Aihua Wu1, Martin J Wolley1,2, Qi Wu3, Diane Cowley1, Johan Palmfeldt4, Paul A Welling5, Robert A Fenton3, Michael Stowasser1. 1. Endocrine Hypertension Research Centre, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Greenslopes and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, Brisbane, Australia. 2. Department of Nephrology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. 3. Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 4. Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 5. Department of Medicine and Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Abstract
Background: Sodium chloride (NaCl) loading and volume expansion suppress the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to reduce renal tubular reabsorption of NaCl and water, but effects on the sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) and relevant renal transmembrane proteins that are responsible for this modulation in humans are less well investigated. Methods: We used urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) as an indirect readout to assess renal transmembrane proteins involved in NaCl and water homeostasis in 44 patients with hypertension who had repeatedly raised aldosterone/renin ratios undergoing infusion of 2 L of 0.9% saline over 4 hours. Results: When measured by mass spectrometry in 13 patients, significant decreases were observed in NCC (median fold change [FC]=0.70); pendrin (FC=0.84); AQP2 (FC=0.62); and uEV markers, including ALIX (FC=0.65) and TSG101 (FC=0.66). Immunoblotting reproduced the reduction in NCC (FC=0.54), AQP2 (FC=0.42), ALIX (FC=0.52), and TSG101 (FC=0.55) in the remaining 31 patients, and demonstrated a significant decrease in phosphorylated NCC (pNCC; FC=0.49). However, after correction for ALIX, the reductions in NCC (FC=0.90) and pNCC (FC=1.00) were no longer apparent, whereas the significant decrease in AQP2 persisted (FC=0.62). Conclusion: We conclude that (1) decreases in NCC and pNCC, induced by acute NaCl loading and volume expansion, may be due to diluted post-test urines; (2) the lack of change of NCC and pNCC when corrected for ALIX, despite a fall in plasma aldosterone, may be due to the lack of change in plasma K+; and (3) the decrease in AQP2 may be due to a decrease in vasopressin in response to volume expansion.
Background: Sodium chloride (NaCl) loading and volume expansion suppress the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to reduce renal tubular reabsorption of NaCl and water, but effects on the sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) and relevant renal transmembrane proteins that are responsible for this modulation in humans are less well investigated. Methods: We used urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) as an indirect readout to assess renal transmembrane proteins involved in NaCl and water homeostasis in 44 patients with hypertension who had repeatedly raised aldosterone/renin ratios undergoing infusion of 2 L of 0.9% saline over 4 hours. Results: When measured by mass spectrometry in 13 patients, significant decreases were observed in NCC (median fold change [FC]=0.70); pendrin (FC=0.84); AQP2 (FC=0.62); and uEV markers, including ALIX (FC=0.65) and TSG101 (FC=0.66). Immunoblotting reproduced the reduction in NCC (FC=0.54), AQP2 (FC=0.42), ALIX (FC=0.52), and TSG101 (FC=0.55) in the remaining 31 patients, and demonstrated a significant decrease in phosphorylated NCC (pNCC; FC=0.49). However, after correction for ALIX, the reductions in NCC (FC=0.90) and pNCC (FC=1.00) were no longer apparent, whereas the significant decrease in AQP2 persisted (FC=0.62). Conclusion: We conclude that (1) decreases in NCC and pNCC, induced by acute NaCl loading and volume expansion, may be due to diluted post-test urines; (2) the lack of change of NCC and pNCC when corrected for ALIX, despite a fall in plasma aldosterone, may be due to the lack of change in plasma K+; and (3) the decrease in AQP2 may be due to a decrease in vasopressin in response to volume expansion.
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