• Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. · Jun 2020

    Increased urinary miR-196a level predicts the progression of renal injury in patients with diabetic nephropathy.

    • Yu An, Changming Zhang, Feng Xu, Wei Li, Caihong Zeng, Lu Xie, and Zhihong Liu.
    • National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.
    • Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2020 Jun 1; 35 (6): 1009-1016.

    BackgroundRecent data suggest that miR-196a is predominantly expressed in the kidney and plays an inhibitory role in the progress of renal interstitial fibrosis (IF). However, the predictive value of miR-196a in diabetic nephropathy (DN) remains unknown. We validated the role of urinary miR-196a in the progression of renal injury in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.MethodsOur study included 209 patients with biopsy-proven DN. The mean follow-up time was 54.03 ± 32.94 months. Histological lesions were assessed using the pathological classification established by the Renal Pathology Society. Percentages of IF and tubular atrophy were assessed using the Aperio ScanScope system. We measured the correlation of urinary miR-196a with clinical and pathological parameters using the Spearman's correlation test. The influence of urinary miR-196a on renal outcomes was assessed using Cox regression analysis.ResultsUrinary miR-196a levels correlated positively with proteinuria (ρ = 0.385, P < 0.001), duration of diabetes mellitus (ρ = 0.255, P < 0.001) and systolic blood pressure (ρ = 0.267, P < 0.001). The baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and hemoglobin level showed a negative correlation with urinary miR-196a (ρ = -0.247, P < 0.001 and ρ = -0.236, P = 0.001, respectively). Pathologically, urinary miR-196a levels correlated with glomerular sclerosis and IF in patients with DN. Urinary miR-196a was significantly associated with progression to end-stage renal disease [hazard ratio (HR) 2.03, P < 0.001] and a 40% reduction of baseline eGFR (HR 1.75, P = 0.001), independent of age, gender, body mass index, mean arterial pressure and hemoglobinA1c level. However, urinary miR-196a did not improve predictive power to proteinuria and eGFR in DN patients.ConclusionsIncreased urinary miR-196a was significantly associated with the progression of renal injury and might be a noninvasive prognostic marker of renal fibrosis in DN patients.© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved.

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