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  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Nephrology

Background:

  • Current understanding suggests total-body sodium (TBNa) and water adjust to match sodium intake and excretion.
  • However, long-term studies and balance data challenge this view, indicating TBNa may fluctuate independently.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between fixed sodium intake levels and TBNa regulation.
  • To identify rhythmic patterns in sodium excretion and TBNa over extended periods.

Main Methods:

  • Fixed sodium intake at three different levels for several weeks.
  • Collected all urine to measure sodium excretion.
  • Monitored TBNa, extracellular water, body weight, and blood pressure.

Main Results:

  • Weekly (circaseptan) patterns in sodium excretion were observed, inversely related to aldosterone and directly to cortisol.
  • TBNa did not depend on sodium intake but showed longer (≥ monthly) infradian rhythms.
  • TBNa rhythms were independent of extracellular water, body weight, or blood pressure.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support a model of tissue sodium storage and regulation distinct from simple intake-excretion balance.
  • Further research using (23)Na-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is planned to explore sodium balance in patients.
  • Results may inform therapeutic strategies for hypertension and related target-organ damage.