Pilot study of association of catechol-O-methyl transferase rs4680 genotypes with acute kidney injury and tubular stress after open heart surgery

Christian Albert, Johanna Kube, Anja Haase-Fielitz, Annemarie Dittrich, Denny Schanze, Martin Zenker, Hermann Kuppe, Roland Hetzer, Rinaldo Bellomo, Peter R. Mertens, Michael Haase

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Abstract

Aim: To assess the association of genetic variants of catecholamine-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genotypes with acute kidney injury (AKI) and tubular stress after open heart surgery. Patients & methods: We genotyped 195 patients for the COMT-Val158Met polymorphism and measured creatinine, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and midkine. We analyzed the association between such polymorphisms and these kidney-related variables. Results: Nonsignificantly more COMT LL patients developed RIFLE-AKI compared with non-LL patients (p = 0.11). Compared with HL and HH patients, LL patients who developed AKI had lower increases in serum creatinine. COMT LL patients had less pronounced release of tubular stress biomarkers (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: p = 0.045, midkine: p = 0.072). Conclusion: COMT genotype may associate with different patterns of renal functional changes and tubular stress biomarker release response after open heart surgery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1227-1238
Number of pages12
JournalBiomarkers in Medicine
Volume8
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • acute kidney injury
  • COMT
  • midkine
  • neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin
  • NGAL
  • open heart surgery
  • rs4680
  • tubular stress
  • Val158Met SNP

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