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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Arterial medial calcification (AMC), a hallmark of vascular disease in uremic patients, is highly correlated with serum phosphate levels and cardiovascular mortality. To determine the mechanisms of AMC, mice were made uremic by partial right-side renal ablation (week 0), followed by left-side nephrectomy at week 2. At 3 weeks, mice were switched to a high-phosphate diet, and various parameters of disease progression were examined over time. Serum phosphate, calcium, and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) were up-regulated as early as week 4. Whereas serum phosphate and calcium levels declined to normal by 10 weeks, FGF-23 levels remained elevated through 16 weeks, consistent with an increased phosphate load. Elastin turnover and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype change were early events, detected by week 4 and before AMC. Both AMC and VSMC loss were significantly elevated by week 8. Matrix metalloprotease 2 (MMP-2) and cathepsin S were present at baseline and were significantly elevated at weeks 8 and 12. In contrast, MMP-9 was not up-regulated until week 12. These findings over time suggest that VSMC phenotype change and VSMC loss (early phosphate-dependent events) may be necessary and sufficient to promote AMC in uremic mice fed a high-phosphate diet, whereas elastin degradation might be necessary but is not sufficient to induce AMC (because elastin degradation occurred also in uremic mice on a normal-phosphate diet, but they did not develop AMC).
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1525-2191
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 American Society for Investigative Pathology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
178
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
764-73
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Calcinosis, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Elastin, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Matrix Metalloproteinases, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Myocytes, Smooth Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Tunica Media, pubmed-meshheading:21281809-Uremia
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Elastin degradation and vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype change precede cell loss and arterial medial calcification in a uremic mouse model of chronic kidney disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural