Vascular calcification has a role in acute non-renal phosphate clearance
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Abstract
Abstract Rationale Non-renal extravasation of phosphate from the circulation and transient accumulation into tissues and extracellular fluid is a regulated process of acute phosphate homeostasis that is not well understood. Following oral consumption of phosphate, circulating levels normalize long before urinary excretion has been completed. This process is especially relevant in the setting of chronic kidney disease (CKD), where phosphate exposure is prolonged due to inefficient kidney excretion. Furthermore, CKD-associated dysregulation of mineral metabolism exacerbates pathological accumulation of phosphate causing vascular calcification (VC). Objective Determine whether the systemic response to acute phosphate challenges is altered by the development and progression of VC. Methods/Results Acute circulating and tissue deposition of an acute phosphate challenge was assessed in two rat models of VC using radio-labelled phosphate tracer. In an adenine-induced model of CKD with VC, animals with VC had a blunted elevation of circulating 33 PO 4 following oral phosphate administration and the discordant deposition could be traced to the calcifying vasculature. In a non-CKD model of VC, VC was induced with 0.5ug/kg calcitriol and then withdrawn. The radio-labelled phosphate challenge was given to assess for vascular preference for phosphate uptake with and without the presence of an active calcification stimulus. The new transport to the calcifying vasculature correlates to the pre-existing burden of calcification, and can be substantially attenuated by removing the stimulus for calcification. The accrual is stimulated by a phosphate challenge, and not present in the same degree during passive disposition of circulating phosphate. Conclusions Our data indicate that calcifying arteries alter the systemic disposition of a phosphate challenge and acutely deposit substantial phosphate. This study supports the importance of diet as it relates to acute fluctuations of circulating phosphate and the importance of bioavailability and meal-to-meal management in CKD patients as a mediator of cardiovascular risk.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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