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Salt and acid-base metabolism in claudin-16 knockdown mice: impact for the pathophysiology of FHHNC patients

¹Physiologisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany; and ²Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Submitted 25 June 2008 ; accepted in final form 8 September 2008

Claudin-16 is defective in familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC). Claudin-16 knockdown (CLDN16 KD) mice show reduced cation selectivity in the thick ascending limb. The defect leads to a collapse of the lumen-positive diffusion voltage, which drives Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ absorption. Because of the reduced tight junction permeability ratio for Na⁺ over Cl^–, we proposed a backleak of NaCl into the lumen. Systemic analysis had revealed lower blood pressure and a moderately increased plasma aldosterone concentration. In this study, we measured the amiloride-sensitive equivalent short-circuit current in isolated, perfused collecting ducts and found it increased by fivefold in CLDN16 KD mice compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Amiloride treatment unmasked renal Na⁺ loss in the thick ascending limb of the nephron. Under amiloride treatment, CLDN16 KD mice developed hyponatremia and the renal fractional excretion of Na⁺ was twofold higher in CLDN16 KD compared with WT mice. The loss of claudin-16 also resulted in increased urinary flow, reduced HCO₃^– excretion, and lower urine pH. We conclude that perturbation in salt and acid-base metabolism in CLDN16 KD mice has its origin in the defective cation permselectivity of the thick ascending limb of the nephron. This study has contributed to the still incomplete understanding of the symptoms of FHHNC patients.

paracellular ion transport; thick ascending limb; magnesium; calcium; amiloride

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