Metabolomic Markers of Kidney Function Decline in Patients With Diabetes: Evidence From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study

Biomarkers that provide reliable evidence of future diabetic kidney disease (DKD) are needed to improve disease management. In a cross-sectional study, we previously identified 13 urine metabolites that had levels reduced in DKD compared with healthy controls. We evaluated associations of these 13 m...

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Published inAmerican journal of kidney diseases Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 511 - 520
Main Authors Kwan, Brian, Fuhrer, Tobias, Zhang, Jing, Darshi, Manjula, Van Espen, Benjamin, Montemayor, Daniel, de Boer, Ian H., Dobre, Mirela, Hsu, Chi-yuan, Kelly, Tanika N., Raj, Dominic S., Rao, Panduranga S., Saraf, Santosh L., Scialla, Julia, Waikar, Sushrut S., Sharma, Kumar, Natarajan, Loki, Appel, Lawrence J., Feldman, Harold I., Go, Alan S., He, Jiang, Lash, James P., Rahman, Mahboob, Townsend, Raymond R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2020
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Summary:Biomarkers that provide reliable evidence of future diabetic kidney disease (DKD) are needed to improve disease management. In a cross-sectional study, we previously identified 13 urine metabolites that had levels reduced in DKD compared with healthy controls. We evaluated associations of these 13 metabolites with future DKD progression. Prospective cohort. 1,001 Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) participants with diabetes with estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) between 20 and 70mL/min/1.73m2 were followed up prospectively for a median of 8 (range, 2-10) years. 13 urine metabolites, age, race, sex, smoked more than 100 cigarettes in lifetime, body mass index, hemoglobin A1c level, blood pressure, urinary albumin, and eGFR. Annual eGFR slope and time to incident kidney failure with replacement therapy (KFRT; ie, initiation of dialysis or receipt of transplant). Several clinical metabolite models were developed for eGFR slope as the outcome using stepwise selection and penalized regression, and further tested on the time-to-KFRT outcome. A best cross-validated (final) prognostic model was selected based on high prediction accuracy for eGFR slope and high concordance statistic for incident KFRT. During follow-up, mean eGFR slope was−1.83±1.92 (SD) mL/min/1.73m2 per year; 359 (36%) participants experienced KFRT. Median time to KFRT was 7.45 years from the time of entry to the CRIC Study. In our final model, after adjusting for clinical variables, levels of metabolites 3-hydroxyisobutyrate (3-HIBA) and 3-methylcrotonyglycine had a significant negative association with eGFR slope, whereas citric and aconitic acid were positively associated. Further, 3-HIBA and aconitic acid levels were associated with higher and lower risk for KFRT, respectively (HRs of 2.34 [95% CI, 1.51-3.62] and 0.70 [95% CI, 0.51-0.95]). Subgroups for whom metabolite signatures may not be optimal, nontargeted metabolomics by flow-injection analysis, and 2-stage modeling approaches. Urine metabolites may offer insights into DKD progression. If replicated in future studies, aconitic acid and 3-HIBA could identify individuals with diabetes at high risk for GFR decline, potentially leading to improved clinical care and targeted therapies.
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Authors’ Contributions: Authors’ Contributions: Research idea and study design: KS, LN; data acquisition: TF, MD, BvE; data analysis/interpretation: all authors; statistical analysis: BK; supervision or mentorship: KS, LN. Each author contributed important intellectual content during manuscript drafting or revision, accepts personal accountability for the author’s own contributions, and agrees to ensure that questions pertaining to the accuracy or integrity of any portion of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
ISSN:0272-6386
1523-6838
DOI:10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.01.019