title: Absent factor VIII response to synthetic vasopressin analogue (DDAVP) in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
abstract: To study the effect of 1-deamino-8D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) on the factor VIII response in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), 0.30 microgram/kg DDAVP was given to 2 unrelated NDI patients, 3 obligate carriers, and 20 controls. Factor VIII coagulant activity (FVIIIC) and factor VIII related antigen (FVIIIR:Ag) responses were absent in both NDI patients and were decreased by approximately 50% in the carriers by comparison with controls. These results show that the vasopressin receptor defect in NDI is not confined to the kidney but is equally expressed in other tissues including the vascular endothelium and hepatic sinusoids, the respective sites of FVIIIR:Ag and FVIIIC production. A decreased factor VIII response may help in identifying carriers in families at risk.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Kobrinsky
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Israels
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cheang
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000941:Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014841:von Willebrand Factor
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D005169:Factor VIII; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin