Na+ leak in erythrocytes from essential hypertensive patients

1985 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo P. Garay ◽  
Corinne Nazaret

1. Ouabain- and bumetanide-resistant (OBR) Na+ efflux from human erythrocytes into a Mg2+-sucrose medium exhibits kinetic properties consistent with a transmembrane Na+ leak. 2. In 52 essential hypertensive patients, the rate constant of Na+ leak (ke) was 15.0 ± 2.9 × 10−3h−1 (mean ±sd). This was significantly higher than the ke in 47 normotensive controls (13.2 ± 1.6 × 10−3h−1; t = 3.81, P < 0.001; Mann-Whitney U rank sum test P = 0.0014). The relatively small number of patients studied was insufficient to decide if the hypertensive population was bi-modally distributed. Nevertheless, if the upper end of the normotensive population is used as a cutoff point, it appears that a subgroup of 12 hypertensive patients had an increased Na+ leak, ke = 19.5 ± 1.9 × 10−3 h−1 (mean±sd). The increased Na+ leak remained constant in repeated determinations over several months. 3. Na+ movements catalysed by the Na+-K+ co-transport and Na+-Li+ countertransport systems were measured in the above 52 hypertensive patients. Seventeen hypertensive patients showed a low apparent affinity of the co-transport system for internal Na+ and 12 exhibited a high maximal rate of Na+-Li+ countertransport. None of these two abnormalities was found in the 12 hypertensive patients with increased ke. We propose to denote them as Leak-(+) hypertensive patients. 4. Passive net Na+ entry was abnormally high in all Leak-(+) hypertensive patients. However, erythrocyte Na+ content was increased in only five of the 12 Leak-(+) hypertensive patients. A normal or even decreased Na+ content was associated with the presence of compensatory increases in the maximal rate of the Na+-K+ pump and the Na+-K+ co-transport system.

1985 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Delva ◽  
Mario De Gasperi ◽  
Maurizio Degan ◽  
Grazia Covi ◽  
Alessandro Lechi

1. Outward bumetanide-sensitive Na+-K+ co-transport was studied in the erythrocytes of 51 subjects, 24 normotensive subjects and 27 hypertensive patients, matched for sex and age. 2. Three kinetic parameters of this cation transport system were considered: velocity of efflux at saturating internal sodium (Nai) concentrations (Vmax.), apparent affinity for sodium (K50%) and index of co-operativity among Nai sites (Hill's n). 3. We correlated these values with clinical and laboratory data determined routinely in hypertension. 4. There were no significant differences between normotensive and hypertensive subjects for the values considered and we did not find any significant correlations between co-transport and clinical data.


1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (1) ◽  
pp. H1-H6 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Diez ◽  
P. Hannaert ◽  
R. P. Garay

The interaction of the Na+-K+ pump with internal Na+ was investigated in erythrocytes from 38 normotensive control subjects and 49 essential hypertensive patients. In six of the hypertensive patients, the Na+-K+ pump exhibited an apparent dissociation constant for internal Na+ (KNa) above an upper normal limit of 7 mmol/l cells. Four of these six hypertensives showed an increase in the maximal rate of ouabain-sensitive Na+ efflux (Vmax), above an upper normal limit of 11 mmol X l cells-1 X h-1. These abnormalities were stable in repeated determinations over 1–3 yr. A kinetic study of other erythrocyte Na+ transport pathways showed that 16 hypertensives had a low apparent affinity of the Na+-K+ cotransport system for internal Na+, 10 hypertensives exhibited increased Na+-Li+ countertransport fluxes, and 11 hypertensives had increased Na+ leak. None of these three abnormalities were observed in the six hypertensives with abnormal pump fluxes. We thus propose to denominate them as Pump (-) hypertensives. Interestingly, four Pump (-) hypertensives exhibited an increased maximal rate of outward Na+-K+ cotransport. Basal erythrocyte Na+ content of Pump (-) hypertensives was within normal range. This suggests that the increased maximal rates of the Na+-K+ pump and Na+-K+ cotransport system compensate the low pump affinity for internal Na+.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1069-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges Dagher ◽  
Ricardo P. Garay

In erythrocytes from essential hypertensive patients and some of their normotensive offspring, the Na+,K+ co-transport system is unable to transport Na+ in an uphill direction against the electrochemical Na+ gradient. Recent studies of the kinetic properties of this system have permitted us to further characterize the abnormal co-transport in hypertension.Thirty-four essential hypertensive patients were characterized by a two-to three-fold decrease in the maximal rate of the outward Na+,K+ co-transport and a partial uncoupling of this system as compared with 22 normotensive controls. On the other hand, a normal co-transport was found in five secondary hypertensives with no family history of hypertension, thus indicating that the abnormal co-transport is not the consequence of high blood pressure per se. An abnormal co-transport was also found in around 50% of 19 young normotensives born of one hypertensive parent, suggesting genetic transmission.This study allows us to propose the use of a specific Na+,K+ co-transport assay for the differential diagnosis between essential and secondary hypertension and for the detection of those normotensives born of hypertensive parents with a potential risk to develop high blood pressure.


