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Ethnic differences in proximal and distal tubular sodium reabsorption are heritable in black and white populations

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Bochud, Murielle, Staessen, Jan A, Maillard, Marc, Mazeko, Muzi J, Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Woodiwiss, Angela, Richart, Tom, Norton, Gavin +3 more·2009·Journal of Hypertension

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BACKGROUND: Segmental handling of sodium along the proximal and distal nephron might be heritable and different between black and white participants. METHODS: We randomly recruited 95 nuclear families of black South African ancestry and 103 nuclear families of white Belgian ancestry. We measured the (FENa) and estimated the fractional renal sodium reabsorption in the proximal (RNaprox) and distal (RNadist) tubules from the clearances of endogenous lithium and creatinine. In multivariable analyses, we studied the relation of RNaprox and RNadist with FENa and estimated the heritability (h) of RNaprox and RNadist. RESULTS: Independent of urinary sodium excretion, South Africans (n = 240) had higher RNaprox (unadjusted median, 93.9% vs. 81.0%; P < 0.001) than Belgians (n = 737), but lower RNadist (91.2% vs. 95.1%; P < 0.001). The slope of RNaprox on FENa was steeper in Belgians than in South Africans (-5.40 +/- 0.58 vs. -0.78 +/- 0.58 units; P < 0.001), whereas the opposite was true for the slope of RNadist on FENa (-3.84 +/- 0.19 vs. -13.71 +/- 1.30 units; P < 0.001). h of RNaprox and RNadist was high and significant (P < 0.001) in both countries. h was higher in South Africans than in Belgians for RNaprox (0.82 vs. 0.56; P < 0.001), but was similar for RNadist (0.68 vs. 0.50; P = 0.17). Of the filtered sodium load, black participants reabsorb more than white participants in the proximal nephron and less postproximally. CONCLUSION: Segmental sodium reabsorption along the nephron is highly heritable, but the capacity for regulation in the proximal and postproximal tubules differs between whites and blacks.

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Bochud, M., Staessen, J. A., Maillard, M., Mazeko, M. J., Kuznetsova, T., Woodiwiss, A., Richart, T., Norton, G., Thijs, L., Elston, R., & Burnier, M.
Affiliations
  • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
  • University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Corresponding author
Staessen, Jan A
Venue
Journal of Hypertension
Published
2009-03
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
606-612
ISSN
0263-6352 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2031072276
Cited by
63
References
36
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FWCI
2.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Hypertension (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • National Research Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (111361, 111362)
  • Circulatory Disorders Research Fund
  • Medical Research Council
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM-28356, R37GM028356, R01GM028356)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P41RR003655)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Sodium Intake and Health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
Keywords
sodium reabsorption, proximal tubule, distal tubule, heritability, fractional excretion of sodium, ethnic differences, black and white populations, nuclear family, lithium clearance, creatinine clearance, South Africans
MeSH terms
Absorption, Adult, Belgium, Creatinine, Female, Genetics, Population, Humans, Kidney Tubules, Distal, Kidney Tubules, Proximal, Lithium, Male, Metabolic Clearance Rate, Middle Aged, Nephrons, Nuclear Family, Sodium, South Africa, Black People, White People

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