Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine elevation

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OBJECTIVES: Serum creatinine (SCr) is a routine marker of kidney injury but also increases with dehydration and muscular work. This study was to elucidate whether increase in SCr is associated with more specific markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function, during prolonged heat stress among workers at high risk of chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin (CKDnt).

METHODS: Urine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), calbindin, glutathione S-transferase-π (GST-π), clusterin, interleukin 18 and albumin, fractional excretion of potassium (FEK), blood haemoglobin, serum potassium, ferritin and erythropoietin were measured before and after harvest in a sample of 30 workers with a ≥0.3 mg/dL SCr increase across harvest (cases), and 53 workers with stable SCr (controls).

RESULTS: Urine MCP-1 (p for differential cross-harvest trend <0.001), KIM-1 (p=0.002), calbindin (p=0.02), GST-π (p=0.04), albumin (p=0.001) and FEK (p<0.001) increased in cases, whereas blood haemoglobin (p<0.001) and serum erythropoietin (p<0.001) decreased.

CONCLUSION: Several markers of tubular and interstitial injury and function changed as SCr increased across a harvest season, supporting the use of SCr as an indicator of kidney injury in physically active workers regularly exposed to heat stress. Repeated injury similar to that described here, and continued work under strenuous and hot conditions with similarly elevated injury markers is likely to worsen and possibly initiate CKDnt.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Occupational and environmental medicine - 79(2022), 6 vom: 31. Juni, Seite 396-402

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hansson, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Wegman, David H [VerfasserIn]
Wesseling, Catharina [VerfasserIn]
Glaser, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Schlader, Zachary J [VerfasserIn]
Wijkström, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Jakobsson, Kristina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11096-26-7
AYI8EX34EU
Albumins
Biomarkers
Calbindins
Climate
Creatinine
Erythropoietin
Journal Article
Kidney diseases
Occupational health
Physical exertion
Potassium
RWP5GA015D
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 01.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/oemed-2021-107989

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335081800