title: Platelet sodium-proton exchange is increased in essential hypertension.
abstract: Transmembrane sodium-hydrogen (Na+-H+) exchange was measured indirectly in human platelets as the amiloride-sensitive change in volume during incubation in isosmotic sodium propionate. After first establishing the reproducibility of the assay, we measured propionate-activated volume increases in platelets from 24 male essential hypertensive patients and 20 male normotensives. For the entire group, platelet Na+-H+ exchange was significantly (P less than 0.006) higher in hypertensives compared with normotensives. Unlike red blood cell (RDC) cation transport markers of hypertension, platelet Na+-H+ exchange was elevated in both black and white hypertensives. Na+-H+ exchange was significantly positively correlated with diastolic blood pressure and did not correlate significantly with age, body weight or body mass index. In addition, platelet Na+-H+ exchange did not correlate significantly with red blood cell lithium-sodium countertransport activity. Platelet Na+-H+ exchange deserves further study as a marker for pathophysiological abnormalities in human hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schmouder
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Weder
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007474:Ion Exchange; D008297:Male; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015222:Sodium Channels; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers