title: Renin, aldosterone and other mineralocorticoids in hyperkalemic patients with chronic renal failure showing mild azotemia.
abstract: The role of the renin-angiotensin system in the control of aldosterone and other mineralocorticoids was studied in 9 hyperkalemic patients with chronic renal failure showing mild azotemia (group I) and 6 normokalemic patients with chronic renal failure showing creatinine clearance similar to that in group I (group II). In group I, the plasma renin activity (PRA) was significantly low and plasma aldosterone (PAC) and 18-hydroxycortisterone (18-OH-B) were also significantly reduced. In group II, PRA was normal or slightly increased, and PAC and 18-OH-B were also normal or slightly increased. Both the PAC and 18-OH-B in group I were stimulated by ACTH and angiotensin II, although the responses were less than those in group II. In 2 patients of group I where PRA moved into the normal range after administration of furosemide, the plasma 18-OH-B and PAC also reached the lower limit of normal. These results suggest that suppression of the renin-angiotensin system is probably related to functional disturbance in the conversion from B to 18-OH-B and/or 18-OH-B to aldosterone in most abnormally hyperkalemic patients with chronic renal failure.
mesh_terms: D015069:18-Hydroxycorticosterone / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008901:Mineralocorticoids / Q000097:blood*; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008901:Mineralocorticoids; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D000450:Aldosterone; D015069:18-Hydroxycorticosterone; D012083:Renin; D003345:Corticosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone