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Impact of mineralocorticoid receptor polymorphisms on urinary electrolyte excretion with and without diuretic drugs
Nawar Dalila1, Jürgen Brockmöller, Mladen Vassilev Tzvetkov
1Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Aim:
Polymorphisms in the mineralocorticoid receptor may affect urinary sodium and potassium excretion. We investigated polymorphisms in the MR gene in relation to urinary electrolyte excretion in two separate studies.
Patients & Methods:
The genotype-phenotype association was studied in healthy volunteers after single doses of bumetanide, furosemide, torsemide, hydrochlorothiazide, triamterene and after NaCl restriction.
Results:
High potassium excretion under all conditions except torsemide, and high NaCl excretion after bumetanide and furosemide were associated with the A allele of the intron-3 polymorphism (rs3857080). This polymorphism explained 5-10% of the functional variation and in vitro, rs3857080 affected DNA binding of the transcription factor LHX4.
Conclusion:
rs3857080 may be a promising new candidate for research in cardiac and renal disorders and on antialdosteronergic drugs like spironolactone.
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