Transforming growth factor beta activity in urine of patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

E.w.r. Rivarola²  M. Moyses-neto²  M. Dantas²  C.g. Da-silva¹  R. Volpini¹  T.m. Coimbra¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo

关键词: TGF-ß urinary excretion;    type 2 diabetes;    proteinuria;    diabetic nephropathy;    extracellular matrix;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X1999001200011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is characterized structurally by progressive mesangial deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM). Transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß) is considered to be one of the major cytokines involved in the regulation of ECM synthesis and degradation. Several studies suggest that an increase in urinary TGF-ß levels may reflect an enhanced production of this polypeptide by the kidney cells. We evaluated TGF-ß in occasional urine samples from 14 normal individuals and 23 patients with type 2 diabetes (13 with persistent proteinuria >500 mg/24 h, DN, 6 with microalbuminuria, DMMA, and 4 with normal urinary albumin excretion, DMN) by enzyme immunoassay. An increase in the rate of urinary TGF-ß excretion (pg/mg UCreat.) was observed in patients with DN (296.07 ± 330.77) (P<0.001) compared to normal individuals (17.04 ± 18.56) (Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric analysis of variance); however, this increase was not observed in patients with DMMA (25.13 ± 11.30) or in DMN (18.16 ± 11.82). There was a positive correlation between the rate of urinary TGF-ß excretion and proteinuria (r = 0.70, a = 0.05) (Pearson's analysis), one of the parameters of disease progression.

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