1986 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Hannaert ◽  
R P Garay

We examined the kinetic properties of the interactions between inner and outer cation sites of the Na-Li countertransport system in human red blood cells. Li-stimulated Na efflux [V(Na)] was measured as a function of external Li [(Li)o] and internal Na [(Na)i] contents. At each (Li)o, a Hanes plot of (Na)i/V(Na) vs. (Na)i allowed us to calculate the apparent dissociation constant for internal Na (KiNa) and the maximal rate of Na efflux [Vmax(Na)]. In erythrocytes from 10 different subjects, the Vmax(Na)/KiNa ratios were independent of the external Li concentrations. In other experiments, Na-stimulated Li efflux [V(Li)] was measured as a function of external Na and internal Li contents. In three subjects studied, the Vmax(Li)/KiLi ratios were independent of the external Na concentrations. The data strongly suggest that the countertransport mechanism is consecutive ("ping-pong").


2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (03) ◽  
pp. 172-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maud Vivien ◽  
Emilie Deberles ◽  
Remy Morello ◽  
Aimi Haddouche ◽  
David Guenet ◽  
...  

AbstractThe diagnostic workup for primary aldosteronism includes a screening step using the aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) and a confirmatory step based on dynamic testing of aldosterone secretion autonomy. International guidelines suggest that precise clinical and biochemical conditions may allow the bypassing of the confirmatory step, however, data which validate hormone thresholds defining such conditions are lacking. At our tertiary center, we retrospectively examined a cohort of 173 hypertensive patients screened for PA by the ARR, of whom 120 had positive screening and passed a saline infusion test (SIT) or a captopril challenge test (CCT). Fifty-nine had PA, including 34 Conn adenomas and 25 with idiopathic aldosteronism (IA). Using a threshold of 160 pmol/l, post-SIT plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) identified PA with 86.4% sensitivity, 94.7% specificity, and a negative predictive value of 92.3%. Of those subjects with a high ARR and a PAC above 550 pmol/l, 93% had a positive SIT, while 100% of subjects with a high ARR, but a PAC under 240 pmol/l had a negative SIT. Our results thus validate the biochemical conditions defined in the French and US guidelines for bypassing the confirmatory step in the workup for PA diagnosis.


1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Sarkadi ◽  
J K Alifimoff ◽  
R B Gunn ◽  
D C Tosteson

This paper describes the kinetics and stoichiometry of a tightly coupled Na-Li exchange transport system in human red cells. The system is inhibited by phloretin and furosemide but not by ouabain. Li influx by this system increases and saturates with increasing concentrations of external Li and internal Na and is inhibited competitively by external Na. Comparable functions relate Li efflux and Na efflux to internal and external Li and Na concentrations. Analysis of these relations yields the following values for the ion concentrations required to half-maximally activate the transport system: internal Na and Li 9.0 and 0.5 mM, respectively, external Na and Li 25 and 1.5 mM, respectively. The system performs a 1:1 exchange of Na and Li moving in opposite directions across the red cell membrane. We found no evidence for a simultaneous transport of more than one Na and Li by the system. The maximum transport rate of Na-dependent Li transport varied between 0.1 and 0.37 mmol/(liter of cells X h) in the red cells of the five normal male subjects studied. No significant variations between individual subjects were observed for bicarbonate-stimulated Li transport and for the residual Li fluxes which occur in the absence of bicarbonate and in the presence of ouabain plus phloretin.


1994 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Baggio ◽  
Giovanni Gambaro ◽  
Francesco Marchini ◽  
Massimo Vincenti ◽  
Giulio Ceolotto ◽  
...  

1. Anomalous transmembrane anion transport has been observed in erythrocytes of patients with idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis. 2. To verify whether cation transport is also abnormal, we investigated the frusemide-sensitive Na+ efflux from Na+-loaded erythrocytes and the natriuretic response to acute intravenous frusemide administration in calcium oxalate renal stone formers. 3. Frusemide administration induced a statistically significant smaller increase in the fractional excretion of Na+ in patients than in control subjects. Abnormal kinetic properties of erythrocyte Na+-K+-2Cl− co-transport were observed in approximately 60% of stone formers. The Km for Na+ of Na+-K+-2Cl− co-transport correlated with urinary Ca2+ excretion. 4. The abnormal kinetic properties of Na+-K+-2Cl− co-transport may be relevant for stone formation, hampering renal Ca2+ reabsorption in the distal nephron and determining critical physicochemical conditions for calcium/oxalate crystallization.


