Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction
Exposure to even low levels of the environmental pollutant cadmium (Cd) increases the risk of kidney damage and malfunction. The body burden of Cd at which these outcomes occur is not, however, reliably defined. Here, multiple-regression and mediation analyses were applied to data from 737 non-diabe...
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| description | Exposure to even low levels of the environmental pollutant cadmium (Cd) increases the risk of kidney damage and malfunction. The body burden of Cd at which these outcomes occur is not, however, reliably defined. Here, multiple-regression and mediation analyses were applied to data from 737 non-diabetic Thai nationals, of which 9.1% had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤ 60 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup> (a low eGFR). The excretion of Cd (E<sub>Cd</sub>), and renal-effect biomarkers, namely β<sub>2</sub>-microglobulin (E<sub>β2M</sub>), albumin (E<sub>alb</sub>), and N-acetylglucosaminidase (E<sub>NAG</sub>), were normalized to creatinine clearance (C<sub>cr</sub>) as E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> E<sub>β2M</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub>, E<sub>alb</sub>/C<sub>cr,</sub> and E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub>. After adjustment for potential confounders, the risks of having a low eGFR and albuminuria rose twofold per doubling E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> rates and they both varied directly with the severity of β<sub>2</sub>-microglobulinuria. Doubling E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> rates also increased the risk of having a severe tubular injury, evident from E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> increments [POR = 4.80, <i>p</i> = 0.015]. E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> was strongly associated with E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> in both men (β = 0.447) and women (β = 0.394), while showing a moderate inverse association with eGFR only in women (β = −0.178). A moderate association of E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> and E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> was found in the low- (β = 0.287), and the high-Cd body burden groups (β = 0.145), but E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> was inversely associated with eGFR only in the high-Cd body burden group (β = −0.223). These discrepancies together with mediation analysis suggest that Cd-induced nephron destruction, which reduces GFR and the tubular release of NAG by Cd, involves different mechanisms and kinetics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0b0e9868b8e4c4890c2fbf1404cd6942025-08-20T02:04:44ZengMDPI AGToxics2305-63042024-10-01121177510.3390/toxics12110775Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron DestructionSoisungwan Satarug0Centre for Kidney Disease Research, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD 4102, AustraliaExposure to even low levels of the environmental pollutant cadmium (Cd) increases the risk of kidney damage and malfunction. The body burden of Cd at which these outcomes occur is not, however, reliably defined. Here, multiple-regression and mediation analyses were applied to data from 737 non-diabetic Thai nationals, of which 9.1% had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤ 60 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup> (a low eGFR). The excretion of Cd (E<sub>Cd</sub>), and renal-effect biomarkers, namely β<sub>2</sub>-microglobulin (E<sub>β2M</sub>), albumin (E<sub>alb</sub>), and N-acetylglucosaminidase (E<sub>NAG</sub>), were normalized to creatinine clearance (C<sub>cr</sub>) as E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> E<sub>β2M</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub>, E<sub>alb</sub>/C<sub>cr,</sub> and E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub>. After adjustment for potential confounders, the risks of having a low eGFR and albuminuria rose twofold per doubling E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> rates and they both varied directly with the severity of β<sub>2</sub>-microglobulinuria. Doubling E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> rates also increased the risk of having a severe tubular injury, evident from E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> increments [POR = 4.80, <i>p</i> = 0.015]. E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> was strongly associated with E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> in both men (β = 0.447) and women (β = 0.394), while showing a moderate inverse association with eGFR only in women (β = −0.178). A moderate association of E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> and E<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> was found in the low- (β = 0.287), and the high-Cd body burden groups (β = 0.145), but E<sub>NAG</sub>/C<sub>cr</sub> was inversely associated with eGFR only in the high-Cd body burden group (β = −0.223). These discrepancies together with mediation analysis suggest that Cd-induced nephron destruction, which reduces GFR and the tubular release of NAG by Cd, involves different mechanisms and kinetics.https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/11/775albuminuriacadmiumβ<sub>2</sub>-microglobulineGFRmediation analysisN-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase |
| spellingShingle | Soisungwan Satarug Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction Toxics albuminuria cadmium β<sub>2</sub>-microglobulin eGFR mediation analysis N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase |
| title | Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction |
| title_full | Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction |
| title_fullStr | Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction |
| title_short | Urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase in People Environmentally Exposed to Cadmium Is Minimally Related to Cadmium-Induced Nephron Destruction |
| title_sort | urinary n acetylglucosaminidase in people environmentally exposed to cadmium is minimally related to cadmium induced nephron destruction |
| topic | albuminuria cadmium β<sub>2</sub>-microglobulin eGFR mediation analysis N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/11/775 |
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