Interleukin-19 as a translational indicator of renal injury

Paul Jennings, Daniel Crean, Lydia Aschauer, Alice Limonciel, Konrad Moenks, Georg Kern, Philip Hewitt, Karl Lhotta, Arno Lukas, Anja Wilmes, Martin Leonard*

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Abstract

Accurate detection and prediction of renal injury are central not only to improving renal disease management but also for the development of new strategies to assess drug safety in pre-clinical and clinical testing. In this study, we utilised the well-characterised and differentiated human renal proximal tubule cell line, RPTEC/TERT1 in an attempt to identify markers of renal injury, independent of the mechanism of toxicity. We chose zoledronate as a representative nephrotoxic agent to examine global transcriptomic alterations using a daily repeat bolus protocol over 14 days, reflective of sub-acute or chronic injury. We identified alterations in targets of the cholesterol and mevalonate biosynthetic pathways reflective of zoledronate specific effects. We also identified interleukin-19 (IL-19) among other inflammatory signals such as SERPINA3 and DEFB4 utilising microarray analysis. Release of IL-19 protein was highly induced by an additional four nephrotoxic agents, at magnitudes greater than the characterised marker of renal injury, lipocalin-2. We also demonstrate a large increase in levels of IL-19 in urine of patients with chronic kidney disease, which significantly correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate levels. We suggest IL-19 as a potential new translational marker of renal injury.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-106
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of Toxicology
Volume89
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2015

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This project was funded by the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under grant agreement No. 202222, Predict-IV. The funding agency had no input into study design and in the decision to publish.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Crown.

Keywords

  • Biomarker
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Nephrotoxicity
  • Proximal tubule

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