title: Relationship between red cell sodium transport, blood pressure, and family history of hypertension.
abstract: Numerous studies have demonstrated that Na+/Li+ countertransport is increased in erythrocytes from hypertensive patients. Since Na+/Li+ countertransport is conducted through the physiologically occurring Na+/Na+ exchange, we studied the latter pathway in 20 subjects with essential hypertension and 20 normotensive subjects matched for age and sex. Ten hypertensives and six normotensives had a positive family history of hypertension. Ouabain (0.1 mM) and furosemide (0.1 mM) were used to assess the active Na+ efflux and Na+-K+-Cl- pathway. There was no significant difference between hypertensive and normotensive subjects in any of the three pathways studied. Among the 16 subjects with a positive family history of hypertension, the mean value for external Na+-dependent Na+/Na+ exchange was significantly higher than in 24 subjects with no family history of hypertension (0.0457 +/- 0.0337 versus 0.0283 +/- 0.0202; P less than 0.05). This study suggests that an inherited membrane transport defect may exist for Na+/Na+ exchange in families of hypertensive subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spurlock
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Newcombe
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005665:Furosemide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007474:Ion Exchange; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D012016:Reference Values; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; D005665:Furosemide; D012964:Sodium