title: A circulating Na+-K+ATPase inhibitor, erythrocyte sodium transport and hypertension in patients with chronic renal failure.
abstract: The level of circulating Na+-K+ATPase inhibitor (% inhibition), erythrocyte ouabain-sensitive 22Na+ efflux rate constant (Kos) and erythrocyte sodium content (RBC Na) were measured in 11 undialysed patients with chronic renal failure, 16 patients on chronic hemodialysis and 16 age-matched normotensive healthy controls. In uremics, % inhibition was significantly higher than that in the controls (p less than 0.001). There were significant correlations between % inhibition and both mean blood pressure (r = 0.74, p less than 0.001) and Kos (r = -0.47, p less than 0.005) for all the groups combined. Hypertensive uremics showed significantly higher % inhibition, lower Kos and higher RBC Na compared with normotensive ones. These data suggest that the elevated level of circulating Na+-K+ ATPase inhibitor may, at least in part, account for the pathogenesis of hypertension in patients with chronic renal failure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000097:blood; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007473:Ion Channels; D010042:Ouabain; D012964:Sodium; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase