Izraženost Wnt 4 u presađenim bubrezima [Expression of Wnt 4 in transplant kidneys]

Mesar, Ines (2019) Izraženost Wnt 4 u presađenim bubrezima [Expression of Wnt 4 in transplant kidneys]. PhD thesis, Sveučilište u Zagrebu.

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Abstract

With the gradual development of modern medicine the overall survival and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease significantly improved. Kidney transplantation significantly enhanced the treatment of end-stage renal disease patients. However, many transplanted kidneys are lost due to chronic graft changes caused by immunosupression therapy or occurence of late chronic immunologic response. The family of Wnt (wingless- type MMTV integration site family) genes are constituted of 19, till now, described members. Some of this proteins are present in kidney development but also in the process of kidney injury and reparation. Due to this published results it is assumed that the same molecules responsible for the regulation of nephrogenesis also participates in the patophysiology of tubulointerstitial kidney disease. It is still not clear which Wnt gene is responsible for protection and which for damage especially in transplanted kidneys. The aim of this study was to analyze whether Wnt 4 expression is increased in transplanted kidneys compared to healthy kdiney samples and is it dependable of different causes of graftectomies. In this study we have included 59 kidney transplanted patients from deceased donors and 24 nephrectomized patients due to localised kidney tumours as a control group. The obtained results did not confirmed our hypothesis. On the contrary, the Wnt 4 expression was significantly lower in the kidney transplanted patients group compared to healthy kidney tissue samples which was strongly correlated with age. Although the Wnt 4 expression was correlated with higher age, its most independent and significant correlation was with longer cold ischemia time. This are, at least to our knowledge, the first results which reported higher Wnt 4 expression and better kidney graft survival and its possible role as an factor in kidney graft regeneration especially in prolonged ischemia time and acute tubular necrosis. These results emphasize the importance on future studies of different Wnt receptors agonists as a novel therapy in treating tissue ichemia injuries.

Abstract in Croatian

Postupnim razvojem moderne medicine preživljenje i kvaliteta života oboljelih od bubrežnih bolesti se značajno popravlja. Velik dio presađenih bubrega se gubi zbog kroničnih promjena u parenhimu presatka za koji se pretpostavlja da su s jedne strane posljedica neželjenih učinaka imunosupresivnih lijekova, a s druge strane kasnih kroničnih imunoloških zbivanja. Obitelj Wnt (od eng. wingless-type MMTV integration site family) gena ima ključnu ulogu u embionalnom razvoju bubrega. Pretpostavljena je i njihova uloga tijekom života prilikom ozljede bubrega, te procesa oporavka od ozljede ili procesa fibroze. U dosadašnjim istraživanjima, nije jasna njihova uloga niti izraženost u transplantiranim bubrezima. Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio analizirati postoji li povećana izraženost Wnt 4 u presađenim u odnosu na zdrave bubrege, te razlikuje li se u odnosu na uzrok graftektomije. Pratili smo izraženost Wnt 4 u tkivu zdravih (nativnih) bubrega te u tkivu kiruški odstrajenih transplantiranih bubrega u ovisnosti o različitim čimbenicima, za koje smatramo da mogu imati utjecaja na njegovu izraženost. U istraživanje smo uključili 59 bolesnika kojima je zbog završnog stadija zatajenja bubrežne funkcije učinjena transplantacija bubrega s umrle osobe. Kao kontrolna skupina uzeti su uzorci zdravog tkiva bubrega, dobiveni nefrektomijom 24 bolesnika s lokaliziranim tumorom bubrega. Dobiveni rezultati nisu potvrdili našu hipotezu, već suprotno, temeljem naših rezultata možemo zaključiti da se u tkivu presađenih bubrega vrlo rano gubi izraženost Wnt 4 dok je u zdravom tkivu bubrega on prisutan i korelira sa starošću. Temeljem toga bi se mogla pretpostaviti njegova uloga u održavanju strukture i funkcije bubrega. Naše istraživanje je pokazalo kako trajanje hladne ishemije, čak i produženo, ne dovodi do značajnije kraćeg preživljenja presatka. Potvrđena je pojačana izraženost Wnt 4 kod produženog trajanja hladne ishemije, te njegova važnost kao vjerojatnog faktora u regeneraciji bubrežnog tkiva i posljedično tome preživljenja presatka. Prema našim rezultatima, a uvidom u dostupnu literaturu, ovo je prvi dokaz u ljudi o ulozi jače izraženosti Wnt 4 i boljem preživljenju bubrežnog presatka kao faktora regeneracije tkiva nakon perioda ishemije. To otvara čitavo područje istraživanja uvođenja moguće terapije Wnt agonista u liječenju ishemijske ozljede bubrega u transplantiranih bolesnika.

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Mentors:
Mentor
Bašić Jukić, Nikolina
Departments: Izvan medicinskog fakulteta
Depositing User: Anja Majstorović
University: Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Institution: Medicinski fakultet
Number of Pages: 105
Status: Unpublished
Creators:
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Mesar, InesUNSPECIFIED
Date: 6 March 2019
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2019 13:29
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2019 13:29
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    URI: http://medlib.mef.hr/id/eprint/3488

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