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Mehandru SK, Kaur S, Ghias A, Bakr M, Asif A, Vachharajani TJ. An Overlooked Link between IgA Nephropathy and Lithium Toxicity: A Case Report. Case Rep Nephrol Dial 2021; 11:301-307. [PMID: 34722649 PMCID: PMC8543366 DOI: 10.1159/000515586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Lithium is one of the first-line agents for treating bipolar disorder. Although this agent is highly effective in treating mood disorders, renal toxicity is a frequent side effect. Lithium metabolism is affected by sodium-lithium counter-transporter (SLC-T) in erythrocytes. The high activity of SLC-T can result in decreased urinary lithium clearance and may lead to accumulation of lithium in the distal renal tubular cells, causing lithium toxicity. SLC-T is a genetic marker in primary hypertension (HTN), HTN in pregnancy, diabetic nephropathy, and IgA nephropathy (IgA-N) with HTN. Patients with IgA-N have been reported to have enhanced SLC-T activity and are likely to have considerably lower renal fractional clearance of lithium. Therefore, patients taking lithium for bipolar disorder with coexisting IgA-N can have severe lithium-induced nephropathy and nephrotoxicity even at therapeutic serum levels. Serum lithium levels reflect only extracellular lithium concentration. However, lithium exerts its effects once it has moved to the intracellular compartment. This phenomenon illustrates the reason why patients with significantly elevated serum levels might be asymptomatic. Creatinine clearance is inversely related to the duration of lithium therapy. The degree of interstitial fibrosis on renal biopsy has been known to be associated with the duration of lithium therapy and cumulative dose. We present a case with a past medical history of bipolar disorder treated with lithium for almost 20 years. His family history was significant for HTN. The patient was diagnosed with renal insufficiency of unknown causes, for which he underwent renal biopsy. The renal biopsy showed a typical lithium-induced tubulointerstitial nephritis and a coincidental finding of IgA-N. We suspect a high activity of SLC-T seen in IgA-N, and the adverse effects of lithium on SLC-T activity might cause reduction of urinary lithium clearance and accumulation of lithium in distal renal tubular cells, contributing to nephrotoxicity. There is a lack of the literature on the coexistence of IgA-N and lithium nephrotoxicity. We recommend in patients with concomitant IgA-N, taking lithium, more frequent monitoring of renal functions, and dose adjustments may reduce the risk of lithium-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- Sushil K Mehandru
- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
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- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
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- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
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- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
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- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Wang H, Tian Y, Chen Y, Shen X, Pan L, Li G. Hyperinsulinemia rather than insulin resistance itself induces blood pressure elevation in high fat diet-fed rats. Clin Exp Hypertens 2020; 42:614-621. [PMID: 32349626 DOI: 10.1080/10641963.2020.1756316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate if insulin resistance per se or the accompanying hyperinsulinemia induced hypertension and its underlying mechanisms. METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into normal diet-fed group (ND group) and high-fat diet-fed group (HFD group). Then, the HFD group was further randomly divided into the control group (HFD_C group), the PIO group (treated with pioglitazone), the STZ_DM group (to induce diabetes with streptozotocin) and the DM+Ins group (streptozotocin injection followed by insulin treatment). Insulin sensitivity, plasma insulin, endothelin-1, norepinephrine, aldosterone, angiotensinⅡ and 24-h urinary sodium excretion (USE) levels of the groups were measured and analyzed. A multiple stepwise regression analysis method was applied to exam our hypothesis. RESULTS Compared to HFD_C group, the groups with lower plasma insulin, the PIO group and STZ_DM group, showed higher USE and lower blood pressure. The groups with higher plasma insulin (but same level of insulin resistance), the HFD_C group and DM+Ins group, showed lower USE and higher blood pressure. The 24-h urinary sodium excretion was the most important contributor to the significant changes of blood pressure with an R2 of 25.2% in this animal experiment. CONCLUSIONS It is the compensatory hyperinsulinemia rather than insulin resistance per se that causes blood pressure elevation. The urinary sodium excretion is the key mediator among the multiple mechanisms. Therapies targeting hyperinsulinemia and restricting salt intake may favor a better control of hypertension associated with insulin resistance.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Endocrinology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Liaocheng People's Hospital , Liaocheng, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital , Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing, China.,Department of Endocrinology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital , Beijing, China
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Altered erythrocyte membrane protein composition mirrors pleiotropic effects of hypertension susceptibility genes and disease pathogenesis. J Hypertens 2015; 33:2265-77. [PMID: 26335431 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Blood pressure and arterial stiffness in patients with high sodium intake in relation to sodium handling and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction status. J Hum Hypertens 2015; 29:583-91. [DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2015.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zou J, Li Y, Yan CH, Wei FF, Zhang L, Wang JG. Blood pressure in relation to interactions between sodium dietary intake and renal handling. Hypertension 2013; 62:719-25. [PMID: 23959555 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There is abundant evidence that sodium intake is related to blood pressure. However, the relationship varies between individuals and is probably determined by renal sodium handling. We investigated clinic and ambulatory blood pressure in relation to interactions between sodium dietary intake and renal handling, as assessed by 24-hour urinary sodium excretion and endogenous lithium clearance, respectively. We calculated fractional excretion of lithium and fractional distal reabsorption rate of sodium, as markers of proximal and distal sodium handling, respectively. The 766 subjects included 379 men and 478 ambulatory hypertensive patients. They were never treated (n=697) or did not take antihypertensive medication for ≥2 weeks (n=69). In adjusted analyses, none of the associations of urinary sodium excretion, fractional excretion of lithium, and fractional distal reabsorption rate of sodium with clinic or ambulatory blood pressure were statistically significant (P≥0.09). However, there was significant (P=0.01) interaction between urinary sodium excretion and fractional excretion of lithium in relation to nighttime diastolic blood pressure. In tertile 3 but not tertiles 1 and 2 of fractional excretion of lithium, nighttime diastolic pressure was positively associated with urinary sodium excretion (P=0.03). However, nighttime diastolic pressure was higher in tertile 1 than tertile 3 of fractional excretion of lithium (+2.0 mm Hg; P=0.01), especially in the bottom tertile of urinary sodium excretion (+4.9 mm Hg; P<0.001). Similar trends were observed for nighttime systolic pressure and clinic and 24-hour diastolic pressure. In conclusion, sodium dietary intake and proximal tubular handling interact to be associated with blood pressure.
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- Jun Zou
- The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin 2nd Rd 197, Shanghai 200025, China.
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Kondapalli KC, Kallay LM, Muszelik M, Rao R. Unconventional chemiosmotic coupling of NHA2, a mammalian Na+/H+ antiporter, to a plasma membrane H+ gradient. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:36239-50. [PMID: 22948142 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.403550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human NHA2, a newly discovered cation proton antiporter, is implicated in essential hypertension by gene linkage analysis. We show that NHA2 mediates phloretin-sensitive Na(+)-Li(+) counter-transport (SLC) activity, an established marker for hypertension. In contrast to bacteria and fungi where H(+) gradients drive uptake of metabolites, secondary transport at the plasma membrane of mammalian cells is coupled to the Na(+) electrochemical gradient. Our findings challenge this paradigm by showing coupling of NHA2 and V-type H(+)-ATPase at the plasma membrane of kidney-derived MDCK cells, resulting in a virtual Na(+) efflux pump. Thus, NHA2 functionally recapitulates an ancient shared evolutionary origin with bacterial NhaA. Although plasma membrane H(+) gradients have been observed in some specialized mammalian cells, the ubiquitous tissue distribution of NHA2 suggests that H(+)-coupled transport is more widespread. The coexistence of Na(+) and H(+)-driven chemiosmotic circuits has implications for salt and pH regulation in the kidney.
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- Kalyan C Kondapalli
- Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Mayan H, Melnikov S, Novikov I, Holtzman EJ, Farfel Z. Familial hyperkalemia and hypertension: pathogenetic insights based on lithium clearance. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009; 94:3010-6. [PMID: 19491230 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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CONTEXT Familial hyperkalemia and hypertension (FHHt) is caused by mutations in WNK kinases. Its pathogenesis is not completely understood. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to investigate the mechanism of hypercalciuria in FHHt. DESIGN AND SETTING We conducted a study of a large family with FHHt and WNK4 Q565E mutation and of control subjects at a referral medical center. SUBJECTS Forty-six members of a family with FHHt and WNK4 Q565E mutation, 23 of them affected, and 12 control subjects participated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Urinary calcium and sodium concentrations, endogenous lithium clearance, age of hypertension appearance were assessed. RESULTS In 40 urine samples of 20 affected subjects, urinary calcium was correlated to urinary sodium (r = 0.567; P = 0.0001). In 28 urinary samples of 22 unaffected members, no correlation was found (r = 0.285; P = 0.14). Mean ratio of urinary calcium to urinary sodium was 2.7-fold higher in affected compared with unaffected members (58.7 +/- 25.9 vs. 22.1 +/- 14.0 micromol/mmol, P < 0.0001). Endogenous lithium clearance in eight affected members was about 50% lower than in 12 controls (16.2 +/- 7.7 vs. 28.8 +/- 9.8 ml/min, P = 0.0073). Hypertension was detected in males 12 yr earlier than in females (26.0 +/- 7.5 vs. 37.9 +/- 11.3 yr; P = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS Hypercalciuria in FHHt seems to be dependent on urinary sodium. According to molecular studies, FHHt patients are presumed to have increased distal nephron sodium reabsorption and therefore decreased proximal reabsorption of sodium, lithium, and calcium. The observed decreased lithium clearance reflects probable abnormal renal handling of lithium, i.e. distal nephron lithium reabsorption. Therefore, hypercalciuria may result from proximal nephron aberration. Finally, earlier appearance of hypertension in males may be the result of sex-hormone activity.
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- Haim Mayan
- Department of Medicine E, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Michel Burnier
- From the Service de Néphrologie et Consultation d’Hypertension, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rehder D, Haupt ETK, Müller A. Cellular cation transport studied by 6/7Li and 23Na NMR in a porous Mo132 Keplerate type nano-capsule as model system. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2008; 46 Suppl 1:S24-S29. [PMID: 18853473 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Li+ ions can interplay with other cations intrinsically present in the intra- and extra-cellular space (i.e. Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+) have therapeutic effects (e.g. in the treatment of bipolar disorder) or toxic effects (at higher doses), likely because Li+ interferes with the intra-/extra-cellular concentration gradients of the mentioned physiologically relevant cations. The cellular transmembrane transport can be modelled by molybdenum-oxide-based Keplerates, i.e. nano-sized porous capsules containing 132 Mo centres, monitored through 6/7Li as well as 23Na NMR spectroscopy. The effects on the transport of Li+ cations through the 'ion channels' of these model cells, caused by variations in water amount, temperature, and by the addition of organic cationic 'plugs' and the shift reagent [Dy(PPP)2](7-) are reported. In the investigated solvent systems, water acts as a transport mediator for Li+. Likewise, the counter-transport (Li+/Na+, Li+/K+, Li+/Cs+ and Li+/Ca2+) has been investigated by 7Li NMR and, in the case of Li+/Na+ exchange, by 23Na NMR, and it has been shown that most (in the case of Na+ and K+, all (Ca2+) or almost none (Cs+) of the Li cations is extruded from the internal sites of the artificial cell to the extra-cellular medium, while Na+, K+ and Ca2+ are partially incorporated.
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- Dieter Rehder
- Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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Carey RM. Pathophysiology of Primary Hypertension. Microcirculation 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374530-9.00020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A human Na+/H+ antiporter sharing evolutionary origins with bacterial NhaA may be a candidate gene for essential hypertension. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:18677-81. [PMID: 18000046 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707120104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phylogenetic analysis of the cation/proton antiporter superfamily has uncovered a previously unknown clade of genes in metazoan genomes, including two previously uncharacterized human isoforms, NHA1 and NHA2, found in tandem on human chromosome 4. The NHA (sodium hydrogen antiporter) family members share significant sequence similarity with Escherichia coli NhaA, including a conserved double aspartate motif in predicted transmembrane 5. We show that HsNHA2 (Homo sapiens NHA2) resides on the plasma membrane and, in polarized MDCK cells, localizes to the apical domain. Analysis of mouse tissues indicates that NHA2 is ubiquitous. When expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking endogenous cation/proton antiporters and pumps, HsNHA2 can confer tolerance to Li(+) and Na(+) ions but not to K(+). HsNHA2 transformants accumulated less Li(+) than the salt-sensitive host; however, mutagenic replacement of the conserved aspartates abolished all observed phenotypes. Functional complementation by HsNHA2 was insensitive to amiloride, a characteristic inhibitor of plasma membrane sodium hydrogen exchanger isoforms, but was inhibited by phloretin. These are hallmarks of sodium-lithium countertransport activity, a highly heritable trait correlating with hypertension. Our findings raise the possibility that NHA genes may contribute to sodium-lithium countertransport activity and salt homeostasis in humans.
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Motulsky AG, Burke W, Billings PR, Ward RH. Hypertension and the genetics of red cell membrane abnormalities. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 130:150-66. [PMID: 2450724 DOI: 10.1002/9780470513507.ch9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hypertension represents the upper 15-25% of the blood pressure distribution in industrialized countries. The trait is practically absent in primitive societies and is made manifest by diet and lifestyles in industrialized countries. High blood pressure is an important risk factor for strokes, heart disease and renal disease. The frequency of hypertension is higher among blacks than among whites in the USA. Various twin, family and adoption studies indicate a strong genetic effect on blood pressure. The genetic mechanisms are unknown. Membrane transport variability has been studied in red cells as a surrogate for analogous alterations in smooth muscle or renal cells. Among the various transport systems, erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport (CT) has been consistently elevated in variable proportions of Caucasian hypertensives. Genetic studies of countertransport levels have shown familial aggregation and higher concordance for monozygotic than dizygotic twins. Complex segregation analysis suggests the action of a major gene superimposed on a polygenic background. The postulated gene (B) raises CT activity and has a population frequency of 0.25. CT levels of the common AA homozygotes and AB heterozygotes cannot be distinguished from each other, whereas CT activity of BB homozygotes (6% of the population) is significantly elevated. Although the CT gene contributes only 2.7% to 3.5% of the variability of blood pressure over its entire range, 14% to 20% of persons with systolic hypertension (greater than 140 mmHg) are BB homozygotes rather than the expected 6% to 7%. A much lower frequency of elevated countertransport activity among black hypertensives suggests genetic heterogeneity in the pathogenesis of high blood pressure. Further investigations on the mechanism and genetic linkage relationships of the putative CT gene may aid in elucidating an important mechanism of blood pressure elevation and will allow molecular approaches in the future.
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- A G Motulsky
- Department of Medicine (Medical Genetics), University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Anomalies du transport rénal du sodium et sensibilité au sel de la pression artérielle. Nephrol Ther 2007; 3 Suppl 2:S94-8. [DOI: 10.1016/s1769-7255(07)80015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Blood pressure response to changes in dietary salt intake is highly variable among individuals. This heterogeneity results from the combined effects of genetic and environmental determinants. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms leading to the development of salt-sensitive hypertension. Much information has come from the investigation of rare monogenic forms of salt-sensitive hypertension, which has focused attention on alterations of renal sodium handling occurring essentially in the distal nephron. In this paper, we review the experimental, clinical, genetic, and epidemiologic evidence suggesting that proximal tubular function is also an important determinant of the blood pressure response to salt, which deserves greater attention.
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- Michel Burnier
- Service de Néphrologie, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 17, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Mu J, Liu Z, Yang D, Liang Y, Wang Z, Hou R. Baseline Na–Li countertransport and risk of hypertension in children: a 10-year prospective study in Hanzhong children. J Hum Hypertens 2004; 18:885-90. [PMID: 15269707 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sodium-lithium countertransport (Na-Li CT) is associated with blood pressure (BP) and in many cross-sectional investigations and some longitudinal studies, essential hypertension has been proposed as a biochemical marker or predictor of hypertension risk in adults. The present study investigated prospectively whether baseline Na-Li CT rate was an index of increased risk of future development of hypertension in children. At baseline visit in 1987 of the Hanzhong Children Hypertension Study comprising 4000 school children aged 5-6 years old, 310 samples were randomly selected for measurement of baseline Na-Li CT rate; we made a 10-year follow-up of them in the same season in 1997. This cohort of children is the sample for analysis in the present report. Baseline Na-Li CT rate was positively correlated to systolic BP (SBP) both in baseline and follow-up (baseline, gamma=0.21, P<0.05; follow-up, gamma=0.32, P<0.01), and positively correlated to diastolic BP (DBP) (gamma=0.20, P<0.05) and body mass index (gamma=0.18, P<0.05) in follow-up examination. Longitudinal analysis of 10-year BP evolution, children in higher baseline Na-Li CT (ie, >260 micromoll RBC/h) had greater BP change than children in lower baseline Na-Li CT (ie, </=260 mumol/l RBC/h) (SBP, 15.8+/-12.9 vs 19.3+/-13.1, DBP 8.8+/-11.2 and 11.3+/-10.6, P<0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that children in the higher Na-Li CT (>260 mumol/l RBC/h) were associated with approximately 1.5 times greater risk of high BP) in comparison to placement in lower Na-Li CT (</=260 mumol/l RBC/h). Elevated baeline RBC Na-Li countertransport could be a risk predictor predisposing to the development of hypertension in children.
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- J Mu
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, First Hospital, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, PR China
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LaPointe MS, Sodhi C, Sahai A, Batlle D. Na+/H+ exchange activity and NHE-3 expression in renal tubules from the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Kidney Int 2002; 62:157-65. [PMID: 12081574 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The NHE-3 isoform of the Na+/H+ antiporter, in the apical membrane of renal proximal tubule, is responsible for the bulk transport of Na+ and fluid reabsorption. Studies have reported that apical NHE-3 translocates to internal pools, thereby facilitating natriuresis when blood pressure increases abruptly. METHODS The present study examined Na+/H+ exchange activity and NHE-3 expression in renal cortical tubules from the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and WKY rats before and after the development of hypertension. SHR 4 to 6 weeks of age were pre-hypertensive, 6 to 7 weeks old had mild hypertension, and 8 to 13 weeks old had severe hypertension. Renal proximal tubules (PTs) were isolated and purified by Percoll gradient centrifugation. NHE-3 protein and mRNA levels were determined by Western and Northern blots, respectively. Apical brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) were prepared using the MgSO4 aggregation method and Na+/H+ exchange activity assessed using the acridine orange method. RESULTS Na+/H+ exchange activity, determined as the rate of Na+-dependent intracellular pH (pHi) recovery assessed using BCECF after an acute acid load, was significantly greater in PTs from SHR than in WKY rats at all age groups (4 to 6 weeks, 0.30 +/- 0.04 vs. 0.24 +/- 0.02 pH U/30 sec, P < 0.05; 6 to 7 weeks, 0.42 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.29 +/- 0.05 pH U/30 sec, P < 0.05; and 8 to 13 weeks, 0.48 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.40 +/- 0.07 pH U/30 sec, P < 0.05). The Na+-dependent recovery in BBMV was also greater in SHR than WKY rats (1464 +/- 62 vs. 1042 +/- 79 fluorescence. U/5 sec, P < 0.001) and was unaffected by cariporide, a specific NHE-1 inhibitor. NHE-3 protein levels also were significantly higher in SHR than age-matched WKY rats at all stages during the development of hypertension (pre-hypertensive 1.8-fold; early onset hypertension twofold; established hypertension 1.5-fold; each P < 0.05). By contrast, NHE-3 mRNA levels were not different between SHR and WKY rats at each age group. CONCLUSIONS Na+/H+ exchange activity and NHE-3 protein abundance in renal proximal tubules from the SHR are increased while NHE-3 mRNA is not. A post-transcriptional event(s) best explains the increase in NHE-3 protein expression since mRNA levels were not increased. The alterations in the SHR antedate the development of hypertension and fail to decrease as blood pressure increases with age in the SHR, which likely results in inappropriate renal sodium retention in the face of a chronic rise in blood pressure.
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- Michael S LaPointe
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Searle 10-475, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Sánchez RA, Giannone C, Masnatta LD, Baglivo HP, Ramírez AJ. Higher urinary albumin excretion is associated with abnormal erythrocyte Na(+)/Li(+) countertransport (SLC) in non-modulating essential hypertensives and offspring of hypertensive parents. J Hum Hypertens 2002; 16 Suppl 1:S128-32. [PMID: 11986910 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Non-modulating is a highly reproducible type of sodium-sensitive hypertension. The aim of this study was to evaluate in non-modulating individuals the erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport (SLC) abnormalities, which have been mentioned as a marker of non-modulation, and the association with increased microalbuminuria, as a marker of an early kidney impairment. We measured erythrocyte SLC in 10 normotensives (NT, 28 +/- 4 years), 20 offspring of hypertensive parents being 10 modulating (MHO, 25 +/- 6 years) and 10 non-modulating (NMHO, 26 +/- 5 years), and 23 essential hypertensives being 12 modulating (MHT, 34 +/- 5 years) and 11 non-modulating (NMHT, 32 +/- 4 years). In all the subjects studied, microalbuminuria was determined by duplicate 24-h urine collection by radioimmunoassay. In non-modulating offspring of hypertensive parents and essential hypertensives. SLC was significantly elevated when compared either with normotensives without family history of hypertension, modulating offspring of hypertensive parents or essential hypertensives (P < 0.025). Likewise, 24-h urinary albumin excretion was found higher in non-modulating individuals (essential hypertensives and offspring of hypertensive parents) than in modulating individuals (P < 0.01). In conclusion, non-modulators with higher SLC countertransport sodium transport abnormalities showed higher elimination of microalbuminuria suggesting that non-modulators may have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular morbidity and kidney impairment even in normotensive subjects with familiarity history of hypertension.
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- R A Sánchez
- Hypertensión Section, Instituto de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular, Fundación Favaloro and Universidad "Dr René G Favaloro", Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Glorioso N, Filigheddu F, Cusi D, Troffa C, Conti M, Natalizio M, Argiolas G, Barlassina C, Bianchi G. alpha-Adducin 460Trp allele is associated with erythrocyte Na transport rate in North Sardinian primary hypertensives. Hypertension 2002; 39:357-62. [PMID: 11882573 DOI: 10.1161/hy0202.103065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Erythrocyte membrane alterations mirror those of vascular smooth muscle and renal tubular cell membrane. The interaction between adducin and Na-K pump is the most likely biochemical mechanism responsible for the increased tubular Na reabsorption and hypertension in Milan hypertensive strain (MHS) rats. To substantiate this hypothesis in humans, we tested to see if alpha-adducin Gly460Trp genotype is associated with erythrocyte sodium transport rate in a new cohort of n=268 never-treated North Sardinian primary hypertensives. Plasma renin activity and blood pressure response to hydrochlorothiazide were also measured to evaluate the relationship between sodium transport rate and two intermediate phenotypes with a higher degree of genetic complexity. Na-K pump, Na-K-Cl cotransport, and Li-Na countertransport at V(max) were faster (P<0.0001), whereas intracellular Na concentration was lower (P<0.0001) in patients carrying one or two 460Trp alleles. Such behavior was mirrored by opposite changes of intracellular Na concentration. Plasma renin activity and blood pressure response to diuretic treatment, on the other hand, showed a weaker association with the sodium transport rate. In conclusion, our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the Gly460Trp alpha-adducin polymorphism may affect renal Na handling through an alteration in ion transport across the cell membrane mirrored by erythrocytes. These results may also have clinical relevance because the Gly460Trp alpha-adducin polymorphism may explain, at least in part, the variability of blood pressure response to diuretics in primary hypertensive patients.
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- Nicola Glorioso
- Hypertension Center, University of Sassari Medical School, Sassari, Italy.
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O'Connor DT, Tyrell EA, Kailasam MT, Miller LM, Martinez JA, Henry RR, Parmer RJ, Gabbai FB. Early alteration in glomerular reserve in humans at genetic risk of essential hypertension: mechanisms and consequences. Hypertension 2001; 37:898-906. [PMID: 11244015 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.37.3.898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Essential hypertension has a familial predisposition, but the phenotype of elevated blood pressure has delayed penetrance. Because the kidney is a crucial determinant of blood pressure homeostasis, we studied early glomerular alterations in still-normotensive young subjects at genetic risk of hypertension. Thirty-nine normotensive adults (mean age 29 to 31 years), stratified by genetic risk (parental family history [FH]) of hypertension (26 with positive FH [FH+], 13 with negative FH [FH-]), underwent intravenous infusion of mixed amino acids. Before and during amino acid administration, we measured glomerular filtration rate (GFR), putative second messengers of amino acids (nitric oxide [NO.] metabolites and cGMP), serum insulin and amino acid concentrations, and the FE(Li)+ as an index of renal proximal tubular reabsorption. The FH+ group had a blunted GFR rise in response to amino acids (2.43+/-8.16% versus 31.0+/-13.4% rise, P:=0.0126). The amino acid-induced change in GFR correlated (r=0.786, P:<0.01) with the change in urinary NO. metabolite excretion; a diminished rise in urinary NO. metabolite excretion in the FH+ group (P:=0.0105) suggested a biochemical mechanism for the different GFR responses between FH groups: a relative inability to convert arginine to NO. The FH+ group had a far lower initial cGMP excretion at baseline (261+/-21.1 versus 579+/-84.9 nmol. h(-1)/1.73 m(2), P:=0.001), although cGMP did not change during the amino acid infusion (P:=0.703). FH status, baseline GFR, and baseline serum insulin jointly predicted GFR response to amino acids (P:=0.0013), accounting for approximately 45% of the variance in GFR response. Decline in FE(Li)+, an inverse index of proximal tubular reabsorption, paralleled increase in GFR (r=-0.506, P:=0.01), suggesting differences in proximal tubular reabsorption during amino acids between the FH groups. GFR response to amino acid infusion was blunted in the FH+ group despite significantly higher serum concentrations of 6 amino acids (arginine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, and valine) in the FH+ group, suggesting a novel form of insulin resistance (to the amino acid-translocating action of insulin) in FH+ subjects. We conclude that blunted glomerular filtration reserve in response to amino acids is an early-penetrance phenotype seen even in still-normotensive subjects at genetic risk of hypertension and is linked to impaired formation of NO. in the kidney. Corresponding changes in GFR and fractional excretion of Li(+) suggest that altered proximal tubular reabsorption after amino acids is an early pathophysiologic mechanism. Resistance to the amino acid-translocating actions of insulin may play a role in the biological response to amino acids in this setting. This glomerular reserve phenotype may be useful in genetic studies of renal traits preceding or predisposing to hypertension.
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- D T O'Connor
- Department of Medicine and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA92161, USA.
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Burnier M, Monod ML, Chioléro A, Maillard M, Nussberger J, Brunner HR. Renal sodium handling in acute and chronic salt loading/depletion protocols: the confounding influence of acute water loading. J Hypertens 2000; 18:1657-64. [PMID: 11081780 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018110-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Renal tubular sodium handling was measured in healthy subjects submitted to acute and chronic salt-repletion/salt-depletion protocols. The goal was to compare the changes in proximal and distal sodium handling induced by the two procedures using the lithium clearance technique. METHODS In nine subjects, acute salt loading was obtained with a 2 h infusion of isotonic saline, and salt depletion was induced with a low-salt diet and furosemide. In the chronic protocol, 15 subjects randomly received a low-, a regular- and a high-sodium diet for 1 week. In both protocols, renal and systemic haemodynamics and urinary electrolyte excretion were measured after an acute water load. In the chronic study, sodium handling was also determined, based on 12 h day- and night-time urine collections. RESULTS The acute and chronic protocols induced comparable changes in sodium excretion, renal haemodynamics and hormonal responses. Yet, the relative contribution of the proximal and distal nephrons to sodium excretion in response to salt loading and depletion differed in the two protocols. Acutely, subjects appeared to regulate sodium balance mainly by the distal nephron, with little contribution of the proximal tubule. In contrast, in the chronic protocol, changes in sodium reabsorption could be measured both in the proximal and distal nephrons. Acute water loading was an important confounding factor which increased sodium excretion by reducing proximal sodium reabsorption. This interference of water was particularly marked in salt-depleted subjects. CONCLUSION Acute and chronic salt loading/salt depletion protocols investigate different renal mechanisms of control of sodium balance. The endogenous lithium clearance technique is a reliable method to assess proximal sodium reabsorption in humans. However, to investigate sodium handling in diseases such as hypertension, lithium should be measured preferably on 24 h or overnight urine collections to avoid the confounding influence of water.
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- M Burnier
- Department of Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Chiolero A, Maillard M, Nussberger J, Brunner HR, Burnier M. Proximal sodium reabsorption: An independent determinant of blood pressure response to salt. Hypertension 2000; 36:631-7. [PMID: 11040249 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.36.4.631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of renal sodium handling by the proximal tubule as an independent determinant of blood pressure responsiveness to salt in hypertension. We measured blood pressure (BP), renal hemodynamics, and segmental renal sodium handling (with lithium used as a marker of proximal sodium reabsorption) in 38 hypertensive patients and 27 normotensive subjects (15 young and 12 age-matched) on a high and low sodium diet. In control subjects, changing the diet from a low to a high sodium content resulted in no change in BP and increases in glomerular filtration rate (P<0.05), renal plasma flow (P<0.05), and fractional excretion of lithium (FE(Li), P<0.01). In hypertensive patients, comparable variations of sodium intake induced an increase in BP with no change in renal hemodynamics and proximal sodium reabsorption. When analyzed by tertiles of their BP response to salt, salt-insensitive hypertensive patients of the first tertile disclosed a pattern of adaptation of proximal sodium reabsorption comparable to that of control subjects, whereas the most salt-sensitive patients of the third tertile had an inverse pattern with a high FE(Li) on low salt and a lower FE(Li) on high salt, suggesting an inappropriate modulation of proximal sodium reabsorption. The BP response to salt correlated positively with age (r=0.34, P=0.036) and negatively with the changes in FE(Li) (r=-0.37, P=0.029). In a multivariate analysis, the changes in FE(Li) were significantly and independently associated with the salt-induced changes in BP. These results suggest that proximal sodium reabsorption is an independent determinant of the BP response to salt in hypertension.
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- A Chiolero
- Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, CHUV, and Policlinique médicale universitaire, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ng LL, Quinn PA, Baker F, Carr SJ. Red cell Na+/Li+ countertransport and Na+/H+ exchanger isoforms in human proximal tubules. Kidney Int 2000; 58:229-35. [PMID: 10886567 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00157.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased activity of the Na+/Li+ countertransporter (SLC) is a well-recognized intermediate phenotype of hypertension and diabetic nephropathy and may indicate a predisposition to hypertension. Previous work has attempted to link this membrane transport marker to altered Na+ reabsorption in the proximal tubule. Since the Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) isoforms 1 and 3 are expressed in the basolateral and apical membranes of the proximal tubule, respectively, we investigated the relationship between these transport proteins and red cell SLC to examine whether the peripheral blood transport phenotype is associated with altered levels of transport proteins in the proximal tubule. METHODS Proximal tubules were prepared from human nephrectomy specimens. NHE-1 and NHE-3 were detected on Western blots by specific antibodies. Red cell SLC was also measured. RESULTS Both NHE-1 and NHE-3 proteins were demonstrated, with molecular weights of 97 and 85 kD, respectively. SLC was very strongly correlated with the level of NHE-3 protein (r = 0.78, P < 0.001) and was negatively related to NHE-1 protein (r = -0.32). In multiple regression analysis, only NHE-3 and NHE-1 protein levels were significant predictors of red cell SLC, accounting for up to about 70% of the variance of this parameter. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that red cell SLC may be a marker of increased NHE-3 protein expression in the proximal tubule, which may account for the blunted pressure natriuresis and predisposition to hypertension.
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- L L Ng
- Department of Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, England, United Kingdom.
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Renal sodium re-absorption is a closely regulated process serving to maintain both extracellular fluid volume and arterial blood pressure. Proteins participating in sodium re-absorption and its regulation are therefore important candidate proteins whose genes may contain sequence variation contributing to the inherited tendency for increased arterial blood pressure (essential hypertension). Important insight has come from rare forms of single-gene hypertension in human subjects and from polygenic animal models of genetic hypertension. Both indicate the primacy of altered renal function in the genesis of hypertension, and suggest that genes contributing to the disease are members of the subset of genes expressed in the kidney. This review examines evidence for abnormalities in renal sodium re-absorption in hypertension and focuses on the proximal tubule as a site of relevant dysfunction. Identification of the proteins participating in renal sodium re-absorption and its regulation, particularly those involved in the renal pressure-natriuresis mechanism, will allow gene cloning and sequencing which in turn may lead to the identification of novel gene sequence variation participating in hypertension.
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- P A Doris
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Houston, 77030, USA.
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O'Connell DP, Aherne AM. Renal dopaminergic mechanisms and hypertension: a chronology of advances. Clin Exp Hypertens 2000; 22:217-49. [PMID: 10803730 DOI: 10.1081/ceh-100100074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Dopamine (DA) has been shown to influence kidney function through endogenous synthesis and subsequent interaction with locally expressed dopamine receptor subtypes (D1, D5 as D1-like and D2, D3, and D4 as D2-like). DA, and DA-receptor specific agonists and antagonists can alter renal water and electrolyte excretion along with renin release when infused systemically or intrarenally. Such effects are brought about by a combination of renal hemodynamic and direct tubular effects evoked along the full length of the nephron. The cellular mechanisms that direct these dopamine-mediated renal electrolyte fluxes have recently been clarified and include alterations in adenylyl cyclase, phospholipase C, and phospholipase A1 activity. The dopaminergic system also interacts directly with the renal kallikrein-kinin, prostaglandin and other neurohumoral systems. Aberrant renal dopamine production and/or dopamine receptor function have been reported in salt-dependent and low-renin forms of human primary hypertension as well as in genetic models of animal hypertension, including the SHR and Dahl SS rat. DA D1 or D3 receptor knockout mice have been shown to develop hypertension.
