Adipocytokine zinc alpha(2) glycoprotein (ZAG) as a novel urinary biomarker for normo-albuminuric diabetic nephropathy

作者：Lim S C^*; Liying D Q; Toy W C; Wong M; Yeoh L Y; Tan C; Lau D; Tan C; Subramaniam T; Sum C F

来源：Diabetic Medicine, 2012, 29(7): 945-949.

DOI：10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03564.x

• albuminuria
• biomarker
• diabetic nephropathy
• zinc a2 glycoprotein

Diabet. Med. 29, 945949 (2012) Abstract Objective A substantial proportion of diabetic nephropathy individuals are non-albuminuric. Using a proteomic approach, we searched for novel urinary biomarkers. Methods We studied three groups (n = 6 per group) of males with Type 2 diabetes: (1) normal renal function; (2) classical diabetic nephropathy (urinary albumincreatinine ratio > 1000 mg/g and glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min.1.73 m2) and (3) non-albuminuric diabetic nephropathy (glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min.1.73 m2 and urinary albumincreatinine ratio < 30 mg/g). We used two-dimensional fluorescence differential gel electrophoresis, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry peptide identification and western blot validation in the study. Results Sixty protein spots were differentially abundant between the non-albuminuric and macro-albuminuric subjects (> 2.5-fold, P < 0.05). In the non-albuminuric subjects, in addition to previously reported a1-microglobulin, the next most interesting spot (upregulated 3.44-fold, P = 0.0026) was human zinc-a2-glycoprotein, a novel adipose-cytokine associated with glomerular injury. This was confirmed by western blot and replicated in female diabetic nephropathy subjects. Conclusions From our preliminary results, human zinc-a2-glycoprotein may be a novel urinary biomarker for non-albuminuric diabetic nephropathy.

• 出版日期2012-7