title: A new endogenous natriuretic factor: LLU-alpha.
abstract: For over three decades, renal physiology has sought a putative natriuretic hormone (third factor) that might control the body's pool of extracellular fluid, an important determinant in hypertension, congestive heart failure, and cirrhosis. In our search for this hormone, we have isolated several pure natriuretic factors from human uremic urine that would appear, alone or in combination, to mark a cluster of phenomena previously presumed to be that of a single "natriuretic hormone." This paper reports the purification, chemical structure, and total synthesis of the first of these compounds, LLU-alpha, which proved to be 2,7,8-trimethyl-2-(beta-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman, presumably a metabolite of gamma-tocopherol. Both natural LLU-alpha and synthetic material are identical (except for optical activity) with respect to structure and biological activity. It appears that the natriuretic activity of LLU-alpha is mediated by inhibition of the 70 pS K+ channel in the apical membrane of the thick ascending limb of the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Endocrinology, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wechter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kantoci
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D045283:Natriuretic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000652:urine; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D045283:Natriuretic Agents; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium