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- Title
Erythropoiesis stimulating agents are associated with serum fibroblast growth factor 23 metabolism in patients on hemodialysis.
- Authors
Honda, Hirokazu; Tanaka, Kenji; Michihata, Tetsuo; Shibagaki, Keigo; Yuza, Toshitaka; Hirao, Keiichi; Tomosugi, Naohisa; Ganz, Tomas; Higashimoto, Yuichiro
- Abstract
Background This study aimed to determine associations among short- and long-acting erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs), changes in serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and biomarkers of iron metabolism. Methods Among 108 patients on hemodialysis (HD), 44 received every 2 weeks or monthly doses of continuous erythropoiesis receptor activator (CERA), 31 received weekly doses of darbepoetin-α, 24 received three doses per week of epoetin-β and 9 were not treated with an ESA. Intact and C-terminal FGF23 and transferrin saturation (TSAT), ferritin, erythroferrone and hepcidin 25 were measured in blood samples collected before the HD session at the end of the dialysis week (baseline, Day 0) and on Days 3, 5, 7 and 14 thereafter. Results Levels of ferritin, hepcidin 25 and erythroferrone as well as TSAT were significantly decreased or elevated in patients treated with CERA compared with other types of ESAs. Levels of C-terminal FGF23 increased in all groups during the observation period. Levels of intact FGF23 and ratios of intact FGF23 to C-terminal FGF23 gradually decreased between Days 3 and 7 in the CERA but not in the other groups. Multivariate models associated changes in hepcidin 25 and phosphate with those of intact FGF23. Conclusion The long-acting ESA CERA might influence levels of intact FGF23 by increasing FGF23 cleavage in patients on HD in association with prolonged hepcidin 25 suppression.
- Subjects
FIBROBLAST growth factors; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMODIALYSIS patients; HEPCIDIN; IRON metabolism
- Publication
Clinical Kidney Journal, 2021, Vol 14, Issue 3, p943
- ISSN
2048-8505
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ckj/sfaa042