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- D P O'Connell
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University College Cork, Ireland
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Bianchi S, Bigazzi R, Campese VM. Microalbuminuria in essential hypertension: significance, pathophysiology, and therapeutic implications. Am J Kidney Dis 1999; 34:973-95. [PMID: 10585306 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(99)70002-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Some patients with essential hypertension manifest greater than normal urinary albumin excretion (UAE). The significance of this association, which is the object of this review, is not well established. Hypertensive patients with microalbuminuria manifest greater levels of blood pressure, particularly at night, and higher serum levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and uric acid than patients with normal UAE. Levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, on the other hand, were lower in patients with microalbuminuria than in those with normal UAE. Patients with microalbuminuria manifested greater incidence of insulin resistance and thicker carotid arteries than patients with normal UAE. After a follow-up of 7 years, we observed that 12 cardiovascular events occurred among 54 (21.3%) patients with microalbuminuria and only two such events among 87 patients with normal UAE (P < 0.0002). Stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that UAE, cholesterol level, and diastolic blood pressure were independent predictors of the cardiovascular outcome. Rate of creatinine clearance from patients with microalbuminuria decreased more than that from those with normal UAE. In conclusion, these studies suggest that hypertensive individuals with microalbuminuria manifest a variety of biochemical and hormonal derangements with pathogenic potential, which results in hypertensive patients having a greater incidence of cardiovascular events and a greater decline in renal function than patients with normal UAE.
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- S Bianchi
- Unita Operativa di Nefrologia, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, Italy
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Pechère-Bertschi A, Nussberger J, Biollaz J, Fahti M, Grouzmann E, Morgan T, Brunner HR, Burnier M. Circadian variations of renal sodium handling in patients with orthostatic hypotension. Kidney Int 1998; 54:1276-82. [PMID: 9767544 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00089.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sodium wasting during the night has been postulated as a potential pathophysiological mechanism in patients suffering from orthostatic hypotension due to severe autonomic deficiency. METHODS In this study, the diurnal variations in creatinine clearance, sodium excretion and segmental renal tubular handling of sodium were evaluated in 18 healthy subjects and 20 young patients with orthostatic hypotension (OH). In addition, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and the neuro-hormonal response to changes in posture were determined. The patients and their controls were studied on a free sodium intake. In a second protocol, 10 controls and 10 patients were similarly investigated after one week of a high salt diet (regular diet + 6 g NaCl/day). RESULTS Our results demonstrate that, in contrast to normal subjects in whom no significant changes in glomerular filtration, sodium excretion and segmental sodium reabsorption were observed throughout the day, patients with OH were characterized by a significant increase in glomerular filtration rate during the nighttime (P = 0.03) and significant increases in urinary lithium excretion (P < 0.05) and lithium clearance (P = 0.05) during the night, suggesting a decreased proximal reabsorption of sodium. On a high sodium diet, the symptoms of orthostatic hypotension and the circadian variations in sodium reabsorption were significantly blunted. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that, while the patient is in a supine position the effective blood volume of those with OH becomes excessive due to the increased venous return. Hence, the kidney responds with an increase in glomerular filtration and a relative escape of sodium from the proximal tubular segments. These circadian variations in renal sodium handling may contribute to the maintenance of the orthostatic syndrome.
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Lerch M, Teuscher AU, Beissner P, Schneider M, Shaw SG, Weidmann P. Effects of angiotensin II-receptor blockade with losartan on insulin sensitivity, lipid profile, and endothelin in normotensive offspring of hypertensive parents. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1998; 31:576-80. [PMID: 9554807 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199804000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Humans genetically predisposed to hypertension tend to develop at a prehypertensive stage subtle metabolic and hormonal dysregulations, and certain of these could potentially be angiotensin II dependent. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the angiotensin II-receptor antagonist losartan on insulin sensitivity, lipid profile, and plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in normotensive offspring of hypertensive parents with a randomized, double-blind, placebo- controlled, crossover design. Insulin sensitivity index (SI), determined by the Minimal Model Method of Bergman, fasting plasma insulin and glucose concentrations, serum total and HDL cholesterol, serum triglycerides, and plasma ET-1 levels were assessed in 19 young (26.2 +/- 0.7 years, mean +/- SEM), healthy, lean [body mass index (BMI), 22.6 +/- 0.7 kg/m2] normotensive male offspring of essential hypertensive parents after 14 days of losartan, 50 mg, and 14 days of placebo, respectively. Compared with placebo, losartan administration did not significantly modify SI (12.2 +/- 1.7 vs. 12.7 +/- 1.5 x 10(-4)/min/microU/ml on placebo), fasting plasma insulin and glucose, as well as the areas under the insulin and glucose curves. Plasma ET-1 levels also did not differ significantly between the placebo and losartan administration phases (1.1 +/- 0.06 vs. 1.2 +/- 0.06 pg/ml). However, serum total cholesterol and triglycerides decreased significantly with losartan treatment (3.8 +/- 0.2 vs. 4.1 +/- 0.2 mM and 0.9 +/- 0.1 vs. 1.1 +/- 0.1 mM, respectively; p < 0.01). Body weight, BMI, heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), and 24-h urinary sodium, potassium, and creatinine values were stable throughout the study. These findings demonstrate that angiotensin II-receptor blockade with losartan, administered in the therapeutic dose of 50 mg daily, does not alter insulin sensitivity determined by the Minimal Model Method of Bergman and does not affect ET-1 in normotensive offspring of essential hypertensive parents. The normal insulin sensitivity in the subjects studied might explain why losartan did not improve it. However, losartan significantly reduced serum total cholesterol and total triglyceride levels.
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- M Lerch
- Medizinische Poliklinik, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Jose PA, Eisner GM, Felder RA. Regulation of D1 receptor function in spontaneous hypertension. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1997; 42:525-8. [PMID: 9327956 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60805-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- P A Jose
- Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20007, USA
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Magnin JL, Decosterd LA, Centeno C, Burnier M, Diezi J, Biollaz J. Determination of trace lithium in biological fluids using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry: variability of urine matrices circumvented by cation exchange solid phase extraction. PHARMACEUTICA ACTA HELVETIAE 1996; 71:237-46. [PMID: 8921742 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6865(96)00020-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry method has been developed for the quantitative determination of submicromolar endogenous concentration of lithium in human plasma and urine using pyrolitically-coated graphite tubes in combination with ammonium nitrate matrix modification. This latter treatment could not completely abolish the interferences caused by the matrix, notably in urine samples. The variability of the urinary matrices required an additional standardization procedure by solid-phase extraction on strongly acidic cation exchange cartridges. Matrix-matched samples were used for the establishment of calibration curves with the addition-calibration method. Calibration curves were linear up to 0.72 mumol/l (1.0 > r2 > 0.99). The described method enables accurate measurements of trace-lithium in biological samples at concentrations down to 0.03 mumol/l with intra- and inter-day variabilities < 10%. The method was applied to the determination of trace-lithium levels in urine and plasma samples from healthy individuals enabling the calculation of its fractional excretion (FeLi) (median range 17.3%), a value which reflects the functional capacity of the kidney to reabsorb sodium and water at the proximal tubular portion of the nephron. This sensitive method can thus be used as an investigative and diagnostic tool in various renal pathophysiological conditions, in clinical research, and may also be applied to studies on the trace-lithium status of population in connection with psycho-affective disorders.
