Renal Hypouricemia: Classification, Tubular Defect and Clinical Consequences

Author(s):  
Oded Sperling
2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Tinmouth ◽  
Ian Chin-Yee

1977 ◽  
Vol 38 (04) ◽  
pp. 0850-0862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Schaub ◽  
Ronald Sande ◽  
Kenneth M. Meyers

SummaryPermanent ligation of the feline aorta at the iliac bifurcation is followed by rapid opening of pre-existing collateral blood vessels. However, if ligation is combined with formation of a clot, these protective collateral vessels do not function. This study was undertaken to determine if drugs which alter serotonin function can improve collateral blood flow after arterial thrombosis. Permanent ligations were placed at the iliac bifurcation, circumflex iliac and sixth lumbar arteries in all cats. A clot was produced in the aorta of 27 cats by injection of 0.1 ml of thromboplastin. Ligated clot-occluded cats were untreated (10); had blood serotonin depleted using a single dose of reserpine (0.1 mg/kg i. m.) followed by para-chlorophenylanine (p-CPA) (100 mg/kg orally) every 3 days (9) ; or were treated prior to surgery with a serotonin antagonist cinanserin HC1 (4 mg/kg i. v.) (8). Control cats (18) were acutely ligated. 9 of these cats were untreated, 5 were cinanserin HC1-treated, and 4 were reserpine/p-CPA-treated. Extent of collateral development was assessed by aortograms 3 days after occlusion and by neurologic rating. Aortograms of acutely ligated cats indicated a significant collateral blood flow around the segment of ligated aorta, while ligated clot-occluded cats had a severely depressed hind-limb perfusion. Reserpine/p-CPA-treated ligation clot-occluded cats had aortograms similar to acutely ligated cats. The cinanserin HC1-treated ligation clot-occluded cats had aortograms which indicated hind-limb perfusion was not as adequate as the acutely ligated cats. However, the perfusion of these animals was improved over untreated ligation clot-occluded cats. Neurologic rating correlated with aortograms. These results suggest: 1) the clinical consequences of arterial thrombosis cannot be entirely attributed to mechanical occlusion of an artery, but may be due to depression of protective collateral blood flow induced by thrombosis, 2) serotonin is an important factor in this depression of collateral blood flow, and 3) isolation of the factors responsible for collateral inhibition could permit the development of therapeutic interventions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Hyeon Cha ◽  
Heon Yung Gee ◽  
Raul Cachau ◽  
Jong Mun Choi ◽  
Daeui Park ◽  
...  

Abstract Differentiating between inherited renal hypouricemia and transient hypouricemic status is challenging. Here, we aimed to describe the genetic background of hypouricemia patients using whole-exome sequencing (WES) and assess the feasibility for genetic diagnosis using two founder variants in primary screening. We selected all cases (N = 31) with extreme hypouricemia (<1.3 mg/dl) from a Korean urban cohort of 179,381 subjects without underlying conditions. WES and corresponding downstream analyses were performed for the discovery of rare causal variants for hypouricemia. Two known recessive variants within SLC22A12 (p.Trp258*, pArg90His) were identified in 24 out of 31 subjects (77.4%). In an independent cohort, we identified 50 individuals with hypouricemia and genotyped the p.Trp258* and p.Arg90His variants; 47 of the 50 (94%) hypouricemia cases were explained by only two mutations. Four novel coding variants in SLC22A12, p.Asn136Lys, p.Thr225Lys, p.Arg284Gln, and p.Glu429Lys, were additionally identified. In silico studies predict these as pathogenic variants. This is the first study to show the value of genetic diagnostic screening for hypouricemia in the clinical setting. Screening of just two ethnic-specific variants (p.Trp258* and p.Arg90His) identified 87.7% (71/81) of Korean patients with monogenic hypouricemia. Early genetic identification of constitutive hypouricemia may prevent acute kidney injury by avoidance of dehydration and excessive exercise.


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish K. Kasliwal ◽  
Lee A. Tan ◽  
John E. O'Toole

Spinal metastases are the most common of spinal neoplasms and occur predominantly in an extradural location. Their appearance in an intradural location is uncommon and is associated with a poor prognosis. Cerebrospinal fluid dissemination accounts for a significant number of intradural spinal metastases mostly manifesting as leptomeningeal carcinomatoses or drop metastases from intracranial tumors. The occurrence of local tumor dissemination intradurally following surgery for an extradural spinal metastasis has not been reported previously. The authors describe 2 cases in which local intradural and intramedullary tumor recurrences occurred following resection of extradural metastases that were complicated by unintended durotomy. To heighten clinical awareness of this unusual form of local tumor recurrence, the authors discuss the possible etiology and clinical consequences of this entity.


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