Lorena Citterio1, Simona Delli Carpini1, Sara Lupoli2, Elena Brioni1, Marco Simonini1, Simone Fontana1, Laura Zagato1, Elisabetta Messaggio1, Cristina Barlassina2, Daniele Cusi3,4, Paolo Manunta1, Chiara Lanzani5. 1. Genomics of Renal Diseases and Hypertension Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. 2. Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Filarete Foundation, Milan, Italy. 3. Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR), Milan, Italy; and. 4. Bio4Dreams Scientific Unit, Bio4Dreams-Business Nursery for Life Sciences, Milan, Italy. 5. Genomics of Renal Diseases and Hypertension Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; lanzani.chiara@hsr.it.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hypertension is a common aging-related disorder. Salt intake is one of the main environmental factors contributing to the development of hypertension. Transgenic mice with one-half Klotho deficiency displayed a spontaneous BP increase and salt-sensitive hypertension in response to high sodium intake. Usually circulating levels of α-Klotho decrease with age, and this reduction may be stronger in patients with several aging-related diseases. This study aimed at exploring the association of Klotho with salt sensitivity in humans. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: The role of Klotho polymorphisms and α-Klotho serum levels was evaluated in patients with hypertension who were treatment naive and underwent an acute salt-sensitivity test (discovery n=673, intravenous 2 L of 0.9% saline in 2 hours). Salt sensitivity was defined as a mean BP increase of >4 mm Hg at the end of the infusion. A total of 32 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Klotho gene (KL), previously identified with a genome-wide association study, were used in the genetic analysis and studied for a pressure-natriuresis relationship. RESULTS: Of the patients with hypertension, 35% were classified as salt sensitive. The most relevant polymorphism associated with pressure natriuresis was the common missense single nucleotide polymorphism rs9536314, and the GG and GT genotypes were more represented among patients who were salt sensitive (P=0.001). Those carrying the G allele showed a less steep pressure-natriuresis relationship, meaning that a significant increase in mean BP was needed to excrete the same quantity of salt compared with patients who were salt resistant. KL rs9536314 also replicated the pressure-natriuresis association in an independent replication cohort (n=193) and in the combined analysis (n=866). There was an inverse relationship between circulating Klotho and mean BP changes after the saline infusion (r=-0.14, P=0.03). Moreover, circulating α-Klotho was directly related to kidney function at baseline eGFR (r=0.22, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: KL rs9536314 is associated with salt-sensitive hypertension in patients with hypertension who are treatment naive. Moreover, circulating α-Klotho levels were mainly related to diastolic BP changes at the end of a salt load and to eGFR as an expression of kidney aging.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hypertension is a common aging-related disorder. Salt intake is one of the main environmental factors contributing to the development of hypertension. Transgenic mice with one-half Klotho deficiency displayed a spontaneous BP increase and salt-sensitive hypertension in response to high sodium intake. Usually circulating levels of α-Klotho decrease with age, and this reduction may be stronger in patients with several aging-related diseases. This study aimed at exploring the association of Klotho with salt sensitivity in humans. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: The role of Klotho polymorphisms and α-Klotho serum levels was evaluated in patients with hypertension who were treatment naive and underwent an acute salt-sensitivity test (discovery n=673, intravenous 2 L of 0.9% saline in 2 hours). Salt sensitivity was defined as a mean BP increase of >4 mm Hg at the end of the infusion. A total of 32 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Klotho gene (KL), previously identified with a genome-wide association study, were used in the genetic analysis and studied for a pressure-natriuresis relationship. RESULTS: Of the patients with hypertension, 35% were classified as salt sensitive. The most relevant polymorphism associated with pressure natriuresis was the common missense single nucleotide polymorphism rs9536314, and the GG and GT genotypes were more represented among patients who were salt sensitive (P=0.001). Those carrying the G allele showed a less steep pressure-natriuresis relationship, meaning that a significant increase in mean BP was needed to excrete the same quantity of salt compared with patients who were salt resistant. KL rs9536314 also replicated the pressure-natriuresis association in an independent replication cohort (n=193) and in the combined analysis (n=866). There was an inverse relationship between circulating Klotho and mean BP changes after the saline infusion (r=-0.14, P=0.03). Moreover, circulating α-Klotho was directly related to kidney function at baseline eGFR (r=0.22, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: KL rs9536314 is associated with salt-sensitive hypertension in patients with hypertension who are treatment naive. Moreover, circulating α-Klotho levels were mainly related to diastolic BP changes at the end of a salt load and to eGFR as an expression of kidney aging.
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