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- J L Magnin
- Département de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne CHUV, Switzerland
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Kailasam MT, O'Connor DT, Parmer RJ. Hereditary intermediate phenotypes in African American hypertension. ETHNICITY & HEALTH 1996; 1:117-28. [PMID: 9395555 DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Essential hypertension is a heterogeneous and multifactorial disorder and is at least twice as frequent among African Americans as in the general population. Inheritance of high blood pressure is complex, with the gene(s) responsible for hypertension still remaining elusive. A useful strategy for investigating the heritability of hypertension is to evaluate 'intermediate phenotypes'--simple Mendelian or monogenic traits that are associated with hypertension. These intermediate steps may identify potential pathophysiological factors that antedate the development of high blood pressure and suggest candidate genes. We are attempting to identify and characterize several such intermediate phenotypes, in particular as these might apply to hypertension in African Americans. METHODS We studied several physiological and biochemical candidate intermediate phenotypes in untreated black and white patients with essential hypertension and in their normotensive counterparts stratified by genetic risk of hypertension. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Promising intermediate phenotypes, which may be useful for studies in African American families, include baroreceptor sensitivity to low and high pressure stimuli, cold pressor test responses, and biochemical markers such as plasma chromogranin A, dopamine-beta-hydroxylase and urinary kallikrein excretion. Identification of genes involved in complex traits such as hypertension may be facilitated by the intermediate phenotype approach, combined with recent advances in quantitative genetics and linkage mapping. Further studies are needed to pinpoint the nature of genes in African American hypertension.
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- M T Kailasam
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92161, USA
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Senda T, Serizawa N, Negishi K, Katayama S. Elevated erythrocyte sodium-lithium counter-transport in hypertensive patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1996; 31:37-44. [PMID: 8792100 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8227(96)01206-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Increased erythrocyte (RBC) sodium-lithium (Na-Li) counter transport (CT) has been reported to be a genetic marker for essential hypertension (EHT). In addition, increased RBC Na-Li CT has been demonstrated in insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients with nephropathy, indicating that a predisposition to hypertension may cause renal damage and impaired renal function. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine RBC Na-Li CT in subjects with essential hypertension (EHT) and non-insulin-dependent diabetics (NIDDM) with or without hypertension (NIDDMHT or NIDDMNT), using the method of Canessa et al. with a slight modification by flame photometry and expressed as nmol Li/5 x 10(6) RBC/h. Na-Li CT in patients with EHT (0.159 +/- 0.051 (S.D.), n = 26) or NIDDMHT (0.168 +/0 0.083, n = 42) was higher than that in NIDDMNT patients (0.127 +/- 0.059, n = 27, P < 0.05). Among the NIDDMHT patients, those with clinical nephropathy had the same levels of Na-Li CT as those without nephropathy. When the NIDDM patients were divided into two groups with or without insulin treatment, the Na-Li CT in hypertensives was higher than that in normotensives, irrespective of whether or not they were on insulin therapy. Addition of insulin to RBCs in vitro did not augment the Na-Li CT activity. These results suggest that an increase of Na-Li CT may not be due to the stimulatory effect of endogenous or exogenous insulin, and reflect a genetic predisposition for hypertension, and hence diabetic nephropathy, not only in IDDM but also NIDDM patients.
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- T Senda
- Fourth Department of Medicine, Saitama Medical School, Japan
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Ferrari P, Gadient G, Cozzio A, Shaw S, Weidmann P. Reduced plasma cyclic GMP but normal renal responses to atrial natriuretic factor in pre-hypertension. Blood Press 1996; 5:16-26. [PMID: 8777468 DOI: 10.3109/08037059609062102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The amount of, and response of the kidneys to, endogenous natriuretic factor(s) could be important in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Searching for possible disturbance(s) related to atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and its second messenger, cyclic guanosine monophosphate (c-GMP), we assessed plasma immunoreactive (ir) ANF and c-GMP, effective renal plasma flow (ERPF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), urinary c-GMP, absolute and fractional (FE) excretions of sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) before and during infusions of low ANF doses or vehicle (V) in 7 normotensive sons of essential hypertensive parents (SEH) compared with 7 sons of normotensive parents (SN). Each subject was infused at 2-week intervals in a single-blind randomized sequence with 4 different solutions: V only or ANF 0.004, 0.008 and 0.016 microgram/kg/min, infused over 90 min. Plasma irANF was lower in SEH than in SN (p < 0.001) during vehicle infusion. Basal plasma c-GMP levels were, on all 4 different study days lower (p < 0.05 to < 0.01) in SEH in SN. Response of plasma c-GMP to infused ANF was also slightly decreased in SEH (p < 0.05 to < 0.01). BP, ERPF and GFR did not differ between SEH and SN and were unchanged during the 4 infusions. Urinary c-GMP excretion, FENa and FECl increased dose-dependently during ANF (p < 0.05 to < 0.0001) but not V infusions. These findings indicate that at the stage of pre-hypertension a disturbance in the ANF-c-GMP regulatory pathway may occur, which is expressed primarily at the circulatory rather than the renal excretory level.
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- P Ferrari
- Medizinische Poliklinik, University of Berne, Switzerland
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La Villa G, Riccardi D, Lazzeri C, Casini Raggi V, Dello Sbarba A, Tosti Guerra C, Fronzaroli C, Foschi M, Laffi G, Gentilini P. Blunted natriuretic response to low-dose brain natriuretic peptide infusion in nonazotemic cirrhotic patients with ascites and avid sodium retention. Hepatology 1995; 22:1745-50. [PMID: 7489983 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840220620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Patients with cirrhosis and ascites have high plasma levels of atrial (ANP) and brain (BNP) natriuretic peptides, two cardiac hormones released by the atria and ventricles, respectively. We evaluated renal hemodynamics, sodium excretion, and intrarenal sodium handling (lithium clearance method) in seven cirrhotic patients with ascites and avid sodium retention before, during, and after the infusion of synthetic human BNP, at the dose of 4 pmol/kg.min for 1 hour, which has been shown to increase renal plasma flow, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and sodium excretion in healthy subjects without affecting systemic hemodynamics. Plasma BNP levels were 7.31 +/- 0.85 pmol/L in baseline conditions, and increased to 33.60 +/- 2.96 pmol/L at the end of the infusion (P < .01 vs. baseline). Urinary excretion of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) also significantly increased during the infusion, indicating stimulation of natriuretic peptide receptors by BNP. BNP administration did not modify renal plasma flow, GFR, sodium excretion or tubular sodium reabsorption to any appreciable extent. Arterial pressure heart rate, plasma norepinephrine, and plasma renin activity (PRA) where also unchanged, whereas plasma aldosterone concentration showed a significant, 35% reduction at the end of the postinfusion period, ruling out the possibility that BNP-induced vasodilation might be responsible for failure of the peptide to induce a natriuretic response. Overactivity of antinatriuretic factors is probably the main determinant of the blunted natriuretic effect of BNP in these patients.
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- G La Villa
- Istituto di Medicina Interna, University of Florence School of Medicine, Italy
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An adequate matching for race, sex, stage of the menstrual cycle, family history of hypertension, and the amount of sodium and other electrolytes in the diet should be a prerequisite for valid conclusions when interpreting the erythrocyte concentration and fluxes of sodium in essential hypertensive patients in comparison with normal subjects. Alterations in intracellular sodium concentration and transmembrane sodium transport systems as causes of essential hypertension are postulated. This review article describes how this abnormal sodium and calcium metabolism translates into increased systemic vascular resistance through altered vasoactive responses and/or vasculature structural changes.
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- P Lijnen
- Department of Molecular and Cardiovascular Research, University of Leuven, Belgium
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Dobos M, Madácsy L, Yasar SA, Breckner M, Körner A, Szücs L, Nagy I, Tulassay T. Red cell sodium-lithium countertransport and blood pressure in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1994; 26:15-20. [PMID: 7875045 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8227(94)90134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Sodium-lithium countertransport and blood pressure responses, maximal elevated plasma norepinephrine concentrations induced by acute physical work load and the carbohydrate metabolic state were analyzed in 40 children suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Patients were selected according to the duration of the disease to get a horizontal insight into the progression of the diabetes. Sixteen healthy children served as controls. Sodium-lithium countertransport (Na-Li CT) was 281 +/- 64 mumol/l red blood cells (RBC) per hour in the control group. Na-Li CT was elevated in all diabetic groups (newly diagnosed: 455 +/- 48; diabetics for 5-7 years: 495 +/- 48; diabetics for 10-13 years: 470 +/- 36). Plasma norepinephrine concentration increased during physical exercise, the elevation was more pronounced in diabetic children being 13.5 +/- 10.4, 10.1 +/- 5.0 and 12.3 +/- 5.4 nmol/l in the three diabetic groups, respectively, which differed significantly from that of controls (7.94 +/- 2.9; P < 0.01). Systolic blood pressure increased significantly during physical exercise in each group. However, maximal elevated systolic blood pressure was higher in children who had diabetes for more than 10 years than in controls (158 +/- 11 vs. 137 +/- 9.7 mmHg; P < 0.001). Na-Li CT correlated positively with the maximal systolic blood pressure measured during physical exercise in those diabetic children who suffered from diabetes for more than 5 years. High activity of Na-Li CT in combination with elevated blood pressure and high plasma concentration of norepinephrine induced by acute physical exercise may represent a risk of renal/vascular complications in patients suffering from IDDM.
