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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2024

Increased levels of a mycophenolic acid metabolite in patients with kidney failure negatively affect cardiomyocyte health.

Eva Harlacher, Corinna Schulte, Sonja Vondenhoff, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe Diederich, Christian Hemmers, Julia Moellmann, Julia Wollenhaupt, Rogier Veltrop, Erik Biessen and 9 more

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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19 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Eva Harlacher *Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Corinna Schulte *Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Sonja VondenhoffInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Philippe Schmitt-KopplinResearch Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Philippe DiederichInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Christian HemmersInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Julia MoellmannDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Julia WollenhauptInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Rogier VeltropInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Erik BiessenInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Michael LehrkeDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Björn PetersDepartment of Nephrology, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde, Sweden.
Georg SchlieperDivision of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Christoph KuppeDivision of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Jürgen FloegeDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Vera JankowskiInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Nikolaus MarxDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Joachim JankowskiInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Heidi NoelsInstitute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEMaastricht University · NLSkaraborg Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) significantly increases cardiovascular risk and mortality, and the accumulation of uremic toxins in the circulation upon kidney failure contributes to this increased risk. We thus performed a screening for potential novel mediators of reduced cardiovascular health starting from dialysate obtained after hemodialysis of patients with CKD. The dialysate was gradually fractionated to increased purity using orthogonal chromatography steps, with each fraction screened for a potential negative impact on the metabolic activity of cardiomyocytes using a high-throughput MTT-assay, until ultimately a highly purified fraction with strong effects on cardiomyocyte health was retained. Mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance identified the metabolite mycophenolic acid-β-glucuronide (MPA-G) as a responsible substance. MPA-G is the main metabolite from the immunosuppressive agent MPA that is supplied in the form of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to patients in preparation for and after transplantation or for treatment of autoimmune and non-transplant kidney diseases. The adverse effect of MPA-G on cardiomyocytes was confirmed

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cardiomyocytecardiovascular diseasechronic kidney diseasedrug metabolitemycophenolate mofetiluremic toxin

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