Renal sodium handling in patients with normal pressure glaucoma

2007 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoinette Pechere-Bertschi ◽  
Gordana Sunaric-Megevand ◽  
Ivan Haefliger ◽  
Francesca Panarello ◽  
Marc Maillard ◽  
...  

Low BP (blood pressure) is a recognized risk factor for some patients with NPG (normal pressure glaucoma). We have shown previously that patients with orthostasis have impaired circadian renal handling of sodium, which may contribute to the low BP. Therefore the aim of the present study was to examine the renal handling of sodium, the circadian variations in BP and the neurohormonal response to an orthostatic test in a selected subpopulation of 18 patients with NPG with vasospastic and orthostatic symptoms, and in 24 healthy control subjects. The variations in BP and renal tubular sodium handling were evaluated using 24 h ambulatory BP recordings, 24 h urine collections and determination of endogenous lithium clearance as a marker of proximal sodium reabsorption. The neurohormonal and BP responses to changes in posture were also determined in a 30 min orthostatic test. This selected group of patients with NPG had lower 24 h ambulatory BPs (P<0.001), and a more pronounced fall in BP when assuming an upright position (P<0.001) compared with controls. FELi (fractional excretion of lithium) was higher in patients with NPG than controls during the day (36.6±21.8 compared with 20.4±8.7% respectively; P<0.01; values are means±S.D.) as well as during the night (38.8±41.9 compared with 19.7±10.8% respectively; P<0.02), suggesting a reduced reabsorption of sodium in the proximal tubule. This was compensated for by an increased distal reabsorption of sodium in patients with NPG (P<0.01). These data demonstrate that patients with vasospastic NPG have a high excretion of lithium, suggesting reduced sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule, in spite of a low BP. The abnormal renal sodium handling might contribute to the maintenance of arterial hypotension and progression of the optic nerve damage in these patients.

1985 ◽  
Vol 249 (6) ◽  
pp. F941-F947 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Roos ◽  
H. A. Koomans ◽  
E. J. Dorhout Mees ◽  
I. M. Delawi

We studied renal sodium handling, extracellular fluid volume (ECFV), plasma renin activity, aldosterone and norepinephrine, and blood pressure in eight healthy volunteers after equilibration on intakes of 20, 200, and 1,128 +/- 141 meq sodium, respectively. Renal sodium handling was assessed by means of clearance studies during maximal water diuresis and lithium clearance. Urinary sodium excretions were 22 +/- 4, 202 +/- 19, and 1,052 +/- 86 meq/day. From the lower to the upper sodium intake level, 24-h creatinine clearance rose from 111 +/- 7 to 136 +/- 11 ml/min and inulin clearance from 103 +/- 9 to 129 +/- 9 ml/min, whereas proximal and distal fractional sodium reabsorption (FSRprox and FSRdist, respectively) fell from 86.8 +/- 1.3 to 79.0 +/- 2.7% and from 96.5 +/- 0.5 to 76.0 +/- 1.9%, respectively. During the normal sodium intake (200 meq), intermediate values were recorded. The changes in fractional lithium clearance were less consistent but correlated with FSRprox (r = 0.78, P less than 0.001) and not with FSRdist. Major changes in plasma renin activity, aldosterone, and, to a lesser extent, norepinephrine accompanied these changes in kidney function, displaying inverse and exponential correlations with daily sodium excretion and ECFV. No consistent rise in blood pressure was detected. These observations indicate that in healthy humans renal adaptation to vast variations in sodium intake includes resetting of glomerular filtration rate, FSRprox, and, in particular, FSRdist. Alterations in neurohumoral factors may play a dominant role in this adaptation.


Physiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica R. Ivy ◽  
Matthew A. Bailey

Blood pressure follows a daily rhythm, dipping during nocturnal sleep in humans. Attenuation of this dip (nondipping) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Renal control of sodium homeostasis is essential for long-term blood pressure control. Sodium reabsorption and excretion have rhythms that rely on predictive/circadian as well as reactive adaptations. We explore how these rhythms might contribute to blood pressure rhythm in health and disease.


