TY - JOUR
T1 - Renal injury in cardiorenal syndrome type 1 is mediated by albumin
AU - Funahashi, Yoshio
AU - Ikeda, Mizuko
AU - Wakasaki, Rumie
AU - Chowdhury, Sheuli
AU - Groat, Tahnee
AU - Zeppenfeld, Douglas
AU - Hutchens, Michael P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Physiological Society and the American Physiological Society.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Cardiorenal syndrome type 1 (CRS-1) acute kidney injury (AKI) is a critical complication of acute cardiovascular disease but is poorly understood. AKI induces acute albuminuria. As chronic albuminuria is associated with worsening kidney disease and albumin has been implicated in tubular epithelial injury, we investigated whether albumin participates in CRS-1, and whether CRS-1 alters renal albumin handling. We report the role of albumin in in vivo and in vitro CRS-1 models. An established translational model, cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR) induced severe acute albuminuria which correlated with tubular epithelial cell death. In vivo microscopy demonstrated CA/CPR-induced glomerular filtration of exogenous albumin, while administration of exogenous albumin after CA/CPR worsened AKI compared to iso-oncotic control. Increased albumin signal was observed in the proximal tubules of CA/CPR mice compared to sham. Comparison of albumin flux from tubular lumen to epithelial cells revealed saturated albumin transport within minutes of albumin injection after CA/CPR. In vitro, HK2 cells (human kidney tubular epithelial cells), exposed to oxygen-glucose deprivation were injured by albumin in a dose dependent fashion. This interference was unchanged by the tubular endocytic receptor megalin. In conclusion, CRS-1 alters albumin filtration and tubular uptake, leading to increased tubular exposure to albumin, which is injurious to tubular epithelial cells, worsening AKI. Our findings shed light on the pathophysiology of renal albumin and may guide interventions such as albumin resuscitation to improve CRS-1 outcomes. This investigation may have important translational relevance for patients that receive exogenous albumin as part of their CRS-1 treatment regimen.
AB - Cardiorenal syndrome type 1 (CRS-1) acute kidney injury (AKI) is a critical complication of acute cardiovascular disease but is poorly understood. AKI induces acute albuminuria. As chronic albuminuria is associated with worsening kidney disease and albumin has been implicated in tubular epithelial injury, we investigated whether albumin participates in CRS-1, and whether CRS-1 alters renal albumin handling. We report the role of albumin in in vivo and in vitro CRS-1 models. An established translational model, cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR) induced severe acute albuminuria which correlated with tubular epithelial cell death. In vivo microscopy demonstrated CA/CPR-induced glomerular filtration of exogenous albumin, while administration of exogenous albumin after CA/CPR worsened AKI compared to iso-oncotic control. Increased albumin signal was observed in the proximal tubules of CA/CPR mice compared to sham. Comparison of albumin flux from tubular lumen to epithelial cells revealed saturated albumin transport within minutes of albumin injection after CA/CPR. In vitro, HK2 cells (human kidney tubular epithelial cells), exposed to oxygen-glucose deprivation were injured by albumin in a dose dependent fashion. This interference was unchanged by the tubular endocytic receptor megalin. In conclusion, CRS-1 alters albumin filtration and tubular uptake, leading to increased tubular exposure to albumin, which is injurious to tubular epithelial cells, worsening AKI. Our findings shed light on the pathophysiology of renal albumin and may guide interventions such as albumin resuscitation to improve CRS-1 outcomes. This investigation may have important translational relevance for patients that receive exogenous albumin as part of their CRS-1 treatment regimen.
KW - acute kidney injury
KW - albumin
KW - cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - cardiorenal syndrome
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U2 - 10.14814/phy2.15173
DO - 10.14814/phy2.15173
M3 - Article
C2 - 35150207
AN - SCOPUS:85124577802
SN - 2051-817X
VL - 10
JO - Physiological reports
JF - Physiological reports
IS - 3
M1 - e15173
ER -