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- M Dobos
- 1st Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary
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Acute lithium intoxication is a frequent complication of chronic lithium therapy for manic depressive disorders. Because of lithium's narrow therapeutic index and widespread use, lithium intoxication remains prevalent in 1994. This review summarizes information on the renal handling of lithium and the physiologic basis for toxicity. Recent reports that describe previously unrecognized side effects of lithium intoxication are discussed. We also present management guidelines based upon our understanding of the renal handling of lithium. In this review we compare the effectiveness of lithium removal by various dialysis methods, including bicarbonate dialysis, peritoneal dialysis and continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration. Hemodialysis remains the cornerstone for the treatment of acute lithium toxicity.
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- M D Okusa
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908
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Göbel BO, Hoffmann G, Ruppert M, Stumpe KO, Vetter H, Siffert W, Düsing R. The lymphocyte Na+/H+ antiport: activation in primary hypertension and during chronic NaCl-loading. Eur J Clin Invest 1994; 24:529-39. [PMID: 7982440 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1994.tb01103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Increased activity of the Na+/H+ antiport may be a major abnormality in essential hypertension. The activity of this transport system was investigated in lymphocytes from 13 patients with untreated essential hypertension (Ht) and 13 normotensive control subjects (Nt) on an ad libitum (130-170 mmol d-1) NaCl intake. Furthermore, the effects of different states of NaCl balance on lymphocyte Na+/H+ antiport were evaluated in two groups of Nt volunteers receiving 20 vs. 300 mmol d-1 (n = 8) and 85 vs. 200 mmol d-1 (n = 14) of NaCl for 1 week each and in seven Ht patients (20 vs. 300 mmol NaCl d-1 for 1 week each). Additionally, during the 20 and 300 mmol/d NaCl intake red blood cell membrane transport was studied in eight subjects. For the determination of lymphocyte antiport activity, cells were loaded with the cytosolic pH (pHi) indicator bis-carboxyethyl carboxyfluorescein (BCECF-AM) and acidified by addition of different amounts of Na(+)-propionate (5-40 mM). Initial pHi-recovery was taken as the activity of the antiport system and plotted against pHi-values after acidification. Non-linear regression analysis yielded higher 'apparent' maximal transport rates in Ht than Nt (Nt: 2.00 +/- 0.22; Ht: (3.81 +/- 0.59) x 10(-3) s-1; P < 0.025). In contrast, baseline pHi-values and pHi-values at half-maximal activity (pK) were identical in Nt and Ht. In normotensive control subjects on an NaCl intake of 20, 85, 200 and 300 mmol d-1 for 7 d, 'apparent' maximal transport rates averaged 2.75 +/- 0.20, 2.89 +/- 0.17, 2.81 +/- 0.18 and (3.62 +/- 0.25) x 10(-3) s-1, respectively. Thus, antiport activity was significantly (P < 0.05) stimulated on the 300 mmol d-1 intake as compared to the three other NaCl intakes. The extreme intakes of NaCl (20 vs. 300 mmol d-1) in normotensive volunteers did not affect the erythrocyte Na+/K+ pump, Na+/K+ cotransport and Na+/Li+ countertransport. Our study supports the concept that a group of patients with primary hypertension exhibit an activated Na+/H+ antiport. Furthermore, our data demonstrate that a chronic high intake of NaCl is associated with an increase in lymphocyte antiport activity towards the high values observed in primary hypertension.
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- B O Göbel
- Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik Bonn, Germany
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The mechanisms responsible for the increase in blood pressure response to high salt intake in salt-sensitive patients with essential hypertension are complex and only partially understood. A complex interaction between neuroendocrine factors and the kidney may underlie the propensity for such patients to retain salt and develop salt-dependent hypertension. The possible role of vasodilator and natriuretic agents, such as the prostaglandins, endothelium-derived relaxing factor, atrial natriuretic factor, and kinin-kallikrein system, requires further investigation. An association between salt sensitivity and a greater propensity to develop renal failure has been described in certain groups of hypertensive patients, such as blacks, the elderly, and those with diabetes mellitus. Salt-sensitive patients with essential hypertension manifest a deranged renal hemodynamic adaptation to a high dietary salt intake. During a low salt diet, salt-sensitive and salt-resistant patients have similar mean arterial pressure, glomerular filtration rate, effective renal plasma flow, and filtration fraction. On the other hand, during a high salt intake glomerular filtration rate does not change in either group, and effective renal blood flow increases in salt-resistant but decreases in salt-sensitive patients; filtration fraction and glomerular capillary pressure decrease in salt-resistant but increase in salt-sensitive patients. Salt-sensitive patients are also more likely than salt-resistant patients to manifest left ventricular hypertrophy, microalbuminuria, and metabolic abnormalities that may predispose them to cardiovascular diseases. In conclusion, salt sensitivity in hypertension is associated with substantial renal, hemodynamic, and metabolic abnormalities that may enhance the risk of cardiovascular and renal morbidity.
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- V M Campese
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles 90033
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Burnier M, Biollaz J, Magnin JL, Bidlingmeyer M, Brunner HR. Renal sodium handling in patients with untreated hypertension and white coat hypertension. Hypertension 1994; 23:496-502. [PMID: 8144219 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.23.4.496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Renal tubular sodium handling was investigated prospectively in 48 normotensive subjects, 53 untreated hypertensive patients, and 13 patients with white coat hypertension using endogenous trace lithium as a marker of proximal sodium reabsorption. A 12-hour daytime ambulatory blood pressure recording was performed in all patients to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension. Patients were included in the white coat hypertension group if their office blood pressure was above 160/90 mm Hg but the mean value of their 12-hour ambulatory recording was lower than 140/90 mm Hg. All participants were studied on their normal diet and ate salt freely. Fractional excretions of sodium (FENa), lithium (FELi), and potassium (FEK) were measured simultaneously before blood pressure recording. FENa was significantly higher in hypertensive patients (0.84 +/- 0.05%, P < .05) than in normotensive control subjects (0.60 +/- 0.06%), and FELi was comparable in the two groups (15.4 +/- 0.65% in hypertensive patients and 17.0 +/- 0.9% in control subjects). However, the relation between FENa and FELi was significantly different in normotensive subjects and hypertensive patients (P < .001), so that for a given increase in FENa a smaller increase in FELi was observed in hypertensive patients. In addition, the ratios of urinary lithium to sodium and urinary potassium to sodium were significantly reduced in hypertensive patients, suggesting an increased proximal reabsorption of sodium. Similar alterations in renal tubular sodium handling were observed in patients with white coat hypertension. These results suggest that an increased sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule may contribute to the maintenance of hypertension and that white coat hypertension might represent a prehypertensive state.
