Furosemide and Serum Protein-Bound Uremic Toxin Concentrations in Patients With CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Furosemide is commonly prescribed to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) but may impair the kidney's excretion of protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs) via the organic anion transporters 1 and 3 (OAT1 and OAT3). We evaluated the association between furosemide prescription (status and dose level) and the serum concentrations of free OAT1/3-inhibiting uremic toxins (UTs) in patients with CKD.

Methods

We included 2342 patients with CKD (stages 2-5) from the CKD-Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (CKD-REIN) cohort and with centralized serum UT assay data at baseline. The UTs were assayed using liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry. The OAT1/3-inhibiting UTs identified in a literature review included indoxyl sulphate (IS), kynurenine (Kyn), p-

SUBMITTER: Costes-Albrespic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266279 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature