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Endocrine Abstracts (2010) 22 P516

13rd Medical Department, 1st Faculty of Medicine at Charles University and General Teaching Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; 2Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.


Background: Patients in end stage chronic kidney disease suffer from vascular calcification have high plasma level of phosphate (PO42) and fibroblast grow factor 23 (FGF23). FGF23 is a newly identified hormone that inhibits PO42 reabsorption and downregulates expression of vitamin D in kidney.

The aim of our work was to investigate the role of FGF23 in vascular calcification.

Methods: Aortic tissue and primary culture of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) both obtained from Sprague–Dawley rat were used during the experiment. Klotho plasmid was first transfected into VSMC and cultures were subsequently cultivated in high (2.6 mmol) and low (1.4 mmol) phosphate buffer solutions. Same medium was used for cultivation of aortic tissue. FGF23 was then added to cultivation medium and expression of core osteoblast-like phenotype change markers Pit-1 and Cbfa1 and involved transcription factors were examined.

Results: The expression of Pit-1 and Cbfa1 was upregulated by high PO42 and reversed after FGF23 application. This mechanism is MAPK dependent, both in vivo (aortic tissue) and in vitro (Klotho transfected VSMC). Detailed results will be presented.

Conclusion: We successfully downregulated the key osteoblast-like phenotype change markers Pit-1 and Cbfa1, which are induced by high phosphate buffer, by FGF23. This might demonstrate the possible protective effect of FGF23 in vascular calcification.

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