Increased Activity of a Renal Salt Transporter (ENaC) in Diabetic Kidney Disease

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a diuretic drug called amiloride is capable of increasing renal salt excretion and thereby decrease blood pressure in diabetic patients with kidney disease. Our hypothesis states that amiloride is capable of reducing blood pressure in these patients and thus decrease the cardiovascular risk associated with diabetic kidney disease.

Timeline

Start

2013-10

Primary completion

2014-12

Completion

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Publications

• Background Svenningsen P, Bistrup C, Friis UG, Bertog M, Haerteis S, Krueger B, Stubbe J, Jensen ON, Thiesson HC, Uhrenholt TR, Jespersen B, Jensen BL, Korbmacher C, Skott O. Plasmin in nephrotic urine activates the epithelial sodium channel. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Feb;20(2):299-310. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2008040364. Epub 2008 Dec 10.
• Background Svenningsen P, Uhrenholt TR, Palarasah Y, Skjodt K, Jensen BL, Skott O. Prostasin-dependent activation of epithelial Na+ channels by low plasmin concentrations. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009 Dec;297(6):R1733-41. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00321.2009. Epub 2009 Sep 30.
• Background Saha C, Eckert GJ, Ambrosius WT, Chun TY, Wagner MA, Zhao Q, Pratt JH. Improvement in blood pressure with inhibition of the epithelial sodium channel in blacks with hypertension. Hypertension. 2005 Sep;46(3):481-7. doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000179582.42830.1d. Epub 2005 Aug 22.
• Background Buhl KB, Friis UG, Svenningsen P, Gulaveerasingam A, Ovesen P, Frederiksen-Moller B, Jespersen B, Bistrup C, Jensen BL. Urinary plasmin activates collecting duct ENaC current in preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2012 Nov;60(5):1346-51. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.198879. Epub 2012 Sep 17.
• Isaksson GL, Hinrichs GR, Andersen H, Bach ML, Weyer K, Zachar R, Henriksen JE, Madsen K, Lund IK, Mollet G, Bistrup C, Birn H, Jensen BL, Palarasah Y. Amiloride Reduces Urokinase/Plasminogen-Driven Intratubular Complement Activation in Glomerular Proteinuria. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Apr 1;35(4):410-425. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000312. Epub 2024 Jan 23.

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