1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gonda ◽  
N. Wong ◽  
J. F. Seely ◽  
J. H. Dirks

The effects of unilateral vasodilatation and alterations in the mean arterial pressure upon the renal handling of calcium and magnesium were studied by clearance methods in dogs. Unilateral vasodilatation was produced by infusion of acetylcholine or bradykinin into the left renal artery, while arterial pressure was altered by aortic constriction, carotid occlusion and vagotomy, or by systemic infusion of angiotensin. Urinary electrolyte excretion was increased markedly by the infusion of each vasodilator and also varied directly with the mean arterial pressure, despite the absence of any significant changes in the filtered load. The fractional excretion of both calcium and magnesium correlated significantly with that of sodium. These results indicate that acute changes in renal hemodynamics modify the tubular reabsorption of divalent cations as well as alter sodium reabsorption.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Feng Wen

1. Clearance and micropuncture studies were performed in 19 thyroparathyroidectomized dogs to examine the inter-relationship between the renal transport of sodium, glucose and phosphate. 2. All experiments were carried out before and after the intravenous administration of phlorhizin [7 mg (15 μmol)/kg] with a sustaining infusion of the same dose/h. Thirteen dogs were studied during hydropenia (group I) and six dogs in the volume-expanded state (group II). 3. In the proximal tubule, phlorhizin significantly reduced sodium reabsorption in hydropenic dogs, but had no effect in volume-expanded dogs. Proximal tubular glucose reabsorption was completely inhibited by phlorhizin in both groups, but no significant change in phosphate reabsorption was observed. 4. Fractional glucose excretion in the urine reached 83–89% after phlorhizin, values significantly less than 100%, suggesting a residual reabsorption of glucose in a more distal segment or in deep nephrons. The changes in fractional excretion of sodium and phosphate were significantly correlated. 5. The effect of phlorhizin on both sodium and glucose reabsorption in the proximal tubule in hydropenic dogs suggests the existence of a co-transport mechanism, whereas the absence of an effect on sodium transport in volume-expanded dogs despite complete inhibition of glucose reabsorption indicates the existence of a sodium-independent component of net proximal tubular glucose transport. 6. Absence of the effect of phlorhizin on proximal tubular phosphate transport in the face of a significant reduction in sodium reabsorption implies that the reciprocal relationship between glucose and phosphate transport could be masked by the changes in sodium transport. Thus the sodium-phosphate transport relationship may prevail over that of glucose-phosphate in the proximal tubule.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 2051-2057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Xu ◽  
Ali Hashem ◽  
Anna Witasp ◽  
Rik Mencke ◽  
David Goldsmith ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Recent studies suggest that the phosphaturic hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is involved in regulation of renal sodium excretion and blood pressure. There is evidence of both direct effects via regulation of the sodium-chloride symporter (NCC) in the distal tubule, and indirect effects through interactions with the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system. However, clinical data on the association between FGF23 and renal sodium regulation is lacking. Herein, we investigated the associations of FGF23 with renal sodium handling and blood pressure in non-dialysis CKD patients. Methods This was a cross-sectional study encompassing 180 CKD patients Stage 1–5, undergoing renal biopsy. Plasma intact FGF23, 24-h urinary sodium excretion, fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) and blood pressure were measured at baseline. The association between FGF23 and renal sodium handling was explored by multivariate regression analysis. Results The median age was 52.8 years, 60.6% were men and the median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 50.6 mL/min/1.73 m2. In univariate analysis, FGF23 was positively associated with FENa (Spearman’s rho = 0.47; P < 0.001) and systolic blood pressure (rho = 0.17, P < 0.05), but not with plasma sodium, 24-h urinary sodium excretion or mean arterial blood pressure. The association between FGF23 and FENa remained significant after adjustment for potential confounders (multivariable adjusted β coefficient 0.60, P < 0.001). This association was stronger among the 107 individuals with eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (β = 0.47, P = 0.04) and in the 73 individuals on any diuretics (β = 0.88, P < 0.001). Adjustment for measured GFR instead of eGFR did not alter the relationship. Conclusions FGF23 is independently associated with increased FENa in non-dialysis CKD patients. These data do not support the notion that FGF23 causes clinically significant sodium retention. Further studies are warranted to explore the mechanism underlying this association.


1989 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Firth ◽  
A. E. G. Raine ◽  
J. G. G. Ledingham

1. Isolated kidneys taken from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKY) were perfused over a range of perfusion pressures. 2. Lithium clearance was used as an index of proximal tubule sodium handling. 3. When the perfusate contained an oncotic agent (albumin, 6.7 g/dl) the SHR kidneys performed differently from the WKY kidneys with a reduction in inulin clearance, sodium excretion, fractional sodium excretion and fractional lithium excretion [at 105 mmHg (14 kPa) perfusion pressure, SHR 6.0 ± 1.1% vs WKY 12.6 ± 2.4% (mean ± sem); at 150 mmHg (20 kPa), SHR 17.1 ± 1.6% vs WKY 27.0 ± 2.3%]. Calculated indices of distal tubular function showed no major differences between SHR and WKY. 4. When kidneys were perfused without oncotic agent in the perfusate the differences between SHR and WKY in tubular handling of sodium and lithium were largely abolished. 5. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that increased sodium reabsorption occurs in the proximal tubules of the kidneys of SHR and suggest that this is an intrinsic property of the kidney, not immediately dependent on neural or humoral factors. Increased sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule may contribute significantly to the existence of hypertension in the SHR.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1101-1108
Author(s):  
Nora Schwotzer ◽  
Michel Burnier ◽  
Marc Maillard ◽  
Pascal Bovet ◽  
Fred Paccaud ◽  
...  

