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Harlacher, E.* ; Schulte, C.* ; Vondenhoff, S.* ; Schmitt-Kopplin, P. ; Diederich, P.* ; Hemmers, C.* ; Moellmann, J.* ; Wollenhaupt, J.* ; Veltrop, R.* ; Biessen, E.* ; Lehrke, M.* ; Peters, B.* ; Schlieper, G.* ; Kuppe, C.* ; Floege, J.* ; Jankowski, V.* ; Marx, N.* ; Jankowski, J.* ; Noels, H.*

Increased levels of a mycophenolic acid metabolite in patients with kidney failure negatively affect cardiomyocyte health.

Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 11:1346475 (2024)

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) significantly increases cardiovascular risk and mortality, and the accumulation of uremic toxins in the circulation upon kidney failure contributes to this increased risk. We thus performed a screening for potential novel mediators of reduced cardiovascular health starting from dialysate obtained after hemodialysis of patients with CKD. The dialysate was gradually fractionated to increased purity using orthogonal chromatography steps, with each fraction screened for a potential negative impact on the metabolic activity of cardiomyocytes using a high-throughput MTT-assay, until ultimately a highly purified fraction with strong effects on cardiomyocyte health was retained. Mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance identified the metabolite mycophenolic acid-β-glucuronide (MPA-G) as a responsible substance. MPA-G is the main metabolite from the immunosuppressive agent MPA that is supplied in the form of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to patients in preparation for and after transplantation or for treatment of autoimmune and non-transplant kidney diseases. The adverse effect of MPA-G on cardiomyocytes was confirmed in vitro, reducing the overall metabolic activity and cellular respiration while increasing mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production in cardiomyocytes at concentrations detected in MMF-treated patients with failing kidney function. This study draws attention to the potential adverse effects of long-term high MMF dosing, specifically in patients with severely reduced kidney function already displaying a highly increased cardiovascular risk.

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