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Renal resistance to antidiuretic hormone (ADH) has been speculated to be a mechanism of transient nephrogenic diabetes insipidus occurring during late pregnancy. In order to study possible involvement of ovarian steroids in this mechanism, their effect on cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP) response to arginine vasopressin (AVP) was examined utilizing rat and human renal medullary cells in monolayer culture. In both rat and human cells, estradiol significantly reduced cAMP response to AVP; estradiol at 1.84 x 10(-8) M, 1.84 x 10(-7) M and 1.84 x 10(-6) M decreased cAMP production stimulated by 10(-8) M AVP to 78 +/- 5%, 67 +/- 2% (P less than 0.05) and 52 +/- 1% (P less than 0.001) of the control in rat renal cells, respectively, and in human renal cells the effect of estradiol was comparable to that in rat cells. In rat renal cells, progesterone also reduced cAMP response to AVP dose-dependently; progesterone at 1.59 x 10(-7) M, 1.59 x 10(-6) M and 1.59 x 10(-5) M decreased cAMP production stimulated by 10(-8) M AVP to 87 +/- 1%, 72 +/- 5% (P less than 0.001) and 37 +/- 5% (P less than 0.001) of the control, respectively. On the other hand, corticosterone and dexamethasone at concentrations ranging from 10(-8) M to 10(-5) M and aldosterone at concentrations ranging from 10(-9) M to 10(-5) M did not alter cAMP response to AVP significantly. The suppressive effect of estradiol increased with time until six hours and thereafter it reached a plateau.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of ovarian steroids on cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate production stimulated by arginine vasopressin in rat renal monolayer cultured cells. 285 Jan 58

To study the effect of 1-deamino-8D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) on the factor VIII response in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), 0.30 microgram/kg DDAVP was given to 2 unrelated NDI patients, 3 obligate carriers, and 20 controls. Factor VIII coagulant activity (FVIIIC) and factor VIII related antigen (FVIIIR:Ag) responses were absent in both NDI patients and were decreased by approximately 50% in the carriers by comparison with controls. These results show that the vasopressin receptor defect in NDI is not confined to the kidney but is equally expressed in other tissues including the vascular endothelium and hepatic sinusoids, the respective sites of FVIIIR:Ag and FVIIIC production. A decreased factor VIII response may help in identifying carriers in families at risk.
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PMID:Absent factor VIII response to synthetic vasopressin analogue (DDAVP) in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. 286 Apr 91

The antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin interacts with two types of receptors: V1, which mediates the effects of vasopressin on vascular smooth muscle, and V2, which mediates the antidiuretic effects on renal tubules. Resistance of the renal tubules to arginine vasopressin and to the antidiuretic V2-specific agonist 1-desamino[8-D-arginine] vasopressin (dDAVP) occurs in congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, a rare X-linked disease, although the V1-receptor responses remain intact. The extrarenal actions of dDAVP in normal persons are a decrease in blood pressure, an increase in plasma renin activity, and stimulation of the release of factor VIIIc and von Willebrand factor. We measured the response of mean arterial pressure, pulse rate, plasma renin activity, factor VIIIc, and von Willebrand factor to an infusion of dDAVP (0.3 microgram per kilogram of body weight) in seven male patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, six obligatory carriers of the gene for nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, five patients with central diabetes insipidus, and four normal subjects. In the normal subjects and the patients with central diabetes insipidus, dDAVP decreased mean arterial pressure (by 10 to 15 percent) and increased pulse rate (by 20 to 25 percent), renin activity (by 65 percent), and the release of coagulation factors (twofold to threefold) (all changes were significant, P less than 0.01). None of these changes were observed in the patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, and minimal responses were observed in the obligatory carriers. These results confirm the existence of extrarenal vasopressin V2-like receptors, which may be defective in patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
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PMID:Hemodynamic and coagulation responses to 1-desamino[8-D-arginine] vasopressin in patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. 296 1

Urinary adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) excretion before and after administration of aqueous vasopressin (pitressin) and 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) was measured in congenital nephrogenic and in vasopressin sensitive diabetes insipidus (VS-DI). Excretion of cAMP into the urine increased markedly in response to pitressin (676%) and to DDAVP (252%) in VS-DI. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (N-DI) could be divided into two categories (type 1 and type 2) in respect to urinary cAMP responsiveness. In type 1, cAMP excretion showed no definite change after stimulation with pitressin (102%) or DDAVP (127%). On the other hand, urinary excretion of cAMP was significantly elevated in response to DDAVP in familial cases of N-DI type 2 (1269%) without producing any concentrating effect on the urine. Two different defects are considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of N-DI.
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PMID:Urinary adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) response to antidiuretic hormone in diabetes insipidus (DI): comparison between congenital nephrogenic DI type 1 and 2, and vasopressin sensitive DI. 298 1

A polyuric syndrome with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is a frequent consequence of prolonged administration of lithium (Li) salts. Studies in the past, mainly the acute and in vitro experiments, indicated that Li ions can inhibit hydroosmotic effect of [8-arginine]vasopressin (AVP) at the step of cAMP generation in vitro. However, the pathogenesis of the NDI due to chronic oral administration of low therapeutic doses of Li salts is not yet clarified. We conducted a comprehensive study to clarify the mechanism by which Li administered orally for several weeks induces polyuria and NDI in rats. Albino rats consuming a diet which contained Li (60 mmol/kg) for 4 wk developed marked polyuria and polydipsia; at the end of 4 wk the plasma Li was 0.7 +/- 0.09 mM (mean +/- SEM; n = 36). Li-treated rats had a significantly decreased (-33%) tissue osmolality in papilla and greatly reduced cortico-papillary gradient of urea (cortex--43%; medulla--64%; papilla--74%). Plasma urea was significantly (P less than 0.001) lower in Li-treated rats (5.4 +/- 0.2 mM) compared with controls (6.8 +/- 0.3 mM). Medullary collecting tubules (MCT) and papillary collecting ducts (PCD) microdissected from Li-treated animals had higher content of protein than MCT and PCD from the control rats. The cAMP accumulation in response to AVP added in vitro was significantly (delta = -60%) reduced. Also, the cAMP accumulation in MCT and PCD after incubation with forskolin was markedly lower in Li-treated rats. Addition of 0.5 mM 1-methyl,3-isobutyl-xanthine did not restore the cAMP accumulation in response to AVP and forskolin in MCT from Li-treated animals. In collecting tubule segments from polyuric rats with hypothalamic diabetes insipidus (Brattleboro homozygotes) the AVP-dependent cAMP accumulation was not diminished. The activity of adenylate cyclase (AdC) in MCT of Li-treated rats, both the basal and the activity stimulated by AVP, forskolin, or fluoride, was significantly (delta approximately equal to -30%) reduced, while the activity of cAMP phosphodiesterase (cAMP-PDIE) in the same segment showed no significant difference from the controls. Also, the content of ATP in MCT microdissected from Li-treated rats and incubated in vitro did not differ from controls. The rate of [14C]succinate oxidation to 14CO2 in MAL was inhibited (-77%) by 1 mM furosemide, which indicates that this metabolic process is coupled with NaCl cotransport in MAL. The rate of (14)CO(2) production from [14C]succinate in MAL was not significantly different between control and Li-treated rats. In MCT of control rats, the rate of [14C]succinate oxidation was approximately 3 times lower than in MAL. The rate of (14)CO(2) production from [(14)C]succinate in MCT of Li-treated rats was significantly (delta +33%) higher than in MCT dissected from control rats. Based on these results, we conclude that at least two factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of NDI consequent to chronic oral administration of Li: (a) decreased ability of MCT and PCD to generate and accumulate cAMP in response to stimulation by AVP; this defect is primarily due to diminished activity of AdC in these tubular segments caused by prolonged exposure to Li; and (b) lower osmolality of renal papillary tissue, due to primarily to depletion of urea, which decreases osmotic driving force for water reabsorption in collecting tubules. On the other hand, NaCI reabsorption in MAL is apparently not affected by chronic Li treatment.
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PMID:Pathogenesis of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus due to chronic administration of lithium in rats. 298 35

The antidiuretic effect of two prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors, ibuprofen (25 mg/kg/day) and indomethacin (2 mg/kg/day), was studied in patients aged 8 to 18 years with hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Ibuprofen (studied in five patients) did not have demonstrable effects on urine volume, free water clearance, or osmolar clearance, but fractional excretion of sodium decreased from a mean of 0.38% to 0.19% (P less than 0.05). In contrast, indomethacin (studied in three patients) was associated with a decrease in mean urine volume from 5.8 to 2.8 mL/min and a decrease in mean free water clearance from 3.1 to 1.1 mL/min (both P less than 0.05). Fractional excretion of sodium decreased from 0.77% to 0.27% (P less than 0.01) and was accompanied by an increase in serum urea nitrogen level (P less than 0.01) and a decrease in urea nitrogen clearance (P less than 0.025). Thus, prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors are not uniformly effective in treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. The inhibitory effect of indomethacin on urine volume and free water clearance in our patients may have been mediated by an enhancement of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)-stimulated cyclic adenosine monophosphate generation, or by increased ADH-independent water reabsorption resulting from an increase in solute reabsorption and consequent medullary hypertonicity.
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PMID:Treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus with prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors. 308 May 75

