title: Increased urinary excretion of renal N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase in hypercalciuria.
abstract: Urinary excretion of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG), a lysosomal enzyme, was examined in 33 children with hypercalciuria. Urinary NAG excretion in 13 healthy children was 5.84 +/- 9.35 nmole/hr/mg of creatinine (NAG/Cr) (mean +/- SD) compared with 35.61 +/- 42.04 nmole/hr/mg of creatinine in 23 children with renal hypercalciuria, and 28.99 +/- 13.69 nmole/hr/mg of creatinine in ten children with absorptive hypercalciuria. In children with renal hypercalciuria, NAG/Cr excretion was not statistically different between children with either urolithiasis or hematuria without calculi. In six children with renal hypercalciuria, no significant change in NAG/Cr excretion occurred after a mean duration of 25 weeks of hydrochlorothiazide therapy although urinary calcium to creatinine ratios (UCa/Cr) decreased from 0.24 +/- 0.11 to 0.16 +/- 0.11. We conclude that increased urinary calcium excretion produces renal tubular injury and that the renal injury may not be reversed by short-term alterations in urinary calcium excretion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002118:Calcium / Q000652:urine*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006596:Hexosaminidases / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006596:Hexosaminidases; D002118:Calcium