PMID- 37792603 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231113 LR - 20240404 IS - 1096-9896 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3417 (Linking) VI - 261 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Dec TI - Cellular senescence in kidney biopsies is associated with tubular dysfunction and predicts CKD progression in childhood cancer patients with karyomegalic interstitial nephropathy. PG - 455-464 LID - 10.1002/path.6202 [doi] AB - Karyomegalic interstitial nephropathy (KIN) has been reported as an incidental finding in patients with childhood cancer treated with ifosfamide. It is defined by the presence of tubular epithelial cells (TECs) with enlarged, irregular, and hyperchromatic nuclei. Cellular senescence has been proposed to be involved in kidney fibrosis in hereditary KIN patients. We report that KIN could be diagnosed 7-32 months after childhood cancer diagnosis in 6/6 consecutive patients biopsied for progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown cause between 2018 and 2021. The morphometry of nuclear size distribution and markers for DNA damage (gammaH2AX), cell-cycle arrest (p21+, Ki67-), and nuclear lamina decay (loss of lamin B1), identified karyomegaly and senescence features in TECs. Polyploidy was assessed by chromosome fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). In all six patients the number of p21-positive TECs far exceeded the typically small numbers of truly karyomegalic cells, and p21-positive TECs contained less lysozyme, testifying to defective resorption, which explains the consistently observed low-molecular-weight (LMW) proteinuria. In addition, polyploidy of TEC was observed to correlate with loss of lysozyme staining. Importantly, in the five patients with the largest nuclei, the percentage of p21-positive TECs tightly correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate loss between biopsy and last follow-up (R(2) = 0.93, p < 0.01). We conclude that cellular senescence is associated with tubular dysfunction and predicts CKD progression in childhood cancer patients with KIN and appears to be a prevalent cause of otherwise unexplained CKD and LMW proteinuria in children treated with DNA-damaging and cell stress-inducing therapy including ifosfamide. (c) 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. FAU - Knoppert, Sebastiaan N AU - Knoppert SN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4543-9792 AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Keijzer-Veen, Mandy G AU - Keijzer-Veen MG AD - Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Valentijn, Floris A AU - Valentijn FA AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M AU - van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM AD - Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Lilien, Marc R AU - Lilien MR AD - Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - van den Berg, Gerrit AU - van den Berg G AD - Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Haveman, Lianne M AU - Haveman LM AD - Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Stokman, Marijn F AU - Stokman MF AD - Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Janssens, Geert O AU - Janssens GO AD - Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - van Kempen, Sven AU - van Kempen S AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Broekhuizen, Roel AU - Broekhuizen R AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Goldschmeding, Roel AU - Goldschmeding R AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Nguyen, Tri Q AU - Nguyen TQ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6475-0706 AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. LA - eng GR - 170KG20/Nierstichting/ GR - CP1805/Nierstichting/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20231004 PL - England TA - J Pathol JT - The Journal of pathology JID - 0204634 RN - EC 3.2.1.17 (Muramidase) RN - UM20QQM95Y (Ifosfamide) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Child MH - *Nephritis, Interstitial/genetics MH - Muramidase/genetics MH - Ifosfamide MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - *Neoplasms/pathology MH - *Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/diagnosis/genetics/complications MH - Proteinuria/pathology MH - Kidney/pathology MH - Biopsy MH - Cellular Senescence MH - Polyploidy OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA damage OT - cellular senescence OT - childhood cancer patients OT - chronic kidney disease OT - ifosfamide OT - karyomegalic interstitial nephropathy EDAT- 2023/10/04 18:42 MHDA- 2023/11/13 06:43 CRDT- 2023/10/04 13:03 PHST- 2023/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/13 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/04 18:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/04 13:03 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/path.6202 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pathol. 2023 Dec;261(4):455-464. doi: 10.1002/path.6202. Epub 2023 Oct 4.