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Worcester EM, Bergsland KJ, Gillen DL, Coe FL. Evidence for disordered acid-base handling in calcium stone-forming patients. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2020; 318:F363-F374. [PMID: 31790303 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00400.2019] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In stone formers (SFs) with idiopathic hypercalciuria, urine pH governs the mineral phase of stones. Calcium phosphate (CaP) SFs have higher urine pH than calcium oxalate (CaOx) SFs. Normal women have higher urine pH than men on fixed diets, accompanied by greater absorption of food alkali. Female CaP and male CaOx SFs have similar urine pH as same sex normal individuals, but male CaP and female CaOx SFs may have abnormal acid-base handling. We studied 25 normal individuals (13 men and 12 women), 17 CaOx SFs (11 men and 6 women), and 15 CaP SFs (8 men and 7 women) on fixed diets. Urine and blood samples were collected under fasting and fed conditions. Female CaOx SFs had lower urine pH and lower alkali absorption, fed, compared with normal women; their urine NH4 was higher and urine citrate excretion lower than in normal women, consistent with their higher net acid excretion. Male CaOx SFs had higher urine citrate excretion and higher serum ultrafilterable citrate levels than normal men. Both male and female CaP SFs had higher urine pH fasting than same sex normal individuals, but only men were higher in the fed period, and there were no differences from normal in gut alkali absorption. CaP SFs of both sexes had higher urine NH4 and lower urine citrate than same sex normal individuals. The lower urine pH of female CaOx SFs seems related to decreased gut alkali absorption, while the higher pH of CaP SFs, accompanied by higher urine NH4 and lower urine citrate, suggests a proximal tubule disorder.
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- Elaine M Worcester
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Pérez Suárez G, Serrano A, Magallanes MV, Arango Sancho P, Luis Yanes MI, García Nieto VM. Longitudinal study of kidney water management in patients diagnosed with idiopathic hypercalciuria in childhood. Nefrologia 2019; 40:190-196. [PMID: 31806292 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2019.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION There is much debate about whether idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH) affects kidney water management. For the first time in the literature, we carried out a longitudinal study of kidney water management (KWM) in patients diagnosed with IH in childhood and followed-up until adulthood (mean follow-up 17.7±1.4 years). METHODS Twenty-nine patients (7 M, 22 F) over the age of 24 years (mean 28.2±2.9 years, range: 24.1-35.9) who were diagnosed with IH in childhood (mean 7.6±3.2 years, range: 1-14) were included. Maximum urine osmolality (UO) and/or urine volume adjusted for 100ml of glomerular filtration rate (V/GFR) in both age groups (paediatric and adult) were determined. Moreover, whenever possible, in both age groups plasma creatinine levels, plasma sodium levels, uric acid levels, the citrate/creatinine ratio and the calcium/citrate ratio were recorded and a renal and bladder ultrasound was performed. RESULTS In the paediatric age group, KWM was altered in 9/29 cases (31%) (4 with reduced maximum UO and 5 with elevated V/GFR). In adulthood, KWM was found to be affected in 7/29 cases (24.1%) (6 with reduced UO and one with elevated V/GFR). Compared to the paediatric age group, adult patients had lower V/GFR, calcium/creatinine and citrate/creatinine values, as well as higher plasma creatinine, uric acid and calcium/citrate. There were no differences in the maximum UO in both age groups. However, UO in adulthood was significantly lower in subjects who had renal colic compared to those who did not (P=.04). CONCLUSIONS KWM was affected in approximately one third of patients with IH, which persisted 20 years after diagnosis. We think that these results may be due to adherence to the recommended protective diet and to the pharmacological treatment administered at the diagnosis of IH during childhood.
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- Germán Pérez Suárez
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Insular de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, España.
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- Servicio de Nefrología Pediátrica, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, México DF, México
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- Servicio de Nefrología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
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- Servicio de Nefrología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
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- Servicio de Nefrología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
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Dos Santos PMC, Amaral D, Tararthuch AL, Fernandez R. Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) modulates vacuolar H +-ATPase activity in a cell model of proximal tubule. Clin Exp Nephrol 2018; 22:1258-1265. [PMID: 29961155 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-018-1613-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is localized in the apical membrane of proximal tubules in close proximity to the transporters responsible for proton secretion. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyze the effects of CaSR stimulation on the biochemical activity of the vacuolar H+-ATPase in a cellular model of proximal tubule cells, OKP cells. METHODS Biochemical activity of H+-ATPase was performed using cell homogenates, and the inorganic phosphate released was determined by a colorimetric method. Changes in cytosolic ionized calcium [Ca2+]i were also determined using Fluo-4. RESULTS A significant increase of vacuolar H+-ATPase activity was observed when the CaSR was stimulated with agonists such as Gd3+ (300 µM) and neomycin (200 µM). This activity was also stimulated in a dose-dependent fashion by changes in extracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+o) between 10-4 and 2 mM. Gd3+ and neomycin produced a sustained rise of [Ca2+]i, an effect that disappears when extracellular calcium was removed in the presence of 0.1 µM thapsigargin. Inhibition of phospholipase C (PLC) activity with U73122 (5 × 10-8 M) reduced the increase in [Ca2+]i induced by neomycin. CONCLUSION CaSR stimulation induces an increase in the vacuolar H+-ATPase activity of OKP cells, an effect that involves an increase in [Ca2+]i and require phospholipase C activity. The consequent decrease in intratubular pH could lead to increase ionization of luminal calcium, potentially enhancing its reabsorption in distal tubule segments and reducing the formation of calcium phosphate stones.
