Robin A Felder1, John J Gildea2, Peng Xu2, Wei Yue2, Ines Armando3, Robert M Carey4, Pedro A Jose3. 1. Department of Pathology, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. robin@virginia.edu. 2. Department of Pathology, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 3. Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology/Pharmacology, Division of Renal Diseases & Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. 4. Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review the etiology of inverse salt sensitivity of blood pressure (BP). RECENT FINDINGS: Both high and low sodium (Na+) intake can be associated with increased BP and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, little is known regarding the mechanisms involved in the increase in BP in response to low Na+ intake, a condition termed inverse salt sensitivity of BP, which affects approximately 15% of the adult population. The renal proximal tubule is important in regulating up to 70% of renal Na+ transport. The renin-angiotensin and renal dopaminergic systems play both synergistic and opposing roles in the regulation of Na+ transport in this nephron segment. Clinical studies have demonstrated that individuals express a "personal salt index" (PSI) that marks whether they are salt-resistant, salt-sensitive, or inverse salt-sensitive. Inverse salt sensitivity results in part from genetic polymorphisms in various Na+ regulatory genes leading to a decrease in natriuretic activity and an increase in renal tubular Na+ reabsorption leading to an increase in BP. This article reviews the potential mechanisms of a new pathophysiologic entity, inverse salt sensitivity of BP, which affects approximately 15% of the general adult population.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review the etiology of inverse salt sensitivity of blood pressure (BP). RECENT FINDINGS: Both high and low sodium (Na+) intake can be associated with increased BP and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, little is known regarding the mechanisms involved in the increase in BP in response to low Na+ intake, a condition termed inverse salt sensitivity of BP, which affects approximately 15% of the adult population. The renal proximal tubule is important in regulating up to 70% of renal Na+ transport. The renin-angiotensin and renal dopaminergic systems play both synergistic and opposing roles in the regulation of Na+ transport in this nephron segment. Clinical studies have demonstrated that individuals express a "personal salt index" (PSI) that marks whether they are salt-resistant, salt-sensitive, or inverse salt-sensitive. Inverse salt sensitivity results in part from genetic polymorphisms in various Na+ regulatory genes leading to a decrease in natriuretic activity and an increase in renal tubular Na+ reabsorption leading to an increase in BP. This article reviews the potential mechanisms of a new pathophysiologic entity, inverse salt sensitivity of BP, which affects approximately 15% of the general adult population.
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