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01-01-2017 | Original Article

Preterm neonatal urinary renal developmental and acute kidney injury metabolomic profiling: an exploratory study

Authors: Kelly Mercier, Susan McRitchie, Wimal Pathmasiri, Andrew Novokhatny, Rajesh Koralkar, David Askenazi, Patrick D. Brophy, Susan Sumner

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Background

Acute kidney injury (AKI) staging has been developed in the adult and pediatric populations, but these do not yet exist for the neonatal population. Metabolomics was utilized to uncover biomarkers of normal and AKI-associated renal function in preterm infants. The study comprised 20 preterm infants with an AKI diagnosis who were matched by gestational age and gender to 20 infants without an AKI diagnosis.

Methods

Urine samples from pre-term newborn infants collected on day 2 of life were analyzed using broad-spectrum nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics. Multivariate analysis methods were used to identify metabolite profiles that differentiated AKI and no AKI, and to identify a metabolomics profile correlating with gestational age in infants with and without AKI.

Results

There was a clear distinction between the AKI and no-AKI profiles. Two previously identified biomarkers of AKI, hippurate and homovanillate, differentiated AKI from no-AKI profiles. Pathway analysis revealed similarities to cholinergic neurons, prenatal nicotine exposure on pancreatic β cells, and amitraz-induced inhibition of insulin secretion. Additionally, a pH difference was noted. Both pH and the metabolites were found to be associated with AKI; however, only the metabotype was a significant predictor of AKI. Pathways for the no-AKI group that correlated uniquely with gestational age included aminoacyl-t-RNA biosynthesis, whereas pathways in the AKI group yielded potential metabolite changes in pyruvate metabolism.

Conclusions

Metabolomics was able to differentiate the urinary profiles of neonates with and without an AKI diagnosis and metabolic developmental profiles correlated with gestational age. Further studies in larger cohorts are needed to validate these results.

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Title: Preterm neonatal urinary renal developmental and acute kidney injury metabolomic profiling: an exploratory study
Authors: Kelly Mercier
Susan McRitchie
Wimal Pathmasiri
Andrew Novokhatny
Rajesh Koralkar
David Askenazi
Patrick D. Brophy
Susan Sumner
Publication date: 01-01-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-016-3439-9

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Preterm neonatal urinary renal developmental and acute kidney injury metabolomic profiling: an exploratory study

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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