Abstract BACKGROUND Renal sodium handling could be a potential mediator linking adipokines to hypertension. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship of leptin with urinary sodium excretion and proximal sodium reabsorption in humans. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on participants of hypertensive families from the Seychelles Island. A split urine (daytime and nighttime) collection and plasma leptin were measured. Endogenous lithium clearance was used to assess proximal sodium reabsorption. Mixed multiple linear regression tests adjusted for confounding factors were used. RESULTS Three hundred and sixty-five participants (57% women) were included in this analysis. Leptin and adiponectin were higher in women (P < 0.001). Leptin was associated positively with daytime (coefficient [c]: 0.16, standard deviation (SD): 0.03, P < 0.001), nighttime urinary sodium excretion (c: 0.17, SD: 0.04), P < 0.01), daytime lithium clearance (c: 0.40, SD: 0.08, P < 0.001), and nighttime lithium clearance (c: 0.39, SD: 0.10, P < 0.001) after adjusting for sex. The association was lost or mitigated only when BMI was introduced in the model. When BMI was categorized in normal vs. overweight participant, leptin was associated with daytime and nighttime sodium excretion rates (c: 0.14, SD: 0.05, P = 0.011 and c: 0.22, SD: 0.07, P = 0.002, respectively) only in overweight participants. CONCLUSION Leptin is associated positively with daytime and nighttime sodium excretion and lithium clearance suggesting a natriuretic rather than a sodium retaining effect of leptin. Sex and body mass index (BMI) are major confounders in this association. These results highlight the importance of sex and obesity in our understanding of the relationships between leptin, blood pressure, and renal sodium handling.


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (1) ◽  
pp. R86-R90 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Gonzalez-Campoy ◽  
J. Kachelski ◽  
J. C. Burnett ◽  
J. C. Romero ◽  
J. P. Granger ◽  
...  

The response of the proximal tubule to chronic aldosterone administration (15 micrograms.kg-1.day-1) was evaluated in eight conscious female mongrel dogs. Temporal profiles between hemodynamic and hormonal changes and the fractional excretions of sodium and lithium were established. Aldosterone infusion resulted in a significant decrease in urinary sodium excretion from 9.2 +/- 1.3 to 5.8 +/- 0.9 meq/h after 1 day, returning to normal by the 5th day. These changes in urinary sodium excretion were associated with significant elevations of the mean arterial pressure (MAP) from 105 +/- 5 to 111 +/- 6 mmHg and plasma atrial natriuretic factor concentrations (ANF) from 30 +/- 2 to 57 +/- 7 pg/ml beginning the 1st day of infusion. Plasma renin activity (PRA), on the other hand, was depressed by aldosterone, falling below the level of detectability. The fractional excretion of lithium increased significantly by day 2 of aldosterone infusion (from 29 +/- 3 to 44 +/- 6%), reflecting the proximal tubular response to the above changes. We conclude that the proximal tubule responds to increases in MAP and ANF and decreases in PRA during aldosterone infusion by decreasing sodium reabsorption. Subsequent nephron segments must also respond to the volume expansion produced by aldosterone, since the sustained proximal tubule natriuretic response is insufficient to explain all of escape.


Pharmacology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Yuichi Uwai ◽  
Tomohiro Nabekura

Lithium, administered to patients of bipolar disorders, is mainly excreted into urine, and tubular reabsorption at the proximal tubule is involved in the renal handling of lithium. In this study, we examined the renal excretion of lithium in rats with Fanconi syndrome, characterized by defects of transports of various compounds at the proximal tubules, induced by maleic acid. After maleic acid was intravenously injected, mannitol and lithium chloride were infused in turn. Using samples of plasma and bladder urine during the mannitol infusion, renal parameters were determined. Pharmacokinetic parameters of lithium were obtained using samples during the lithium chloride infusion. Maleic acid decreased creatinine clearance and increased the fractional excretion of glucose and phosphate, suggesting the induction of Fanconi syndrome. In rats with Fanconi syndrome, plasma concentration of lithium was increased, and its renal clearance was decreased. No effect on the fractional excretion of lithium was exhibited. This study represents that the tubular reabsorption of lithium was impaired to the same degree with glomerular filtration in rats with experimental Fanconi syndrome and that the dysfunction of the tubular reabsorption of glucose and phosphate was more severe. It is possible that Fanconi syndrome inhibited the reabsorption of lithium at the proximal tubule and facilitated the reabsorption of lithium from the loop of Henle to the collecting duct.


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