The Spectrum of Dysregulated Aldosterone Production : An International Human Physiology Study

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CONTEXT: Primary aldosteronism is a form of low-renin hypertension characterized by dysregulated aldosterone production.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contributions of renin-independent aldosteronism, and ACTH-mediated aldosteronism, in individuals with a low-renin phenotype representing the entire continuum of blood pressure.‏.

DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS: Human physiology study of 348 participants with a low-renin phenotype with severe and/or resistant hypertension, hypertension with hypokalemia, elevated blood pressure and stage I/II hypertension, and normal blood pressure.

SETTING: 4 international centers.‏.

INTERVENTIONS/MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Saline suppression test (SST) to quantify the magnitude of renin-independent aldosteronism; dexamethasone suppression and ACTH-stimulation tests to quantify the magnitude of ACTH-mediated aldosteronism; adrenal venous sampling to determine lateralization.

RESULTS: There was a continuum of non-suppressible and renin-independent aldosterone production following SST that paralleled the magnitude of the blood pressure continuum and transcended conventional diagnostic thresholds. In parallel, there was a full continuum of ACTH-mediated aldosteronism wherein post-SST aldosterone levels were strongly correlated with ACTH-stimulated aldosterone production (r = 0.75, P < 0.0001) and non-suppressible aldosterone production post-dexamethasone (r = 0.40, P < 0.0001). Beyond participants who met criteria for primary aldosteronism (post-SST aldosterone of ≥10 ng/dL or ≥277 pmol/L), the continuum of non-suppressible and renin-independent aldosterone production persisted below this diagnostic threshold, wherein 15% still had lateralizing aldosteronism amenable to surgical adrenalectomy, and the remainder were treated with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists.

CONCLUSIONS: In the context of a low-renin phenotype, there is a continuum of dysregulated aldosterone production that is prominently influenced by ACTH. A large proportion of individuals with low-renin have dysregulated aldosterone production and may benefit from aldosterone-directed therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - (2024) vom: 07. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parksook, Wasita W [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Jenifer M [VerfasserIn]
Omata, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Tezuka, Yuta [VerfasserIn]
Ono, Yoshikiyo [VerfasserIn]
Satoh, Fumitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Laura C [VerfasserIn]
Niebuhr, Yvonne [VerfasserIn]
Milks, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Honzel, Brooke [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Haiping [VerfasserIn]
Auchus, Richard J [VerfasserIn]
Sunthornyothin, Sarat [VerfasserIn]
Turcu, Adina F [VerfasserIn]
Vaidya, Anand [VerfasserIn]

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ACTH
Aldosterone
Hypertension
Journal Article
Low-renin hypertension
Primary aldosteronism

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Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1210/clinem/dgae145

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NLM369403118