Diagnostic value of brush border enzymes of the proximal renal tubules in rheumatoid arthritis. 2011

Dejan Spasovski, and Jelka Masin-Spasovska, and Marina Nada, and Jordan Calovski, and Emilija Sandevska, and Baskim Osmani, and Tatjana Sotirova, and Svetlana Balkanov, and Dusko Dukovski, and Arif Ljatifi, and Goce Spasovski
Department of Rheumatology, University Clinical Center, Skopje, R. Macedonia. drspasovski@yahoo.co.uk

BACKGROUND Proximal tubules of the kidney have a dominant function in the excretion of different enzymes in the urine. These enzymes can be used as markers for secondary renal damage under the action of different diseases, medicines, and toxins. The aim of this study was to evaluate the values of alanine aminopeptidase (AAP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT), and beta2 microglobulin (beta2m) in urine of patients with untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to define the possible association between untreated rheumatoid arthritis and tubular function at the brush border region. METHODS We used a kinetic assay for AAP, standard methods by the International Federation for Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) for gamma-GT and Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay (MEIA), (Abbott A(x)SYM System) for the determination of beta2m in urine of 70 participants (35 untreated RA patients and 35 healthy volunteers (HC)). RESULTS From the total of 35 RA patients, AAP enzymuria was found in 24 patients with test sensitivity (68.57%), gamma-GT in 16 patients with test sensitivity (45.71%), while the presence of urinary beta2m was found in a very low percentage of cases. Out of 18 rheumatoid factor (RF) negative patients, 14 patients were AAP and 10 patients were gamma-GT positive, while the presence of beta2m in urine was not detected. Among 17 RF positive RA patients, the presence of AAP and gamma-GT was noticed in 10 and 6 patients, respectively, while the presence of beta2m in urine was not detected. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, AAP had a higher sensitivity than gamma-GT and beta2m in detection of asymptomatic renal lesions in untreated RA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007124 Immunoenzyme Techniques Immunologic techniques based on the use of: (1) enzyme-antibody conjugates; (2) enzyme-antigen conjugates; (3) antienzyme antibody followed by its homologous enzyme; or (4) enzyme-antienzyme complexes. These are used histologically for visualizing or labeling tissue specimens. Antibody Enzyme Technique, Unlabeled,Enzyme Immunoassay,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technique,Immunoassay, Enzyme,Immunoperoxidase Techniques,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technique,Antibody Enzyme Technic, Unlabeled,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technic,Immunoenzyme Technics,Immunoperoxidase Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technic,Antibody Technic, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled,Enzyme Immunoassays,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technic,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technique,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technics,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Immunoassays, Enzyme,Immunoenzyme Technic,Immunoenzyme Technique,Immunoperoxidase Technic,Immunoperoxidase Technique,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technic,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technique,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Techniques,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technics,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Technic, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technic, Immunoenzyme,Technic, Immunoperoxidase,Technic, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Immunoenzyme,Technics, Immunoperoxidase,Technics, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Immunoenzyme,Technique, Immunoperoxidase,Technique, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Immunoenzyme,Techniques, Immunoperoxidase,Techniques, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody
D007674 Kidney Diseases Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues. Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D007687 Kidney Tubules, Proximal The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE. Proximal Kidney Tubule,Proximal Renal Tubule,Kidney Tubule, Proximal,Proximal Kidney Tubules,Proximal Renal Tubules,Renal Tubule, Proximal,Renal Tubules, Proximal,Tubule, Proximal Kidney,Tubule, Proximal Renal,Tubules, Proximal Kidney,Tubules, Proximal Renal
D008297 Male Males
D008871 Microvilli Minute projections of cell membranes which greatly increase the surface area of the cell. Brush Border,Striated Border,Border, Brush,Border, Striated,Borders, Brush,Borders, Striated,Brush Borders,Microvillus,Striated Borders
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D003404 Creatinine Creatinine Sulfate Salt,Krebiozen,Salt, Creatinine Sulfate,Sulfate Salt, Creatinine
D005260 Female Females
D005723 gamma-Glutamyltransferase An enzyme, sometimes called GGT, with a key role in the synthesis and degradation of GLUTATHIONE; (GSH, a tripeptide that protects cells from many toxins). It catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-glutamyl moiety to an acceptor amino acid. GGTP,Glutamyl Transpeptidase,gammaglutamyltransferase,gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase,Transpeptidase, Glutamyl,Transpeptidase, gamma-Glutamyl,gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase,gamma Glutamyltransferase

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