1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Zhuang ◽  
G A Ahearn

Ca2+ transport by hepatopancreatic basolateral membrane vesicles of Atlantic lobster (Homarus americanus) occurred by at least two independent processes: (1) an ATP-dependent carrier transport system, and (2) a Na+-gradient-dependent carrier mechanism. The sensitivity of ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport to vanadate indicated that it was probably due to a P-type ATPase. This system exhibited an extremely high apparent affinity for Ca2+ (Kt=65.28+/-14.39 nmol l-1; Jmax=1. 07+/-0.06 pmol microg-1 protein 8 s-1). The Na+-gradient-dependent carrier transport system exhibited the properties of a Ca2+/Na+ antiporter capable of exchanging external Ca2+ with intravesicular Na+ or Li+. Kinetic analysis of the Na+-dependence of the antiport indicated that at least three Na+ were exchanged with each Ca2+ (n=2. 91+/-0.22). When Li+ replaced Na+ in exchange for 45Ca2+, the apparent affinity for Ca2+ influx was not significantly affected (with Na+, Kt=14.57+/-5.02 micromol l-1; with Li+, Kt=20.17+/-6.99 micromol l-1), but the maximal Ca2+ transport velocity was reduced by a factor of three (with Na+, Jmax=2.72+/-0.23 pmol microg-1 protein 8 s-1; with Li+, Jmax=1.03+/-0.10 pmol microg-1 protein 8 s-1). It is concluded that Ca2+ leaves hepatopancreatic epithelial cells across the basolateral membrane by way of a high-affinity, vanadate-sensitive Ca2+-ATPase and by way of a low-affinity Ca2+/Na+ antiporter with an apparent 3:1 exchange stoichiometry. The roles of these transporters in Ca2+ balance during the molt cycle are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juke S. Lolkema ◽  
Dirk J. Slotboom

With high-resolution structures available for many ion-coupled (secondary active) transporters, a major challenge for the field is to determine how coupling is accomplished. Knowledge of the kinetic mechanism of the transport reaction, which defines the binding order of substrate and co-ions, together with the sequence with which all relevant states are visited by the transporter, will help to reveal this coupling mechanism. Here, we derived general mathematical models that can be used to analyze data from steady-state transport measurements and show how kinetic mechanisms can be derived. The models describe how the apparent maximal rate of substrate transport depends on the co-ion concentration, and vice versa, in different mechanisms. Similarly, they describe how the apparent affinity for the transported substrate is affected by the co-ion concentration and vice versa. Analyses of maximal rates and affinities permit deduction of the number of co-ions that bind before, together with, and after the substrate. Hill analysis is less informative, but in some mechanisms, it can reveal the total number of co-ions transported with the substrate. However, prior knowledge of the number of co-ions from other experimental approaches is preferred when deriving kinetic mechanisms, because the models are generally overparameterized. The models we present have wide applicability for the study of ion-coupled transporters.


1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold J. Manley ◽  
George R. Bailie ◽  
Rupesh D. Asher ◽  
George Eisele ◽  
Reginald F. Frye

Objective To investigate the pharmacokinetic parameters of intermittent intraperitoneal (IP) cefazolin, and recommend a cefazolin dosing regimen in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. Design Prospective nonrandomized open study. Setting CAPD outpatient clinic in Albany, New York. Patients Seven volunteer CAPD patients without peritonitis. Three of the patients were nonanuric while 4 were anuric. Interventions Cefazolin (15 mg/kg total body weight) was given to each patient during the first peritoneal exchange. Blood and dialysate samples were collected at times 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6 (end of the first antibiotic-containing dwell), 24, and 48 hours after the administration of IP cefazolin. Urine samples were collected in nonanuric patients over the study period. Results The mean ± SD amount of cefazolin dose absorbed from the dialysate after the 6-hour dwell was 69.7% ± 8.0% of the administered dose. The cefazolin absorption rate constant from dialysate to serum was 0.21 ± 0.1 /hr (absorption half-life 3.5 ± 0.8 hr). The mean serum concentrations reached at 24 and 48 hours were 52.4 ± 3.7 mg/L and 30.3 ± 5.9 mg/L, respectively. The mean dialysate cefazolin concentrations reached at 24 and 48 hours were 15.1 ± 3.4 mg/L and 7.9 ± 1.4 mg/L, respectively. The cefazolin serum elimination rate constant was 0.02 ± 0.01 /hr (elimination half-life 31.5 ± 8.8 hr). The total cefazolin body clearance was 3.4 ± 0.6 mL/min. In the 3 nonanuric patients the mean renal clearance of cefazolin was 0.6 ± 0.4 mL/min. The peritoneal clearance of cefazolin was 1.0 ± 0.3 mL/min. The systemic volume of distribution of cefazolin was 0.2 ± 0.05 L/kg. No statistical difference was detected in pharmacokinetic parameters between anuric and nonanuric patients, although this may be due to the small number of patients in each group. Conclusion A single daily dose of cefazolin dosed at 15 mg/kg actual body weight in CAPD patients is effective in achieving serum concentration levels greater than the minimum inhibitory concentration for sensitive organisms over 48 hours, and dialysate concentration levels over 24 hours. Caution is warranted in extrapolation of dosing recommendations to patients who maintain a significant degree of residual renal function.


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