title: Calcium-ATPase and insulin in adolescent offspring of essential hypertensive parents.
abstract: A number of abnormalities in calcium homeostasis have been reported in patients with essential hypertension. IN turn, insulin has been shown to influence the activity of the Ca(2+)-ATPase. We have previously shown that normotensive offspring of essential hypertensive individuals have an exaggerated insulin response to a glucose overload. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate basal and calmodulin-activated Ca(2+)-ATPase in red blood cells and its relationship to the insulin response during an intravenous glucose tolerance test in 27 normotensive adolescents with a family history of essential hypertension (F+) (mean age, 13.9 +/- 0.5 years) and in 10 control subjects matched for age and body mass index with no family history of hypertension (F-). The results (mean +/- SD) were as follows (mumol Pi/[mg protein/h]10(-1)): basal Ca(2+)-ATPase, 4.5 +/- 1.2 in F+ and 5.1 +/- 1.6 in F- (P = NS); calmodulin-activated Ca(2+)-ATPase, 13.6 +/- 3.9 in F+ and 16.2 +/- 1.7 in F- (P < .04). The insulin area under the curve after the glucose load was 3413 +/- 1674 microU/mL per hour in F+ and 2752 +/- 928 in F- (P = NS). Calmodulin-activated Ca(2+)-ATPase showed a negative correlation with the insulin area under the curve (r = -.59, P < .005) and cholesterol levels (r = -.38, P < .03). Urinary calcium excretion was 1.82 +/- 0.9 mmol/d in F+ and 2.47 +/- 0.9 mmol/d in F- (P = NS).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000652:urine; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D002784:Cholesterol; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium