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MDPI, Medicina, 7(58), p. 890, 2022

DOI: 10.3390/medicina58070890

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Circulating Omentin-1, Sustained Inflammation and Hyperphosphatemia at the Interface of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Chronic Renal Replacement Therapy

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Abstract

Background and Objectives: Subclinical atherosclerosis, reflected by abnormal carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT), is pervasive among chronic kidney disease patients on chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT), being mostly influenced by uremia-related rather than traditional risk factors. Materials and Methods: In this pilot study, we measured circulating levels of Omentin-1, a recently discovered adipokine with strong anti-atherogenic properties, in a heterogeneous cohort of 77 asymptomatic RRT individuals (40 chronic kidney transplant recipients, Ktx; and 37 chronic hemodialysis patients, HD) and in 30 age-matched controls. Results: Omentin-1 was increased in RRT individuals as compared with controls (p = 0.03). When stratifying for renal replacement modality, we found Ktx patients to have significantly lower Omentin-1 than HD patients (p = 0.01). Lower Omentin-1 levels were also found among RRT individuals with pathological cIMT (168.7 [51.1–457.8] vs. 474.9 [197.2–1432.1]; p = 0.004). Our multivariate correlations analysis revealed Omentin-1 as the most robust independent predictor of carotid atherosclerosis (β-0.687; p = 0.03), even more than total cholesterol, diastolic BP and age, and this adipokine was at the crossroad of a complex interplay with sustained inflammation (high CRP and ferritin) and hyperphosphatemia in predicting higher cIMT values. Conclusion: The findings reported extend to renal patients with advanced disease, with the possible involvement of Omentin-1 in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. This may set the stage for future interventional studies of Omentin-1 replacement to retard atherosclerosis progression, as it is currently being investigated in other disease settings.