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Urinary exosomes reveal protein signatures in hypertensive patients with albuminuria
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Abstract
Laura Gonzalez-Calero1, Paula J. Martínez1, Marta Martin-Lorenzo1, Montserrat Baldan-Martin2, Gema Ruiz-Hurtado3, Fernando de la Cuesta2, Eva Calvo4, Julian Segura3, Juan Antonio Lopez5, Jesús Vázquez5, Maria G. Barderas2, Luis M. Ruilope3, Fernando Vivanco1,6 and Gloria Alvarez-Llamas1
1Department of Immunology, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, REDinREN, Madrid, Spain
2Department of Vascular Physiopathology, Hospital Nacional de Paraplejicos SESCAM, Toledo, Spain
3Hypertension Unit, Instituto de Investigación Imas12, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
4Ibermutuamur, Madrid, Spain
5Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics CNIC, Madrid, Spain
6Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Correspondence to:
Gloria Alvarez-Llamas, email: [email protected]
Luis M. Ruilope, email: [email protected]
Keywords: exosomes, hypertension, albuminuria, renin-angiotensin system, proteomics
Received: March 13, 2017 Accepted: April 20, 2017 Published: May 11, 2017
ABSTRACT
Albuminuria is an indicator of cardiovascular risk and renal damage in hypertensive individuals. Chronic renin–angiotensin system (RAS) suppression facilitates blood pressure control and prevents development of new-onset-albuminuria. A significant number of patients, however, develop albuminuria despite chronic RAS blockade, and the physiopathological mechanisms are underexplored. Urinary exosomes reflect pathological changes taking place in the kidney. The objective of this work was to examine exosomal protein alterations in hypertensive patients with albuminuria in the presence of chronic RAS suppression, to find novel clues underlying its development. Patients were followed-up for three years and were classified as: a) patients with persistent normoalbuminuria; b) patients developing de novo albuminuria; and c) patients with maintained albuminuria. Exosomal protein alterations between groups were identified by isobaric tag quantitation (iTRAQ). Confirmation was approached by target analysis (SRM). In total, 487 proteins were identified with high confidence. Specifically, 48 proteins showed an altered pattern in response to hypertension and/or albuminuria. Out of them, 21 proteins interact together in three main functional clusters: glycosaminoglycan degradation, coagulation and complement system, and oxidative stress. The identified proteins constitute potential targets for drug development and may help to define therapeutic strategies to evade albuminuria progression in hypertensive patients chronically treated.
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