V1 and V2 vasopressin receptor functions were studied in 2 patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. V1 receptor-mediated functions (increase in urinary prostaglandin E2 excretion and plasma cortisol levels) and Gs (guanine nucleotide-binding stimulatory protein) activity of erythrocyte membranes were normal in both patients. After infusion of 0.4 micrograms/kg dDAVP, a 57-yr-old male patient had no increase in plasma factor VIII coagulant, ristocetin cofactor, or fibrinolytic activity or change in von Willebrand factor multimers. In addition, he had no vasodilatory response to dDAVP, a response that occurs in normal subjects and patients with central diabetes insipidus. In contrast, a 25-yr-old female patient had normal hemostatic and vasodilatory responses to the infusion of dDAVP. These observations indicate that the cellular abnormalities in patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus may be either at the V2 receptor or in the postreceptor (and Gs activity) cascade of events that mediate vasopressin-induced antidiuresis. Therefore, heterogeneity exists in the biochemical cause(s) of congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in man.
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PMID:Two distinct pathophysiological mechanisms in congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. 313 81

In four boys with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, plasma arginine-vasopressin (AVP) and urinary excretion of prostaglandins were studied in response to treatment with hydrochlorothiazide and indomethacin. An abnormal relationship between AVP and urine osmolality was demonstrated in all patients. In the first patient, treatment with indomethacin (3 mg/kg per day) resulted in a drop of the insulin and paraminohippurate clearances. In the other three patients urinary excretion of PGE2 was raised, and fell during treatment with hydrochlorothiazide (2 mg/kg per day) and indomethacin (2 mg/kg per day). Urine flow, free water clearance and osmolar clearance decreased during treatment. A combination of both drugs is more effective than hydrochlorothiazide alone and the effect appears to be additive.
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PMID:Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus-vasopressin and prostaglandins in response to treatment with hydrochlorothiazide and indomethacin. 315 21

Among seven schizophrenic patients subject to water intoxication (six men and one woman, mean age 39.1 +/- 6.9 years), we measured serum sodium, plasma arginine vasopressin, and urine osmolality at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on eight consecutive Thursdays. On the days of greatest diurnal change in serum sodium, the 7 a.m. serum sodium was 141.1 +/- 1.8 mEq/l and the 4 p.m. value was 129.9 +/- 3.2 mEq/l. Plasma vasopressin also tended to be lower at 4 p.m. but, in many cases, was inadequately suppressed for the level of hyponatremia. The urine was dilute at both 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. and mean urine osmolality did not differ at the two times. In three patients, urine osmolality was consistently subnormal relative to plasma vasopressin at both 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. This abnormality was consistent with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus secondary to lithium and, possibly, phenytoin which the patients received to protect them against hyponatremia. We conclude that the combination of polydipsia and abnormal osmoregulation of vasopressin secretion contributes importantly to the afternoon hyponatremia found in schizophrenic patients subject to water intoxication.
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PMID:Diurnal variation in water homeostasis among schizophrenic patients subject to water intoxication. 315 22

From the analysis of several studies published from 1979 to 1986 comprising 1,172 patients, we estimated that glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was normal in 85% of unselected patients on chronic lithium therapy. The remaining 15% of patients displayed only mild reduction in GFR, clustering at approximately 60 mL/min. Thus, the data available to date do not support earlier concerns that long-term lithium therapy could eventuate into renal insufficiency. The most prevalent renal effect of lithium is impairment of concentrating ability, which we estimated to be present in at least 54% of 1,105 unselected patients on chronic lithium therapy. This defect translated into overt polyuria in only 19% of unselected cases. A renal lesion confined to the collecting tubule has been described in humans who have taken lithium for short periods of time. This lesion may represent the collecting tubule's response to the intracellular accumulation of lithium, which interferes with cAMP formation and results in an early and probably reversible inhibition of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)-mediated water transport. However, long-term lithium therapy may induce a progressive and partly irreversible defect in concentrating ability. The potential risk for dehydration associated with lithium-induced polyuria, as well as the discomfort inherent to this side effect, deserves evaluation and consideration for therapeutic intervention. Amiloride has additional advantages over conventional treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus using thiazide diuretics. The action of amiloride on ADH-mediated water transport seems specific in as much as it is capable of preventing the uptake of lithium in high resistance epithelia and thereby prevents the inhibitory effect of intracellular lithium on water transport. Unlike thiazides, amiloride has a weak natriuretic effect and is less likely to increase plasma lithium levels by causing volume contraction. In addition, amiloride, by conserving potassium, obviates the need for potassium supplementation that is usually required to prevent hypokalemia when thiazides are used to treat lithium-induced polyuria. Since amiloride may prevent chronic intracellular lithium accumulation in the collecting tubule, future studies should elucidate whether amiloride also has a role in preventing lithium-induced chronic tubulo-interstitial damage.
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PMID:Prevalence, pathogenesis, and treatment of renal dysfunction associated with chronic lithium therapy. 331 89


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