title: Urinary endothelin-1 in patients with renal disease.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of urinary endothelin-1 (ET-1) as a marker of renal disease. We measured urinary excretion of ET-1 in 28 patients with glomerulonephritis (GN), 22 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), 40 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and 17 healthy volunteers. There was no significant difference in 24-hour urinary ET-1 excretion among the four groups (mean +/- SEM, 0.49 +/- 0.22 ng in controls, 0.79 +/- 0.37 ng in GN patients, 0.39 +/- 0.18 ng in CRF patients, and 0.28 +/- 0.11 ng in ESRD patients). The 24-hour urinary excretion of ET-1 in patients with GN or CRF showed significant correlation with the urinary excretion of sodium (r = 0.27, p < 0.05). The 24-hour urinary beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M) excretion in patients with CRF (18.4 +/- 2.6 mg) or ESRD (9.7 +/- 1.1 mg) was significantly higher than in normal control subjects (0.23 +/- 0.11 mg). Serum creatinine concentration was positively correlated with the 24-hour urinary excretion of beta 2M in patients with GN or CRF (r = 0.50, p < 0.001). These findings indicate that urinary ET-1 is not as good a marker of renal disease as urinary beta 2M. However, it may be responsible for urinary sodium excretion in patients with GN or CRF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000652:urine*; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019332:Endothelin-1