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Chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis is associated with decreased serum PCSK9 levels

  • H. Abujrad
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    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • J. Mayne
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    Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • M. Ruzicka
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    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • M. Cousins
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    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • A. Raymond
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    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • J. Cheesman
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    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • M. Taljaard
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    Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • A. Sorisky
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    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • K. Burns
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    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • T.C. Ooi
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    Corresponding author. The Ottawa Hospital – Riverside Campus, 1967 Riverside Drive, Room 4-09, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 7W9, Canada. Tel.: +1 613 738 8400x81950; fax: +1 613 738 8396.
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    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.030
Chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis is associated with decreased serum PCSK9 levels
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      Highlights

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        Our data are the first quantitative analysis of PCSK9 levels in CKD-HD patients.
      • •
        CKD-HD patients have lower PCSK9 levels than non-CKD controls.
      • •
        CKD-HD patients have a positive correlation between serum PCSK9 and LDL-C levels.
      • •
        Statin therapy elevates PCSK9 levels in CKD-HD patients similar to non-CKD subjects.

      Abstract

      Objectives

      Serum low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) correlates positively with serum PCSK9 in the general population, consistent with PCSK9 being a determinant of LDL-C levels. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis (HD) have lower total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-C compared to the general population. Serum PCSK9 and its relationship with serum lipids have not been reported in CKD patients on HD (CKD-HD).

      Methods

      We measured serum PCSK9 by ELISA and lipid levels in 66 CKD-HD patients and compared them to 178 non-CKD subjects. Since statins increase serum PCSK9 levels, CKD-HD patients were separated into those not on statin therapy (HD-NS, n = 32) and those taking statins (HD-S, n = 34). No control subjects were on statin therapy.

      Results

      Serum PCSK9, TC, LDL-C and HDL-C levels were significantly lower in the CKD-HD group (n = 66) compared to the control group. HD-NS patients showed lower PCSK9, TC and LDL-C levels than control subjects and PCSK9 levels correlated with TC and LDL-C levels (r = 0.35, p = 0.050; r = 0.423, p = 0.0158 respectively) as well as TG levels (r = 0.413, p = 0.0188). In HD-S patients, PCSK9 levels were not significantly different from the non-CKD group. There was no correlation between PCSK9 levels and TC and LDL-C levels in the HD-S group.

      Conclusion

      Our data are the first quantitative analysis of serum PCSK9 levels in CKD-HD patients. We show that serum PCSK9 in HD-NS patients is decreased and it retains a positive correlation with LDL-C, suggesting that PCSK9 may remain a significant determinant of LDL-C in CKD-HD subjects. We also show that statin therapy disrupts the correlation between LDL-C and PCSK9 in CKD-HD patients. These data suggest that the regulation of LDL-C by PCSK9 remains intact in CKD-HD patients. PCSK9 may also play a role in the metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in CKD-HD patients.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: December 9, 2013
      Received in revised form: December 3, 2013
      Received: August 23, 2013

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.030

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