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Published ahead of print on October 15, 2008
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
© 2008 American Society of Nephrology
doi: 10.2215/CJN.01310308
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Received March 19, 2008
Accepted on July 17, 2008

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Recovery of Hyperphosphatoninism and Renal Phosphorus Wasting One Year after Successful Renal Transplantation

Pieter Evenepoel 1, Bjorn K.I. Meijers , Hylke de Jonge , Maarten Naesens , Bert Bammens , Kathleen Claes , Dirk Kuypers , and Yves Vanrenterghem

Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium


1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Pieter.Evenepoel{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be.


  Abstract

Background and objectives: In the first months after successful kidney transplantation, hypophosphatemia and renal phosphorus wasting are common and related to inappropriately high parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) levels. Little is known about the long-term natural history of renal phosphorus homeostasis in renal transplant recipients.

Design, setting, participants: We prospectively followed parameters of mineral metabolism (including full-length PTH and FGF-23) in 50 renal transplant recipients at the time of transplantation (Tx), at month 3 (M3) and at month 12 (M12). Transplant recipients were (1:1) matched for estimated GFR with chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

Results: FGF-23 levels (Tx: 2816 [641 to 10665] versus M3: 73 [43 to 111] versus M12: 56 [34 to 78] ng/L, median [interquartile range]) and fractional phosphorus excretion (FEphos; M3: 45 ± 19% versus M12: 37 ± 13%) significantly declined over time after renal transplantation. Levels 1 yr after transplantation were similar to those in CKD patients (FGF-23: 47 [34 to 77] ng/L; FEphos 35 ± 16%). Calcium (9.1 ± 0.5 versus 8.9 ± 0.3 mg/dl) and PTH (27.2 [17.0 to 46.0] versus 17.5 [11.7 to 24.4] ng/L) levels were significantly higher, whereas phosphorus (3.0 ± 0.6 versus 3.3 ± 0.6 mg/dl) levels were significantly lower 1 yr after renal transplantation as compared with CKD patients.

Conclusions: Data indicate that hyperphosphatoninism and renal phosphorus wasting regress by 1 yr after successful renal transplantation.




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