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Naude, MTech (Hom) DF. Chronic Sub-Clinical Systemic Metabolic Acidosis - A Review with Implications for Clinical Practice. J Evid Based Integr Med 2022; 27:2515690X221142352. [PMID: 36448194 PMCID: PMC9716591 DOI: 10.1177/2515690x221142352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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When arterial serum pH remains near the lower pH limit of 7.35 for protracted periods of time, a low-grade, sub-clinical form of acidosis results, referred to in this review as chronic, sub-clinical, systemic metabolic acidosis (CSSMA). This narrative review explores the scientific basis for CSSMA, its consequences for health, and potential therapeutic interventions. The major etiology of CSSMA is the shift away from the ancestral, alkaline diet which was rich in fruit and vegetables, toward the contemporary, acidogenic 'Westernized' diet characterized by higher animal protein consumption and lack of base forming minerals. Urine pH is reduced with high dietary acid load and may be a convenient marker of CSSMA. Evidence suggests further that CSSMA negatively influences cortisol levels potentially contributing significantly to the pathophysiology thereof. Both CSSMA and high dietary acid load are associated with the risk and prognosis of various chronic diseases. Clinical trials show that CSSMA can be addressed successfully through alkalizing the diet by increasing fruit and vegetable intake and/or supplementing with alkaline minerals. This review confirms the existence of a significant body of evidence regarding this low-grade form of acidosis as well as evidence to support its diverse negative implications for health, and concludes that CSSMA is a condition warranting further research.
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- David Francis Naude, MTech (Hom)
- Irma Schutte Foundation, Drummond, South Africa,David Francis Naude, Irma Schutte Foundation, 42 Protea Hill Rd, Drummond, KwaZulu Natal, 3626, South Africa. Postal address: P.O Box 8, Hillcrest, KwaZulu Natal, 3650, South Africa.
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DiNicolantonio JJ, O'Keefe JH. Low-grade metabolic acidosis as a driver of insulin resistance. Open Heart 2021; 8:openhrt-2021-001788. [PMID: 34497064 PMCID: PMC8438953 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- James J DiNicolantonio
- Department of Preventive Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- University of Missouri-Kansas City, Saint Lukes Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Copur S, Sag AA, Afsar B, Rossignol P, Covic A, Kanbay M. Complications of metabolic acidosis and alkalinizing therapy in chronic kidney disease patients: a clinician-directed organ-specific primer. Int Urol Nephrol 2020; 52:2311-2320. [PMID: 32661618 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-020-02563-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chronic kidney disease is prevalent, affecting more than one in ten adults. In this population, metabolic acidosis is considered a key underlying pathophysiological feature, tying together bone mineral disorders, sarcopenia, insulin resistance, vascular calcification, pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic states. This review aims to address the paucity of literature on alkalinizing agents, a promising treatment option that has known adverse effects.
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- Sidar Copur
- Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM CIC-P 1433, CHRU de Nancy, INSERM U1116, FCRIN INI-CRCT (Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists), Nancy, France
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- Department of Nephrology, Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Koc University School of Medicine, 34010, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Association of dietary acid load and plant-based diet index with sleep, stress, anxiety and depression in diabetic women. Br J Nutr 2019; 123:901-912. [PMID: 31806069 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114519003179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Diabetes is a common chronic disease with various complications. The present study was conducted to determine the association of plant-based diet index (PDI) and dietary acid load (DAL) with sleep status as well as mental health in type 2 diabetic women. In this cross-sectional study, a validated FFQ was used to assess dietary intakes of 230 diabetic patients. We created a whole PDI, healthful PDI (hPDI) and unhealthful PDI (uPDI). DAL was calculated based on potential renal acid load and net endogenous acid production method. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and twenty-one-item Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale were used to assess sleep and mental health disorders, respectively. Participants in the top group of uPDI had greater risk of poor sleep (OR 6·47, 95 % CI 2·75, 15·24). However, patients who were in the top group of hPDI had a lower risk of sleep problems (OR 0·28, 95 % CI 0·13, 0·62). Participants in the top group of uPDI had greater risk of depression, anxiety and stress (OR 9·35, 95 % CI 3·96, 22·07; OR 4·74, 95 % CI 2·28, 9·85; OR 4·24, 95 % CI 2·14, 8·38, respectively). In conclusion, participants with higher DAL scores and patients who adhered to animal-based diets rather than plant-based diets were more likely to be poor sleepers and have mental health disorders.
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Della Guardia L, Thomas MA, Cena H. Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Homeostasis Can Be Influenced by Metabolic Acid Load. Nutrients 2018; 10:E618. [PMID: 29762478 PMCID: PMC5986498 DOI: 10.3390/nu10050618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Recent epidemiological findings suggest that high levels of dietary acid load can affect insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism. Consumption of high protein diets results in the over-production of metabolic acids which has been associated with the development of chronic metabolic disturbances. Mild metabolic acidosis has been shown to impair peripheral insulin action and several epidemiological findings suggest that metabolic acid load markers are associated with insulin resistance and impaired glycemic control through an interference intracellular insulin signaling pathways and translocation. In addition, higher incidence of diabetes, insulin resistance, or impaired glucose control have been found in subjects with elevated metabolic acid load markers. Hence, lowering dietary acid load may be relevant for improving glucose homeostasis and prevention of type 2 diabetes development on a long-term basis. However, limitations related to patient acid load estimation, nutritional determinants, and metabolic status considerably flaws available findings, and the lack of solid data on the background physiopathology contributes to the questionability of results. Furthermore, evidence from interventional studies is very limited and the trials carried out report no beneficial results following alkali supplementation. Available literature suggests that poor acid load control may contribute to impaired insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis, but it is not sufficiently supportive to fully elucidate the issue and additional well-designed studies are clearly needed.
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- Lucio Della Guardia
- Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, Center for Obesity Reversal, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
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- Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Bühlmeier J, Harris C, Koletzko S, Lehmann I, Bauer CP, Schikowski T, von Berg A, Berdel D, Heinrich J, Hebebrand J, Föcker M, Standl M, Libuda L. Dietary Acid Load and Mental Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: Results from the GINIplus and LISA Birth Cohort Studies. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10050582. [PMID: 29738509 PMCID: PMC5986462 DOI: 10.3390/nu10050582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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High dietary acid load may have detrimental effects on mental health during childhood and adolescence. We examined cross-sectional and prospective associations of dietary acid load and mental health problems in a population-based sample, using data from the German birth cohort studies GINIplus (German Infant Nutritional Intervention plus environmental and genetic influences on allergy development) and LISA (Influences of lifestyle-related factors on the immune system and the development of allergies in childhood). These studies included detailed assessments of dietary intake through a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), mental health outcomes measured through the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and covariates. Using logistic regression, cross-sectional associations between dietary acid load measured as potential renal acid load (PRAL) and SDQ subscales were assessed at age 10 years (N = 2350) and 15 years (N = 2061). Prospective associations were assessed, considering PRAL at 10 years as exposure and SDQ subscales at 15 years as outcome (N = 1685). Results indicate that children with a diet higher in PRAL have more emotional problems (OR = 1.33 (95% CI = 1.15; 1.54); p < 0.001), and show hyperactivity more often (1.22 (1.04; 1.43); p = 0.014) at 10 years. No significant associations were present either cross-sectionally at age 15 years, nor prospectively. Results were confirmed in sensitivity analyses. These findings reveal first evidence for potential relationships between PRAL and mental health in childhood, although we cannot exclude reverse causality, i.e., that dietary behavior and PRAL are influenced by mental status. Future studies should address confirmation and identify biological mechanisms.
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- Judith Bühlmeier
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU of Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany.
- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Centre for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU of Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Environmental Immunology/Core Facility Studies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
- Charitè-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
- Berlin Institute of Health, 10178 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich, 80804 Munich, Germany.
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- IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Marien-Hospital Wesel, 46483 Wesel, Germany.
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- Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Marien-Hospital Wesel, 46483 Wesel, Germany.
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Centre for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
- Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Inner City Clinic, University Hospital of Munich (LMU), 80336 Munich, Germany.
- Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Centre for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
- Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Marien-Hospital Wesel, 46483 Wesel, Germany.
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Weiner ID. Untangling the complex relationship between dietary acid load and glucocorticoid metabolism. Kidney Int 2017; 90:247-249. [PMID: 27418088 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The kidney's maintenance of the metabolic component of acid-base homeostasis is critical for normal health. The study by Esche and colleagues in this issue of Kidney International shows that normal children with higher levels of renal net acid excretion and of dietary acid loads have stimulation of glucocorticoid hormone metabolism. Thus, normal variations in dietary acid intake and renal net acid excretion have important biological correlates.
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- I David Weiner
- Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA; and Nephrology and Hypertension Section, Gainesville VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
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Kraut JA, Madias NE. Adverse Effects of the Metabolic Acidosis of Chronic Kidney Disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2017; 24:289-297. [PMID: 29031355 DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The kidney has the principal role in the maintenance of acid-base balance, and therefore, a fall in renal net acid excretion and positive H+ balance often leading to reduced serum [HCO3-] are observed in the course of CKD. This metabolic acidosis can be associated with muscle wasting, development or exacerbation of bone disease, hypoalbuminemia, increased inflammation, progression of CKD, protein malnutrition, alterations in insulin, leptin, and growth hormone, and increased mortality. Importantly, some of the adverse effects can be observed even in the absence of overt hypobicarbonatemia. Administration of base decreases muscle wasting, improves bone disease, restores responsiveness to insulin, slows progression of CKD, and possibly reduces mortality. Base is recommended when serum [HCO3-] is <22 mEq/L, but the target serum [HCO3-] remains unclear. Evidence that increments of serum [HCO3-] >26 mEq/L might be associated with worsening of cardiovascular disease adds complexity to treatment decisions. Further study of the mechanisms through which positive H+ balance in CKD contributes to its various adverse effects and the pathways involved in mediating the benefits and complications of base therapy is warranted.
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Esche J, Shi L, Sánchez-Guijo A, Hartmann MF, Wudy SA, Remer T. Higher diet-dependent renal acid load associates with higher glucocorticoid secretion and potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids in healthy children. Kidney Int 2016; 90:325-333. [PMID: 27165611 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Metabolic acidosis induces elevated glucocorticoid (GC) levels. However, the influence of less strong daily acid loads on GCs is largely unexplored. To investigate this, we studied whether higher acid loads in children, fully within the normal range of habitual diets, associate with endogenous GCs. In a specific quasi-experimental design, we examined 200 6- to 10-year-old healthy participants of the Dortmund Nutritional and Anthropometric Longitudinally Designed (DONALD) Study equally divided to either high or low 24-hour renal net acid excretion. Major urinary GC metabolites were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to assess daily adrenal GC secretion and metabolites of tissue cortisol catabolism (6β-hydroxycortisol and 20α-dihydrocortisol). Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to quantify urinary free cortisol and cortisone. After confounder adjustment, significant positive associations were unmasked for urinary potential renal acid load and net acid excretion with adrenal GC secretion, free cortisone, free cortisone plus cortisol, 6β-hydroxycortisol, and 20α-dihydrocortisol. An inverse association emerged for an enzymatic marker (5β-reductase) of irreversible GC inactivation. Our data suggest that existing moderate elevations in diet-dependent acid loads suffice to raise GCs and affect cortisol metabolism. Thus, potential detrimental effects of high acid loading appear to be mediated, in part, by increased GC activity via increased GC secretion and/or reduced GC inactivation. Higher cortisone levels, directly available for intracrine activation to cortisol may play a special role.
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- Jonas Esche
- Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Bonn, DONALD Study Center, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Bonn, DONALD Study Center, Dortmund, Germany
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- Steroid Research and Mass Spectrometry Unit, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research and Mass Spectrometry Unit, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research and Mass Spectrometry Unit, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Bonn, DONALD Study Center, Dortmund, Germany.
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Buehlmeier J, Remer T, Frings-Meuthen P, Maser-Gluth C, Heer M. Glucocorticoid activity and metabolism with NaCl-induced low-grade metabolic acidosis and oral alkalization: results of two randomized controlled trials. Endocrine 2016; 52:139-47. [PMID: 26349936 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-015-0730-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Low-grade metabolic acidosis (LGMA), as induced by high dietary acid load or sodium chloride (NaCl) intake, has been shown to increase bone and protein catabolism. Underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, but from clinical metabolic acidosis interactions of acid-base balance with glucocorticoid (GC) metabolism are known. We aimed to investigate GC activity/metabolism under alkaline supplementation and NaCl-induced LGMA. Eight young, healthy, normal-weight men participated in two crossover designed interventional studies. In Study A, two 10-day high NaCl diet (32 g/d) periods were conducted, one supplemented with 90 mmol KHCO3/day. In Study B, participants received a high and a low NaCl diet (31 vs. 3 g/day), each for 14 days. During low NaCl, the diet was moderately acidified by replacement of a bicarbonate-rich mineral water (consumed during high NaCl) with a non-alkalizing drinking water. In repeatedly collected 24-h urine samples, potentially bioactive-free GCs (urinary-free cortisol + free cortisone) were analyzed, as well as tetrahydrocortisol (THF), 5α-THF, and tetrahydrocortisone (THE). With supplementation of 90 mmol KHCO3, the marker of total adrenal GC secretion (THF + 5α-THF + THE) dropped (p = 0.047) and potentially bioactive-free GCs were reduced (p = 0.003). In Study B, however, GC secretion and potentially bioactive-free GCs did not exhibit the expected fall with NaCl-reduction as net acid excretion was raised by 30 mEq/d. Diet-induced acidification/alkalization affects GC activity and metabolism, which in case of long-term ingestion of habitually acidifying western diets may constitute an independent risk factor for bone degradation and cardiometabolic diseases.
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- Judith Buehlmeier
- Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Hoehe, 51147, Cologne, Germany.
- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Straße 11-13, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, DONALD Study Center at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, University of Bonn, Heinstück 11, 44225, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Hoehe, 51147, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Hoehe, 51147, Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Straße 11-13, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Remer T, Dimitriou T, Maser-Gluth C. Renal net acid excretion and plasma leptin are associated with potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids in healthy lean women. J Nutr 2008; 138:426S-430S. [PMID: 18203916 DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.2.426s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Primarily experimental evidence suggests that endogenous glucocorticoids may be suppressed by adipocyte-derived leptin and elevated by dietary acidity. Therefore, we examined whether these factors may also be relevant in healthy adults on unrestricted diets. For this we used a new methodological approach in which potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids were determined as the sum of urinary free cortisol and urinary free cortisone and that also takes into account total adrenal glucocorticoid secretion assessed by the sum of the 3 major urinary glucocorticoid metabolites tetrahydrocortisone, tetrahydrocortisol, and 5alpha-tetrahydrocortisol. Body composition, plasma cortisol, plasma leptin, and 24-h urinary excretion rates of net acid and glucocorticoid metabolites were examined cross-sectionally in 30 healthy adults (15 women; 22-44 y old; BMI 20-25 kg/m2). Plasma leptin, percentage body fat, and body surface area-corrected adrenal glucocorticoid secretion showed the usual sex dimorphism (male vs. female, P < 0.05 in each case: 2.8 +/- 1.6 microg/L vs. 7.6 +/- 4.9 microg/L, 16.8 +/- 4.2% vs. 26.9 +/- 4.9%, and 5.1 +/- 1.6 mg x m(-2) x d(-1) vs. 4.0 +/- 1.3 mg x m(-2) x d(-1), respectively), whereas net acid excretion, plasma cortisol, and potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids did not differ between the sexes. Potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids correlated positively with body fat and leptin in men (P < 0.05) but not in women. After adjustment for total adrenal glucocorticoid secretion, net acid excretion was a positive and leptin a negative predictor (P < 0.05) of potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids in women only (total explained variability R2 = 0.71). Our findings indicate that, at least in women, variability of potentially bioactive free glucocorticoids is not only explained by adrenal glucocorticoid secretion but is also metabolically affected by circulating leptin and diet-dependent net acid excretion.
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- Thomas Remer
- Research Institute of Child Nutrition, 44225 Dortmund, Germany.
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Glucocorticoids are widely used by nephrologists for their immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects. The present review considers three aspects of glucocorticoids with which nephrologists may be less familiar: (i) renal metabolism; (ii) effects on renal haemodynamics; and (iii) effects on blood pressure as they relate to the kidney.
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- George J Mangos
- Department of Medicine, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
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Klisic J, Hu MC, Nief V, Reyes L, Fuster D, Moe OW, Ambühl PM. Insulin activates Na(+)/H(+) exchanger 3: biphasic response and glucocorticoid dependence. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 283:F532-9. [PMID: 12167605 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00365.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Insulin is an important regulator of renal salt and water excretion, and hyperinsulinemia has been implicated to play a role in hypertension. One of the target proteins of insulin action in the kidney is Na(+)/H(+) exchanger 3 (NHE3), a principal Na(+) transporter responsible for salt absorption in the mammalian proximal tubule. The molecular mechanisms involved in activation of NHE3 by insulin have not been studied so far. In opossum kidney (OK) cells, insulin increased Na(+)/H(+) exchange activity in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. This effect is due to activation of NHE3 as it persisted after pharmacological inhibition of NHE1 and NHE2. In the early phase of stimulation (2-12 h), NHE3 activity was increased without changes in NHE3 protein and mRNA. At 24 h, enhanced NHE3 activity was accompanied by an increase in total and cell surface NHE3 protein and NHE3 mRNA abundance. All the effects of insulin on NHE3 activity, protein, and mRNA were amplified in the presence of hydrocortisone. These results suggest that insulin stimulates renal tubular NHE3 activity via a biphasic mechanism involving posttranslational factors and an increase in NHE3 gene expression and the effects are dependent on the permissive action of hydrocortisone.
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- Jelena Klisic
- Department of Physiology, University of Zurich-Irchel, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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