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- M Burnier
- Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, Division of Hypertension, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Alosachie IJ, Lad PM. Laboratory diagnosis in hypertension. J Clin Lab Anal 1994; 8:293-308. [PMID: 7807284 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.1860080508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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- I J Alosachie
- Specialty Laboratories, Inc., Santa Monica, California 90404-3900
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Sharma AM, Cetto C, Schorr U, Spies KP, Distler A. Renal acid-base excretion in normotensive salt-sensitive humans. Hypertension 1993; 22:884-90. [PMID: 8244521 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.22.6.884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Reduced extracellular pH and bicarbonate levels recently have been reported in normotensive salt-sensitive subjects. To assess the possible role of altered renal acid-base handling in the perturbation of acid-base status in these individuals, we measured the renal acid-base excretion after an acute oral administration of either an alkali or acid load in normotensive salt-sensitive and salt-resistant men. Twenty-four young (22 to 29 years old), healthy male volunteers were placed on a low-salt diet (20 mmol NaCl per day) for 2 weeks with either 220 mmol NaCl or placebo added to the low-salt diet for 1 week each in a randomized single-blind crossover order. Salt sensitivity was defined as a significant drop in mean arterial pressure (> 3 mm Hg, mean of 60 readings taken on the seventh day of each diet, P < .05) during the low-salt diet. On the fifth and seventh days of each week, subjects were given an oral load of either sodium citrate (0.7 mmol/kg) or ammonium chloride (2.2 mmol/kg), respectively, in a randomized order, and arterial and urinary acid-base status was assessed at baseline and followed for 8 hours thereafter. According to the above definition, 13 subjects were considered salt sensitive. During the high-salt diet, mean arterial pressure was higher in the salt-sensitive than in the salt-resistant group (P < .01). Cumulative urinary bicarbonate excretion after the administration of sodium citrate was lower in the salt-sensitive than in the salt-resistant subjects during both the low-salt (46%, P < .001) and high-salt (32%, P < .01) diets.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A M Sharma
- Department of Internal Medicine, Free University of Berlin, FRG
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The objective of this study was to evaluate whether renal excretion of sodium is impaired and whether tubular reabsorption of sodium is increased in normotensive white men with a familial predisposition to develop essential hypertension. We compared 11 normotensive sons of two hypertensive parents (SOHT) with 11 normotensive sons of two normotensive parents (SONT); renal sodium handling was assessed after 1 week of low-sodium diet (10 mmol/d) and after 1 week of high-sodium diet (200 mmol/d). The SOHT were on average 5.5 years older than the SONT (46.9 +/- 5.2 [SD] vs 41.4 +/- 4.1, P = .012). On the sixth day of each diet, mean urinary sodium excretion did not differ between the two groups (12.9 +/- 6.3 vs 12.7 +/- 6.7 mmol/d on low-sodium diet, P = .930; 197 +/- 25 vs 200 +/- 27 mmol/d on high-sodium diet, P = .817). On the seventh day of each diet, baseline means for filtered load of sodium, absolute excretion of sodium, fractional excretion of sodium (an index of total tubular sodium reabsorption), and fractional excretion of lithium (an inverse index of proximal tubular sodium reabsorption) also did not differ between the groups. To assess renal sodium handling under non-steady-state conditions, we infused 2 L normal saline intravenously over a 2-hour period. The means for absolute excretion of sodium, fractional excretion of sodium, and fractional excretion of lithium increased from baseline, but the increases did not differ in magnitude between the groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S T Turner
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn. 55905
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Bunker CH, Wing RR, Becker DJ, Kuller LH. Sodium-lithium countertransport activity is decreased after weight loss in healthy obese men. Metabolism 1993; 42:1052-8. [PMID: 8345810 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(93)90022-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Maximal red blood cell (RBC) sodium-lithium countertransport activity has been consistently related to essential hypertension and may be a marker for risk of developing hypertension. Although there is strong evidence for genetic control of sodium-lithium countertransport, increasing evidence suggests that obesity and insulin-glucose metabolism are related to countertransport activity. This study was performed to determine whether countertransport activity decreases with weight loss in healthy obese adults. Forty-five healthy, white, obese adults were studied at baseline and after 6 months of behavioral dietary intervention. Weight loss was 11.5 kg (25.4 lb) in 24 men and 8.1 kg (17.8 lb) in 21 women. Sodium-lithium countertransport activity decreased 55.0 mumol Li/L RBC/h in men (P < .001, paired t test) and 14.6 mumol Li/L RBC/h in women (NS). Change in countertransport activity was correlated with change in body mass index (BMI) in men (r = .52, P < .01) and women (r = .27, NS) and was also strongly correlated with change in fasting glucose levels in both men and women (r = .50 and r = .56, respectively; P < .01) and with change in fasting insulin levels in men (r = .42, P = .04). Change in countertransport activity was not significantly related to change in physical exercise or serum lipid levels. There was a large decrease in systolic blood pressure in men (10.0 mm Hg, P < .001) and a smaller decrease in women (4.1 mm Hg, P < .05). These changes were significantly correlated with change in weight, but not with change in countertransport or baseline countertransport activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C H Bunker
- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA
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Cusi D, Tripodi G, Casari G, Robba C, Bollini P, Merati G, Bianchi G. Genetics of renal damage in primary hypertension. Am J Kidney Dis 1993; 21:2-9. [PMID: 8494014 DOI: 10.1016/0272-6386(93)70092-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Little is known of the genetics of glomerular damage in essential hypertension in humans. The prevalence of end-stage renal disease due to primary hypertension varies from 20% to 30% of all cases of renal failure to as low as 0.002%. This depends not only on differences in diagnostic criteria but also on different racial susceptibility to the disease as well as on different genetic backgrounds in different subsets of individuals of the same race. A review of the literature is provided, together with an example of how a point mutation that causes hypertension in Milan hypertensive rats can provide a model to analyze this issue correctly.
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- D Cusi
- Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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The EDTA (calcium disodium edetate) lead mobilization test revealed lead as the probable cause of renal disease in industrial lead workers and in patients with gout or essential hypertension. The data reviewed here demonstrate persistence of lead nephropathy in the contemporary scene despite the introduction of modern industrial and environmental exposure standards. Renal function and biopsy studies showed that lead nephropathy is a chronic tubulointerstitial renal disease with modest proteinuria which frequently presents with hyperuricemia, gout and hypertension. Only evaluation of body lead stores by either the EDTA lead mobilization test or by x-ray fluorescence is helpful in diagnosing lead nephropathy. While chelation therapy is safe and helpful in reversing early lead nephropathy, the best treatment is prevention. These studies further raise the possibility that chronic environmental lead poisoning and associated renal disease and hypertension may be a more widespread problem than suspected. Assessment of the true extent of chronic lead poisoning requires large scale epidemiological studies.
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- V Batuman
- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Lee HC, Mitchell HC, Van Dreal P, Pettinger WA. Hyperfiltration and conservation of renal function in hypertensive nephrosclerosis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 1993; 21:68-74. [PMID: 8465839 DOI: 10.1016/0272-6386(93)70076-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Renal glomerular hyperfiltration has been proposed as an important contributing factor to the progression of hypertensive nephrosclerosis in rats with reduced renal mass. However, no clinical studies have assessed the role of glomerular hyperfiltration in the pathogenesis of hypertensive nephrosclerosis in humans. In a prospective, randomized, long-term blood pressure control study with up to 3 years follow-up, we showed that good blood pressure control with a mean diastolic blood pressure < or = 95 mm Hg preceded by a 2- to 4-month period of diastolic blood pressure < or = 80 mm Hg improved renal function in hypertensive nephrosclerosis patients. Patients treated with minoxidil, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (enalapril), or a calcium entry blocker (nifedipine) had improvement in renal function, as indicated by a positive slope of the reciprocal serum-creatine concentration versus time and an increment in glomerular filtration rate. These results suggested that improvement in renal function occurred with these major types of antihypertensive drug treatment. To assess the renal hemodynamics of minoxidil, enalapril, and nifedipine, eight patients with hypertensive nephrosclerosis were admitted to the General Clinical Research Center for renal clearance studies on each drug while ingesting a fixed-calorie, 12% protein, 40% fat, and 100 mEq Na/d diet. Mean blood pressure, effective renal plasma flow, and renal vascular resistance did not change during the three phases of treatment. However, minoxidil treatment increased the glomerular filtration rate by 48% versus enalapril and by 79% versus nifedipine. Since minoxidil treatment improves renal function while causing a relative hyperfiltration, glomerular hyperfiltration per se is an unlikely mechanism for the progression of hypertensive nephrosclerosis in humans.
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- H C Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68131
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Semplicini A, Marzola M, Mozzato G, Ceolotto G, Pessina AC. Red blood cell Li+/Na+ exchange in patients with diabetic nephropathy and essential hypertension: therapeutic implications. Ren Fail 1993; 15:331-8. [PMID: 8516486 DOI: 10.3109/08860229309054940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Patients who develop diabetic nephropathy, one of the leading causes of end-stage renal diseases in Western communities, have an increased red cell Li+/Na+ countertransport (CT). Li+/Na+ CT is a membrane function which exchanges intracellular Li for extracellular Na in vitro. High Li+/Na+ CT reflects abnormal kinetic properties of red cell membrane Na/H exchange. A widespread abnormality of Na/H exchange could play a major role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy as well as of cardiovascular diseases since Na/H exchange is involved in the regulation of cell pH and cell volume; in the cellular response to hormones, mitogens, and growth factors; and in the renal reabsorption of Na and bicarbonate. Li+/Na+ CT is under genetic control and raised in a subgroup of patients with essential hypertension. Among these patients, high Li+/Na+ CT is associated with increased glomerular filtration rate, filtration fraction, proximal fractional Na reabsorption, microalbuminuria, plasma renin activity, and kidney and cardiac volume. Increased Li+/Na+ CT is often associated with hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, reduced insulin sensitivity, and obesity. The whole of these observations may explain why patients with diabetes or essential hypertension and increased Li/Na CT are at risk of early renal and cardiac impairment.
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- A Semplicini
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Padova, Italy
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