Urinary sulfated glycosaminoglycan insufficiency and chondroitin sulfate supplement in urolithiasis

PLoS One. 2019 Mar 7;14(3):e0213180. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213180. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

Familial members of urolithiasis have high risk for stone development. We observed the low sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) excretion in urolithiasis patients and their descendants. In this study, we investigated urinary excretion of sulfated GAG, chondroitin sulfate (CS), heparan sulfate (HS) and hyaluronic acid (HA) in urolithiasis and their children, and explored the effect of CS and HA supplement in urolithic hyperoxaluric rats. The 24-hour urines were collected from urolithiasis patients (28) and their children (40), as well as healthy controls (45) and their children (33) to measure urinary sulfated GAG, CS, HS and HA excretion rate. Our result showed that urinary sulfated GAG and CS were diminished in both urolithiasis patients and their children, while decreased HS and increased HA were observed only in urolithiasis patients. Percentage of HS per sulfated GAG increased in both urolithiasis patients and their children. In hyperoxaluric rats induced by ethylene glycol and vitamin D, we found that CS supplement could prevent stone formation, while HA supplement had no effect on stone formation. Our study revealed that decreased urinary GAG and CS excretion are common in familial members of urolithiasis patients, and CS supplement might be beneficial in calcium oxalate urolithiasis prophylaxis for hyperoxaluric patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Chondroitin Sulfates / administration & dosage*
  • Chondroitin Sulfates / urine
  • Creatinine / urine
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Glycosaminoglycans / urine*
  • Heparitin Sulfate / urine
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Hyaluronic Acid / urine
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Urolithiasis / metabolism
  • Urolithiasis / pathology*

Substances

  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • A73025
  • Hyaluronic Acid
  • Chondroitin Sulfates
  • Heparitin Sulfate
  • Creatinine

Grants and funding

Thasinas Dissayabutra received funds from the 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University and Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund (27.2/2558, http://www.grad.chula.ac.th/th/01_information/cb01_scholarship_listing_90ys.php) and the Thailand Research Fund (award No.TRG5780302, https://www.trf.or.th/). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.