), whereas that of cAMP was unchanged. When cells were grown on filters at 39.5 degrees C, both nucleotides were predominantly released in the apical medium but with a greater polarity for cGMP (83 +/- 4%, n = 6 experiments) than for cAMP (60 +/- 6%, n = 3 experiments) and a prevailing apical localization of the probenecid-sensitive carrier. Activation of SV40 large T at 33 degrees C did not alter cyclic nucleotide transport characteristics but abolished the polarity of probenecid-sensitive cyclic nucleotide extrusion. These results suggest a physiological role for luminal cGMP in the rabbit collecting duct and a specific effect of large T on the probenecid-sensitive carrier polarity.

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Role of adenosine on glucagon-induced cAMP in a human cortical collecting duct cell line.

The hormonal responsiveness profile of the cortical collecting duct varies from one species to another. To identify the hormones and agonists that modulate the functions of this tubule segment in the human species, we generated a cell line (HCD) immortalized by SV40 virus. The tubular origin of this cell line was assessed by the expression of collecting duct-specific antigens and the ability of vasopressin to increase by nine-fold cAMP synthesis. Glucagon and adenosine stimulated cAMP synthesis, and atrial natriuretic peptide stimulated cGMP synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner. Bradykinin, adenosine and angiotensin increased intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). Because adenosine can regulate tubular functions, we examined its role on glucagon-induced cAMP synthesis. Using adenosine analogs, we demonstrated that HCT cells both expressed adenosine type-2 (A2) receptors which stimulated cAMP production, and adenosine type-1 (A1) receptors linked to [Ca2+]i increase which inhibited glucagon-stimulated cAMP synthesis. The inhibitory effect was abolished by pertussis toxin, and was neither due to [Ca2+]i increase nor to protein kinase C activation, which indicated that some A1 adenosine receptors were directly negatively coupled to adenylyl cyclase. These results suggest that adenosine can modify human cortical collecting duct functions in opposite ways according to the adenosine receptor activated.

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Parathyroid hormone stimulates ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity in renal epithelial cells: role of protein kinase-C.

PTH-induced phosphaturia is exerted in part by cAMP added to the renal tubular lumen under the influence of the hormone. Modulation of renal phosphate transport by luminal cAMP requires degradation of the nucleotide into adenosine by brush-border membrane ectoenzymes, among them ecto-5'-nucleotidase (5'-NU). Hormonal modulation of 5'-NU activity was evaluated in cultured opossum kidney cells. PTH (1-100 nM) stimulated 5'-NU in a time-, concentration-, and protein synthesis-dependent manner. The effect of PTH-(1-34) was mimicked by PTH-(3-34), which does not activates adenylate cyclase, and by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), but not by forskolin or (Bu)2cAMP. Down-regulation or pharmacological inhibition of protein kinase-C (PKC) abolished the effect of PTH fragments and PMA. PTH fragments increased intracellular Ca2+ and translocated PKC activity to the membrane. PTH or PMA did not affect 5'-NU messenger RNA content. Inhibition of sodium-phosphate cotransport by extracellular cAMP was decreased by 5'-NU inhibition and was magnified by PTH. These results indicate that 1) PTH stimulates 5'-NU activity in renal proximal tubular cells in a manner involving PKC activation and de novo protein synthesis; and 2) this effect participates in PTH modulation of renal phosphate transport.

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SV40 large-T oncogene inhibits transcription of perlecan-related proteoglycans but stimulates hyaluronan synthesis in a temperature-sensitive renal-tubule principal cell line.

We have analyzed the effects of SV40 large-T oncogene on proteoglycan (PG) synthesis in a temperature-sensitive SV40-transformed renal cell line. Cells shifted from permissive (33 degrees C) to restrictive (39.5 degrees C) temperature, acquired within 48 h the phenotype of principal cells of the renal collecting tubule. They then synthesized hyaluronan, a large-sized PG, small amounts of free GAG chains, and a major approximately 130-kDa heparan sulfate-PG. Sulfated PGs were localized in a basement membrane-like layer and possessed the same core protein (61-70 kDa) derived from perlecan. Expression of large-T oncogene at the permissive temperature induced dramatic alterations of the extracellular matrix, and a 4- and 12-fold reduction in cell-associated and medium-released sulfated PGs, due to a approximately 50% decrease in perlecan mRNA content and gene transcription. This contrasted with a 2-fold increase in actin gene transcription and a 10- and 2-fold rise in the hyaluronan content in cells and medium, respectively. These alterations did not occur in a control cell line (RC.SV3) derived from the same tubule segment but infected with wild-type SV40 strain. They are thus most likely related to the functional state of large-T oncogene and may take part in the early steps of transformation.

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Activation of the simian virus 40 (SV40) genome abrogates sensitivity to AVP in a rabbit collecting tubule cell line by repressing membrane expression of AVP receptors.

To analyze the role of SV40 genome in the phenotypic alterations previously observed in SV40-transformed cell lines, we infected rabbit renal cortical cells with a temperature-sensitive SV40 mutant strain (tsA58) and compared the cell phenotypes at temperatures permissive (33 degrees C) and restrictive (39.5 degrees C) for SV40 genome expression. At both temperatures, the resulting cell line (RC.SVtsA58) expresses cytokeratin and uvomorulin, but epithelial differentiation is more elaborate at 39.5 degrees C as shown by the formation of a well-organized cuboidal monolayer with numerous tight junctions and desmosomes. Functional characteristics are also markedly influenced by the culture temperature: cells grown at 33 degrees C respond only to isoproterenol (ISO, 10(-6) M) by a sevenfold increase in cAMP cell content above basal values; in contrast, when transferred to 39.5 degrees C, they exhibit increased sensitivity to ISO (ISO/basal: 19.1) and a dramatic response to 10(-7) M dDarginine vasopressin (dDAVP/basal: 18.2, apparent Ka: 5 X 10(-9) M) which peaks 48 h after the temperature shift. The latter is associated with membrane expression of V2-type AVP receptors (approximately 50 fmol/10(6) cells) which are undetectable when SV40 genome is activated (33 degrees C). Clonal analysis, additivity studies, and desensitization experiments argue for the presence of a single cell type responsive to both AVP and ISO. The characteristics of the RC. SVtsA58 cell line at 39.5 degrees C (effector-stimulated cAMP profile, lack of expression of brush-border hydrolases and Tamm-Horsfall protein) suggest that it originates from the cortical collecting tubule, and probably from principal cells.

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