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Title: | S-Methyl-L-Ergothioneine to L-Ergothioneine Ratio in Urine Is a Marker of Cystine Lithiasis in a Cystinuria Mouse Model |
Author: | López de Heredia, Miguel Muñoz, Lourdes Carru, Ciriaco Sotgia, Salvatore Zinellu, Angelo Serra, Carmen Llebaria Soldevila, Amadeu Kato, Yukio Nunes, Virginia |
Keywords: | Malalties del ronyó Marcadors bioquímics Kidney diseases Biochemical markers |
Issue Date: | 7-Sep-2021 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Abstract: | Cystinuria, a rare inherited aminoaciduria condition, is characterized by the hyperexcretion of cystine, ornithine, lysine, and arginine. Its main clinical manifestation is cystine stone formation in the urinary tract, being responsible for 1-2% total and 6-8% pediatric lithiasis. Cystinuria patients suffer from recurrent lithiasic episodes that might end in surgical interventions, progressive renal functional deterioration, and kidney loss. Cystinuria is monitored for the presence of urinary cystine stones by crystalluria, imaging techniques or urinary cystine capacity; all with limited predicting capabilities. We analyzed blood and urine levels of the natural antioxidant L-ergothioneine in a Type B cystinuria mouse model, and urine levels of its metabolic product S-methyl-L-ergothioneine, in both male and female mice at two different ages and with different lithiasic phenotype. Urinary levels of S-methyl-L-ergothioneine showed differences related to age, gender and lithiasic phenotype. Once normalized by L-ergothioneine to account for interindividual differences, the S-methyl-L-ergothioneine to L-ergothioneine urinary ratio discriminated between cystine lithiasic phenotypes. Urine S-methyl-L-ergothioneine to L-ergothioneine ratio could be easily determined in urine and, as being capable of discriminating between cystine lithiasis phenotypes, it could be used as a lithiasis biomarker in cystinuria patient management. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10091424 |
It is part of: | Antioxidants, 2021, vol. 10, num. 9, p. 1424 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/180517 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10091424 |
ISSN: | 2076-3921 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Fisiològiques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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