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- Priscilla Marys Costa Dos Santos
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR, Centro Politécnico s/n., Jd. das Américas, Postal Box: 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR, Centro Politécnico s/n., Jd. das Américas, Postal Box: 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR, Centro Politécnico s/n., Jd. das Américas, Postal Box: 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR, Centro Politécnico s/n., Jd. das Américas, Postal Box: 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil.
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Kurtz I. Renal Tubular Acidosis: H +/Base and Ammonia Transport Abnormalities and Clinical Syndromes. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2018; 25:334-350. [PMID: 30139460 PMCID: PMC6128697 DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2018.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) represents a group of diseases characterized by (1) a normal anion gap metabolic acidosis; (2) abnormalities in renal HCO3- absorption or new renal HCO3- generation; (3) changes in renal NH4+, Ca2+, K+, and H2O homeostasis; and (4) extrarenal manifestations that provide etiologic diagnostic clues. The focus of this review is to give a general overview of the pathogenesis of the various clinical syndromes causing RTA with a particular emphasis on type I (hypokalemic distal RTA) and type II (proximal) RTA while reviewing their pathogenesis from a physiological "bottom-up" approach. In addition, the factors involved in the generation of metabolic acidosis in both type I and II RTA are reviewed highlighting the importance of altered renal ammonia production/partitioning and new HCO3- generation. Our understanding of the underlying tubular transport and extrarenal abnormalities has significantly improved since the first recognition of RTA as a clinical entity because of significant advances in clinical acid-base chemistry, whole tubule and single-cell H+/base transport, and the molecular characterization of the various transporters and channels that are functionally affected in patients with RTA. Despite these advances, additional studies are needed to address the underlying mechanisms involved in hypokalemia, altered ammonia production/partitioning, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, cystic abnormalities, and CKD progression in these patients.
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- Ira Kurtz
- Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
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García Nieto VM, Pérez Bastida XI, Salvador Cañibano M, García Rodríguez VE, Monge Zamorano M, Luis Yanes MI. Cuantificación del riesgo de formación de cálculos cálcicos en la orina correspondiente a 2 momentos del día en un grupo de niños estudiados para descartar prelitiasis. Nefrologia 2018; 38:267-272. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Okada A, Hamamoto S, Taguchi K, Unno R, Sugino T, Ando R, Mizuno K, Tozawa K, Kohri K, Yasui T. Kidney stone formers have more renal parenchymal crystals than non-stone formers, particularly in the papilla region. BMC Urol 2018. [PMID: 29530009 PMCID: PMC5848581 DOI: 10.1186/s12894-018-0331-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We investigated the renoprotective ability of healthy people against kidney stone formation. To clarify intratubular crystal kinetics and processing in human kidneys, we performed a quantitative and morphological observation of nephrectomized renal parenchyma tissues. METHODS Clinical data and pathological samples from 60 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy for renal cancer were collected from June 2004 to June 2010. The patients were retrospectively classified as stone formers (SFs; n = 30, kidney stones detected by preoperative computed tomography) and non-stone formers (NSFs; n = 30, no kidney stone history). The morphology of parenchymal intratubular crystals and kidney stone-related gene and protein expression levels were examined in noncancerous renal sections from both groups. RESULTS SFs had a higher smoking rate (P = 0.0097); lower red blood cell, hemoglobin, and hematocrit values; and higher urinary red blood cell, white blood cell, and bacterial counts than NSFs. Scanning electron microscopy revealed calcium-containing crystal deposits and crystal attachment to the renal tubular lumen in both groups. Both groups demonstrated crystal transmigration from the tubular lumen to the interstitium. The crystal diffusion analysis indicated a significantly higher crystal existing ratio in the medulla and papilla of SFs and a significantly higher number of papillary crystal deposits in SFs than NSFs. The expression analysis indicated relatively high osteopontin and CD68, low superoxide dismutase, and significantly lower Tamm-Horsfall protein expression levels in SFs. Multivariate logistic regression analysis involving the above factors found the presence of renal papillary crystals as a significant independent factor related to SFs (odds ratio 5.55, 95% confidence interval 1.08-37.18, P = 0.0395). CONCLUSIONS Regardless of stone formation, intratubular crystals in the renal parenchyma seem to transmigrate to the interstitium. SFs may have reduced ability to eliminate renal parenchymal crystals, particularly those in the papilla region, than NSFs with associated gene expression profiles.
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- Atsushi Okada
- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 467-8601, Japan
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Worcester EM, Bergsland KJ, Gillen DL, Coe FL. Mechanism for higher urine pH in normal women compared with men. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 314:F623-F629. [PMID: 29357436 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00494.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Regulation of acid-base metabolism maintains the pH of body fluids within a tight range. Urine pH (UpH) is also regulated under normal conditions. Median pH of 24-h urines is ~6, but others have noted that UpH in women is higher than men, which has been attributed to differences in diet. If true, it would help to explain the fact that calcium phosphate stones, which form at higher urine pH, are much more common in women than in men. We studied 14 normal subjects (7 men and 7 women) fed identical meals in a Clinical Research Center. Urine and blood samples were collected during fasting and after meals. UpH of women (6.74 ± 0.11) exceeded that of men (6.07 ± 0.17) fed, but not fasting, and UpH rose significantly with meals in women but not men. Serum and urine total CO2 rose with meals in women but not men, and in women net acid excretion fell to zero during the fed period. In a general linear model adjusted for age, sex, and weight, net gastrointestinal anion uptake was the main predictor of UpH and was significantly higher in women (3.9 ± 0.6) than men (1.8 ± 0.7) in the fed period. Urine citrate, an anion absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, was higher in women than men in the fed state, and fractional excretion of citrate was higher in women than men. The higher fed UpH in women is related to a greater absorption of food anions and raises 24-h UpH.
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- Elaine M Worcester
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine , Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Statistics, University of California , Irvine, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine , Chicago, Illinois
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Prochaska M, Taylor E, Ferraro PM, Curhan G. Relative Supersaturation of 24-Hour Urine and Likelihood of Kidney Stones. J Urol 2017; 199:1262-1266. [PMID: 29132983 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE The relative supersaturation of calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate and uric acid is used clinically in kidney stone prevention. The magnitude of the association between relative supersaturation and stone risk requires further quantification. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study using 24-hour urine collections from the NHS (Nurses' Health Study) I and II, and HPFS (Health Professionals Follow-up Study) cohorts to quantify the association between the relative supersaturation of calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate and uric acid, and the likelihood of stone formation. RESULTS The OR of being a stone former was 5.85 (95% CI 3.40-10.04) in NHS I, 6.38 (95% CI 3.72-11.0) in NHS II and 6.95 (95% CI 3.56-13.6) in HPFS for the highest category of calcium oxalate relative supersaturation compared with less than 1.0. The OR of being a stone former was 1.86 (95% CI 0.94-3.71) in NHS I, 4.37 (95% CI 2.68-7.10) in NHS II and 3.59 (95% CI 2.04-6.31) in HPFS for the highest category of calcium phosphate relative supersaturation compared with less than 1.0. For uric acid relative supersaturation the OR of being a stone former was 4.30 (95% CI 2.34-7.90) in NHS I and 2.74 (95% CI 1.71-4.40) in NHS II for the highest relative supersaturation category compared with less than 1.0. In HPFS the uric acid relative supersaturation was not significantly associated with the likelihood of stone formation. CONCLUSIONS The likelihood of being a stone former increases with higher relative supersaturation of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate in men and women, and with higher relative supersaturation of uric acid in women.
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- Megan Prochaska
- Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Division of Renal Medicine and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham, Massachusetts; Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
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- Division of Nephrology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Calcium is an important ion in cell signaling, hormone regulation, and bone health. Its regulation is complex and intimately connected to that of phosphate homeostasis. Both ions are maintained at appropriate levels to maintain the extracellular to intracellular gradients, allow for mineralization of bone, and to prevent extra skeletal and urinary calcification. The homeostasis involves the target organs intestine, parathyroid glands, kidney, and bone. Multiple hormones converge to regulate the extracellular calcium level: parathyroid hormone, vitamin D (principally 25(OH)D or 1,25(OH)2D), fibroblast growth factor 23, and α-klotho. Fine regulation of calcium homeostasis occurs in the thick ascending limb and collecting tubule segments via actions of the calcium sensing receptor and several channels/transporters. The kidney participates in homeostatic loops with bone, intestine, and parathyroid glands. Initially in the course of progressive kidney disease, the homeostatic response maintains serum levels of calcium and phosphorus in the desired range, and maintains neutral balance. However, once the kidneys are no longer able to appropriately respond to hormones and excrete calcium and phosphate, positive balance ensues leading to adverse cardiac and skeletal abnormalities. © 2016 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 6:1781-1800, 2016.
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- Sharon M Moe
- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.,Section of Nephrology, Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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The most common presentation of nephrolithiasis is idiopathic calcium stones in patients without systemic disease. Most stones are primarily composed of calcium oxalate and form on a base of interstitial apatite deposits, known as Randall's plaque. By contrast some stones are composed largely of calcium phosphate, as either hydroxyapatite or brushite (calcium monohydrogen phosphate), and are usually accompanied by deposits of calcium phosphate in the Bellini ducts. These deposits result in local tissue damage and might serve as a site of mineral overgrowth. Stone formation is driven by supersaturation of urine with calcium oxalate and brushite. The level of supersaturation is related to fluid intake as well as to the levels of urinary citrate and calcium. Risk of stone formation is increased when urine citrate excretion is <400 mg per day, and treatment with potassium citrate has been used to prevent stones. Urine calcium levels >200 mg per day also increase stone risk and often result in negative calcium balance. Reduced renal calcium reabsorption has a role in idiopathic hypercalciuria. Low sodium diets and thiazide-type diuretics lower urine calcium levels and potentially reduce the risk of stone recurrence and bone disease.
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- Fredric L Coe
- Nephrology Section MC 5100, University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637 USA
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- Nephrology Section MC 5100, University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637 USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS 5055, Indianapolis, IN 46220, Indiana, USA
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Shafiee MA, Logan AG, Halperin ML. How Protective Mechanisms Interact to Prevent Overnight Calcium Phosphate Precipitation - An Observational Study to Determine Factors Against Calcium Phosphate Lithogenesis in a Healthy Cohort. Nephron Clin Pract 2016; 132:238-43. [PMID: 26890695 DOI: 10.1159/000443993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS As restful, non-interrupted sleep is essential for normal mental and physical functioning, the urine flow rate (UFR) overnight remains low. Due to this reduced UFR, the kidneys produce a lower urine volume, which may lead to supersaturation of lithogens in the renal collecting system. The protective mechanisms that prevent the rise in the concentration of the lithogenic substances in urine, such as calcium phosphate, are explored. METHODS Urine samples were collected from 26 subjects every 2-3 h during daylight with one nocturnal collection; the UFR was calculated in the median time for each collection period. Urinary constituents for calcium phosphate precipitation including electrolytes, calcium, phosphate, citrate, and pH were measured. Comparisons within individuals were done by paired t test. RESULTS The calcium excretion rate fell significantly overnight (from 2.4 ± 0.2 µmol/min during the daytime to 1.5 ± 0.3 µmol/min, p < 0.05), in parallel with sodium excretion (54 ± 16 µmol/min from its daytime 127 ± 12 µmol/min, p < 0.05), preventing nocturnal calcium concentration from increasing (3.0 ± 0.3 mmol/l daytime to 2.5 ± 0.5 mmol/l overnight), while citrate concentration did not change significantly. The total urine phosphate concentration rose significantly overnight (daytime 18.7 ± 1.4 µmol/min vs. nocturnal 20.9 ± 1.7 µmol/min), but the concentration of divalent phosphate did not increase in the overnight period. CONCLUSIONS Although the UFR was lower overnight, there was no evidence that the risk of calcium phosphate precipitate formation in healthy subjects was increased.
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- Mohammad A Shafiee
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Ko B, Bergsland K, Gillen DL, Evan AP, Clark DL, Baylock J, Coe FL, Worcester EM. Sex differences in proximal and distal nephron function contribute to the mechanism of idiopathic hypercalcuria in calcium stone formers. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 309:R85-92. [PMID: 25947170 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00071.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH) is a common familial trait among patients with calcium nephrolithiasis. Previously, we have demonstrated that hypercalciuria is primarily due to reduced renal proximal and distal tubule calcium reabsorption. Here, using measurements of the clearances of sodium, calcium, and endogenous lithium taken from the General Clinical Research Center, we test the hypothesis that patterns of segmental nephron tubule calcium reabsorption differ between the sexes in IH and normal subjects. When the sexes are compared, we reconfirm the reduced proximal and distal calcium reabsorption. In IH women, distal nephron calcium reabsorption is decreased compared to normal women. In IH men, proximal tubule calcium reabsorption falls significantly, with a more modest reduction in distal calcium reabsorption compared to normal men. Additionally, we demonstrate that male IH patients have lower systolic blood pressures than normal males. We conclude that women and men differ in the way they produce the hypercalciuria of IH, with females reducing distal reabsorption and males primarily reducing proximal tubule function.
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- Benjamin Ko
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine, California; and
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Yasuoka Y, Sato Y, Healy JM, Nonoguchi H, Kawahara K. pH-sensitive expression of calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in type-B intercalated cells of the cortical collecting ducts (CCD) in mouse kidney. Clin Exp Nephrol 2014; 19:771-82. [PMID: 25500736 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-014-1063-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The localization and role of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) along the nephron including the collecting ducts is still open to debate. METHODS Using the quantitative, highly sensitive in situ hybridization technique and a double-staining immunohistochemistry technique, we investigated the axial distribution and expression of CaSR along the nephron in mice (C57B/6J) treated for 6 days with acid or alkali diets. RESULTS Under control condition, CaSR was specifically localized in the cortical and medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (CTAL and MTAL), macula densa (MD), distal convoluted tubule (DCT), and CCD (TALs, MD > DCT, CCD). Along the CCD, CaSR was co-localized with an anion exchanger type 4 (AE4), a marker of the basolateral membrane of type-B intercalated cell (IC-B) in mice. On the contrary, CaSR was not detected either in principal cells (PC) or in type-A intercalated cell (IC-A). CaSR expression levels in IC-B significantly (P < 0.005) decreased when mice were fed NH4Cl (acid) diets and increased when animals were given NaHCO3 (alkali) diets. As expected, cell heights of IC-A and IC-B significantly (P < 0.005) increased in the above experimental conditions. Surprisingly, single infusion (ip) of neomycin, an agonist of CaSR, significantly (P < 0.005) increased urinary Ca excretion without further increasing the hourly urine volume and significantly (P < 0.05) decreased urine pH. CONCLUSION CaSR, cloned from rat kidney, was localized in the basolateral membrane of IC-B and was more expressed during alkali-loading. Its alkali-sensitive expression may promote urinary alkali secretion for body acid-base balance.
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- Yukiko Yasuoka
- Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- ALESS Program, Komaba Organizational for Educational Excellence, College of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Kitasato University Medical Center, 6-100 Arai, Kitamoto, 364-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan. .,Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan.
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Immunolocalization of the calcium-sensing receptor in developing human kidney. Pediatr Res 2013; 74:133-40. [PMID: 23648418 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The calcium-sensing receptor (CSR) is a G-protein receptor that plays a critical role in calcium regulation. In the kidney, the CSR regulates calcium reabsorption in the thick ascending limb, where stimulation of the CSR inhibits calcium reabsorption in response to increased calcium in the peritubular fluid. In the collecting duct, apical CSR activation may play a role in osmoregulation, increasing water excretion in response to increased luminal calcium. METHODS We studied the ontogeny of the CSR in developing human kidney using immunohistochemical methods. RESULTS The CSR is first expressed in the S-shaped body in the region destined to form the ascending limb and distal tubule. Other regions of the S-shaped body, as well as ureteric buds, do not express the CSR. The CSR is observed in thick ascending limb as early as 20 wk of development. The CSR is not observed in proximal tubule or collecting duct between 20 and 40 wk of human development. CONCLUSION During early human renal development, CSR expression is limited to the thick ascending limb and distal tubule, where this receptor may play a role in calcium homeostasis between 20 and 40 wk of human development.
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Bergsland KJ, Worcester EM, Coe FL. Role of proximal tubule in the hypocalciuric response to thiazide of patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 305:F592-9. [PMID: 23720347 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00116.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The most common metabolic abnormality found in calcium (Ca) kidney stone formers is idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH). Using endogenous lithium (Li) clearance, we previously showed that in IH, there is decreased proximal tubule sodium absorption, and increased delivery of Ca into the distal nephron. Distal Ca reabsorption may facilitate the formation of Randall's plaque (RP) by washdown of excess Ca through the vasa recta toward the papillary tip. Elevated Ca excretion leads to increased urinary supersaturation (SS) with respect to calcium oxalate (CaOx) and calcium phosphate (CaP), providing the driving force for stone growth on RP. Thiazide (TZ) diuretics reduce Ca excretion and prevent stone recurrence, but the mechanism in humans is unknown. We studied the effect of chronic TZ administration on renal mineral handling in four male IH patients using a fixed three meal day in the General Clinical Research Center. Each subject was studied twice: once before treatment and once after 4-7 mo of daily chlorthalidone treatment. As expected, urine Ca fell with TZ, along with fraction of filtered Ca excreted. Fraction of filtered Li excreted also fell sharply with TZ, as did distal delivery of Ca. Unexpectedly, TZ lowered urine pH. Together with reduced urine Ca, this led to a marked fall in CaP SS, but not CaOx SS. Since CaOx stone formation begins with an initial CaP overlay on RP, by lowering urine pH and decreasing distal nephron Ca delivery, TZ might diminish stone risk both by reducing CaP SS, as well as slowing progression of RP.
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- Kristin J Bergsland
- The Univ. of Chicago, Section of Nephrology/MC5100, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.
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Bockenhauer D, Bichet DG. Inherited secondary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: concentrating on humans. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 304:F1037-42. [PMID: 23364801 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00639.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The study of human physiology is paramount to understanding disease and developing rational and targeted treatments. Conversely, the study of human disease can teach us a lot about physiology. Investigations into primary inherited nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) have contributed enormously to our understanding of the mechanisms of urinary concentration and identified the vasopressin receptor AVPR2, as well as the water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2), as key players in water reabsorption in the collecting duct. Yet, there are also secondary forms of NDI, for instance as a complication of lithium treatment. The focus of this review is secondary NDI associated with inherited human diseases, such as Bartter syndrome or apparent mineralocorticoid excess. Currently, the underlying pathophysiology of this inherited secondary NDI is unclear, but there appears to be true AQP2 deficiency. To better understand the underlying mechanism(s), collaboration between clinical and experimental physiologists is essential to further investigate these observations in appropriate experimental models.
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- D Bockenhauer
- UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
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Frick KK, Asplin JR, Favus MJ, Culbertson C, Krieger NS, Bushinsky DA. Increased biological response to 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) in genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 304:F718-26. [PMID: 23344574 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00645.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming (GHS) rats, bred to maximize urine (U) calcium (Ca) excretion, have increased intestinal Ca absorption and bone Ca resorption and reduced renal Ca reabsorption, leading to increased UCa compared with the Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. GHS rats have increased vitamin D receptors (VDR) at each of these sites, with normal levels of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) (1,25D), indicating that their VDR is undersaturated with 1,25D. We tested the hypothesis that 1,25D would induce a greater increase in UCa in GHS rats by feeding both strains ample Ca and injecting 1,25D (25 ng · 100 g body wt(-1) · day(-1)) or vehicle for 16 days. With 1,25D, UCa in SD increased from 1.7 ± 0.3 mg/day to 24.4 ± 1.2 (Δ = 22.4 ± 1.5) and increased more in GHS from 10.5 ± 0.7 to 41.9 ± 0.7 (Δ = 29.8 ± 1.8; P = 0.003). To determine the mechanism of the greater increase in UCa in GHS rats, we measured kidney RNA expression of components of renal Ca transport. Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV)5 and calbindin D(28K) were increased similarly in SD + 1,25D and GHS + 1,25D. The Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX1) was increased in GHS + 1,25D. Klotho was decreased in SD + 1,25D and GHS + 1,25D. TRPV6 was increased in SD + 1,25D and increased further in GHS + 1,25D. Claudin 14, 16, and 19, Na/K/2Cl transporter (NKCC2), and secretory K channel (ROMK) did not differ between SD + 1,25D and GHS + 1,25D. Increased UCa with 1,25D in GHS exceeded that of SD, indicating that the increased VDR in GHS induces a greater biological response. This increase in UCa, which must come from the intestine and/or bone, must exceed any effect of 1,25D on TRPV6 or NCX1-mediated renal Ca reabsorption.
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- Kevin K Frick
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Calcium-sensing receptor gene polymorphisms in patients with calcium nephrolithiasis. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2012; 21:355-61. [PMID: 22660550 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e3283542290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The calcium-sensing receptor gene (CaSR, chr. 3q13.3-21) is a candidate to explain nephrolithiasis. This review analyzes the potential role of CaSR in lithogenesis according to findings of functional and genetic studies. RECENT FINDINGS CaSR is a cation receptor located in the tubular cell plasma membrane. Its activation decreases calcium reabsorption in the ascending limb and distal convoluted tubule, but increases phosphate reabsorption in proximal tubules and decreases water and proton reabsorption in collecting ducts. Its effects in proximal tubules and collecting ducts can limit the calcium phosphate precipitation risk induced by the increase in calcium excretion. The nonconservative CaSR gene Arg990Gly polymorphism was associated with nephrolithiasis and hypercalciuria in different populations. Arg990Gly is located on exon 7 and produces a gain of the CaSR function. rs7652589 and rs1501899 were also associated with nephrolithiasis in patients with normal citrate excretion. These polymorphisms are located in the CaSR gene regulatory region and may modify CaSR gene promoter activity. SUMMARY The activating Arg990Gly polymorphism may predispose to nephrolithiasis by increasing calcium excretion. Polymorphisms at the regulatory region may predispose to nephrolithiasis by changing tubular expression of the CaSR. CaSR genotype may be a marker to identify patients prone to develop calcium nephrolithiasis.
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Kidney stones composed predominantly (50% or more) of calcium phosphate constitute up to 10% of all stones and 15%-20% of calcium stones, 80% of which are composed of calcium oxalate. Calcium phosphate is a minor component of up to 30% of calcium oxalate stones as well. The cause of calcium phosphate stones is often obscure but most often related to a high urine pH. Some patients with calcium phosphate stones may have incomplete renal tubular acidosis. Others have distal renal tubular acidosis characterized by hyperchloremic acidosis, hypocitraturia, and high urine pH. The use of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors such as acetazolamide, topiramate, and zonisamide leads to a similar picture. Treatment options to specifically prevent calcium phosphate stone recurrence have not been tested in clinical trials. Increases in urine volume and restriction of sodium intake to limit calcium excretion are important. Citrate supplementation is probably effective, although the concomitant increase in urine pH may increase calcium phosphate supersaturation and partially offset the inhibition of crystallization resulting from the increased urine citrate excretion and the alkali-associated reduction in urine calcium excretion. Thiazides lower urine calcium excretion and may help ensure the safety of citrate supplementation.
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- David S Goldfarb
- Nephrology Section, New York Harbor Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, New York, NY 10010, USA.
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Procino G, Mastrofrancesco L, Tamma G, Lasorsa DR, Ranieri M, Stringini G, Emma F, Svelto M, Valenti G. Calcium-sensing receptor and aquaporin 2 interplay in hypercalciuria-associated renal concentrating defect in humans. An in vivo and in vitro study. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33145. [PMID: 22403735 PMCID: PMC3293925 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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One mechanism proposed for reducing the risk of calcium renal stones is activation of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) on the apical membranes of collecting duct principal cells by high luminal calcium. This would reduce the abundance of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) and in turn the rate of water reabsorption. While evidence in cells and in hypercalciuric animal models supports this hypothesis, the relevance of the interplay between the CaR and AQP2 in humans is not clear. This paper reports for the first time a detailed correlation between urinary AQP2 excretion under acute vasopressin action (DDAVP treatment) in hypercalciuric subjects and in parallel analyzes AQP2-CaR crosstalk in a mouse collecting duct cell line (MCD4) expressing endogenous and functional CaR. In normocalciurics, DDAVP administration resulted in a significant increase in AQP2 excretion paralleled by an increase in urinary osmolality indicating a physiological response to DDAVP. In contrast, in hypercalciurics, baseline AQP2 excretion was high and did not significantly increase after DDAVP. Moreover DDAVP treatment was accompanied by a less pronounced increase in urinary osmolality. These data indicate reduced urinary concentrating ability in response to vasopressin in hypercalciurics. Consistent with these results, biotinylation experiments in MCD4 cells revealed that membrane AQP2 expression in unstimulated cells exposed to CaR agonists was higher than in control cells and did not increase significantly in response to short term exposure to forskolin (FK). Interestingly, we found that CaR activation by specific agonists reduced the increase in cAMP and prevented any reduction in Rho activity in response to FK, two crucial pathways for AQP2 translocation. These data support the hypothesis that CaR–AQP2 interplay represents an internal renal defense to mitigate the effects of hypercalciuria on the risk of calcium precipitation during antidiuresis. This mechanism and possibly reduced medulla tonicity may explain the lower concentrating ability observed in hypercalciuric patients.
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- Giuseppe Procino
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Coe FL, Evan A, Worcester E. Pathophysiology-based treatment of idiopathic calcium kidney stones. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 6:2083-92. [PMID: 21825103 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.11321210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Idiopathic calcium oxalate (CaOx) stone-formers (ICSFs) differ from patients who make idiopathic calcium phosphate (CaP) stones (IPSFs). ICSFs, but not IPSFs, form their stones as overgrowths on interstitial apatite plaque; the amount of plaque covering papillary surface is positively correlated with urine calcium excretion and inversely with urine volume. The amount of plaque predicts the number of recurrent stones. The initial crystal overgrowth on plaque is CaP, although the stone is mainly composed of CaOx, meaning that lowering supersaturation (SS) for CaOx and CaP is important for CaOx stone prevention. IPSFs, unlike ICSFs, have apatite crystal deposits in inner medullary collecting ducts, which are associated with interstitial scarring. ICSFs and IPSFs have idiopathic hypercalciuria, which is due to decreased tubule calcium reabsorption, but sites of abnormal reabsorption may differ. Decreased reabsorption in proximal tubules (PTs) delivers more calcium to the thick ascending limb (TAL), where increased calcium reabsorption can load the interstitium, leading to plaque formation. The site of abnormal reabsorption in IPSFs may be the TAL, where an associated defect in bicarbonate reabsorption could produce the higher urine pH characteristic of IPSFs. Preventive treatment with fluid intake, protein and sodium restriction, and thiazide will be effective in ICSFs and IPSFs by decreasing urine calcium concentration and CaOx and CaP SS and may also decrease plaque formation by increased PT calcium reabsorption. Citrate may be detrimental for IPSFs if urine pH rises greatly, increasing CaP SS. Future trials should examine the question of appropriate treatment for IPSFs.
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- Fredric L Coe
- University of Chicago, Section of Nephrology, 5841 South Maryland/Mailing Code 5100, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Vezzoli G, Terranegra A, Rainone F, Arcidiacono T, Cozzolino M, Aloia A, Dogliotti E, Cusi D, Soldati L. Calcium-sensing receptor and calcium kidney stones. J Transl Med 2011; 9:201. [PMID: 22107799 PMCID: PMC3339356 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Calcium nephrolithiasis may be considered as a complex disease having multiple pathogenetic mechanisms and characterized by various clinical manifestations. Both genetic and environmental factors may increase susceptibility to calcium stones; therefore, it is crucial to characterize the patient phenotype to distinguish homogeneous groups of stone formers. Family and twin studies have shown that the stone transmission pattern is not mendelian, but complex and polygenic. In these studies, heritability of calcium stones was calculated around 50% Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is mostly expressed in the parathyroid glands and in renal tubules. It regulates the PTH secretion according to the serum calcium concentration. In the kidney, it modulates electrolyte and water excretion regulating the function of different tubular segments. In particular, CaSR reduces passive and active calcium reabsorption in distal tubules, increases phosphate reabsorption in proximal tubules and stimulates proton and water excretion in collecting ducts. Therefore, it is a candidate gene for calcium nephrolithiasis. In a case-control study we found an association between the normocitraturic stone formers and two SNPs of CaSR, located near the promoters region (rs7652589 and rs1501899). This result was replicated in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, comparing patients with or without kidney stones. Bioinformatic analysis suggested that the minor alleles at these polymorphisms were able to modify the binding sites of specific transcription factors and, consequently, CaSR expression. Our studies suggest that CaSR is one of the candidate genes explaining individual predisposition to calcium nephrolithiasis. Stone formation may be favored by an altered CaSR expression in kidney medulla involving the normal balance among calcium, phosphate, protons and water excretion.
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- Giuseppe Vezzoli
- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
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Pan W, Borovac J, Spicer Z, Hoenderop JG, Bindels RJ, Shull GE, Doschak MR, Cordat E, Alexander RT. The epithelial sodium/proton exchanger, NHE3, is necessary for renal and intestinal calcium (re)absorption. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 302:F943-56. [PMID: 21937605 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00504.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Passive paracellular proximal tubular (PT) and intestinal calcium (Ca(2+)) fluxes have been linked to active sodium (re)absorption. Although the epithelial sodium/proton exchanger, NHE3, mediates apical sodium entry at both these sites, its role in Ca(2+) homeostasis remains unclear. We, therefore, set out to determine whether NHE3 is necessary for Ca(2+) (re)absorption from these epithelia by comparing Ca(2+) handling between wild-type and NHE3(-/-) mice. Serum Ca(2+) and plasma parathyroid hormone levels were not different between groups. However, NHE3(-/-) mice had increased serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3). The fractional excretion of Ca(2+) was also elevated in NHE3(-/-) mice. Paracellular Ca(2+) flux across confluent monolayers of a PT cell culture model was increased by an osmotic gradient equivalent to that generated by NHE3 across the PT in vivo and by overexpression of NHE3.( 45)Ca(2+) uptake after oral gavage and flux studies in Ussing chambers across duodenum of wild-type and NHE3(-/-) mice confirmed decreased Ca(2+) absorption in NHE3(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice. Consistent with this, intestinal calbindin-D(9K), claudin-2, and claudin-15 mRNA expression was decreased. Microcomputed tomography analysis revealed a perturbation in bone mineralization. NHE3(-/-) mice had both decreased cortical bone mineral density and trabecular bone mass. Our results demonstrate significant alterations of Ca(2+) homeostasis in NHE3(-/-) mice and provide a molecular link between Na(+) and Ca(2+) (re)absorption.
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- Wanling Pan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Bergsland KJ, Zisman AL, Asplin JR, Worcester EM, Coe FL. Evidence for net renal tubule oxalate secretion in patients with calcium kidney stones. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 300:F311-8. [PMID: 21123489 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00411.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Little is known about the renal handling of oxalate in patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH). To explore the role of tubular oxalate handling in IH and to evaluate whether differences exist between IH and normal controls, we studied 19 IH subjects, 8 normal subjects, and 2 bariatric stone formers (BSF) during a 1-day General Clinical Research Center protocol utilizing a low-oxalate diet. Urine and blood samples were collected at 30- to 60-min intervals while subjects were fasting and after they ate three meals providing known amounts of calcium, phosphorus, sodium, protein, oxalate, and calories. Plasma oxalate concentrations and oxalate-filtered loads were similar between patients (includes IH and BSF) and controls in both the fasting and fed states. Urinary oxalate excretion was significantly higher in patients vs. controls regardless of feeding state. Fractional excretion of oxalate (FEOx) was >1, suggesting tubular secretion of oxalate, in 6 of 19 IH and both BSF, compared with none of the controls (P < 0.00001). Adjusted for water extraction along the nephron, urine oxalate rose more rapidly among patients than normal subjects with increases in plasma oxalate. Our findings identify tubular secretion of oxalate as a key mediator of hyperoxaluria in calcium stone formers, potentially as a means of maintaining plasma oxalate in a tight range.
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- Kristin J Bergsland
- Department of Medicine, Nephrology Section, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Composition and morphology of phosphate stones and their relation with etiology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 38:459-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s00240-010-0320-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 09/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Worcester EM, Coe FL. Evidence for altered renal tubule function in idiopathic calcium stone formers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 38:263-9. [PMID: 20632168 DOI: 10.1007/s00240-010-0299-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Patients who form calcium kidney stones often have metabolic disorders such as idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH) that reflect abnormalities in mineral handling in the kidney. Renal handling of calcium is altered by ingestion of nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, and sodium, and patients with IH appear to be more sensitive to these stimuli. Studies using probes such as diuretics or lithium clearance have the ability to clarify which nephron segments are involved in the altered renal calcium transport with nutrient seen in IH. Studies in the genetic hypercalciuric rat demonstrate alterations in both proximal tubule and thick ascending limb calcium reabsorption. Similar studies in humans have begun to provide evidence about the corresponding abnormalities in stone formers with IH. A pattern of altered renal tubule transport in calcium stone formers is suggested by the frequency of such findings as decreased tubular maximal reabsorption of phosphate and abnormal urine acidification as well as hypercalciuria in such patients, not explained by monogenic transport abnormalities.
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- Elaine M Worcester
- Nephrology Section/MC 5100, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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We recommend changing the name of the milk-alkali syndrome to the calcium-alkali syndrome, because the new terminology better reflects the shifting epidemiology and understanding of this disorder. The calcium-alkali syndrome is now the third most common cause of hospital admission for hypercalcemia, and those at greatest risk are postmenopausal or pregnant women. The incidence of the calcium-alkali syndrome is growing in large part as a result of the widespread use of over-the-counter calcium and vitamin D supplements. Advertising for treatment or prevention of osteoporosis has long encouraged this use. Intricate mechanisms mediating the calcium-alkali syndrome depend on interplay among intestine, kidney, and bone. New insights regarding its pathogenesis focus on the key role of calcium-sensing receptors and TRPV5 channels in the modulation of renal calcium excretion. Restoring extracellular blood volume, increasing GFR and calcium excretion, and discontinuing calcium supplementation provide best treatment.
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- Ami M Patel
- Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Coe FL, Evan AP, Worcester EM, Lingeman JE. Three pathways for human kidney stone formation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 38:147-60. [PMID: 20411383 DOI: 10.1007/s00240-010-0271-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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No single theory of pathogenesis can properly account for human kidney stones, they are too various and their formation is too complex for simple understanding. Using human tissue biopsies, intraoperative imaging and such physiology data from ten different stone forming groups, we have identified at least three pathways that lead to stones. The first pathway is overgrowth on interstitial apatite plaque as seen in idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers, as well as stone formers with primary hyperparathyroidism, ileostomy, and small bowel resection, and in brushite stone formers. In the second pathway, there are crystal deposits in renal tubules that were seen in all stone forming groups except the idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers. The third pathway is free solution crystallization. Clear examples of this pathway are those patient groups with cystinuria or hyperoxaluria associated with bypass surgery for obesity. Although the final products may be very similar, the ways of creation are so different that in attempting to create animal and cell models of the processes one needs to be careful that the details of the human condition are included.
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- Fredric L Coe
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Nephrology Section/MC 5100, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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