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The Renal Extraction and the Natriuretic Action of GLP-1 in Humans Depend on Interaction With the GLP-1 Receptor

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 106, Issue 1, Pages E11-E19

Publisher

ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa643

Keywords

angiotensin II; glomerular filtration rate; GLP-1; kidney; natriuresis; renal plasma flow

Funding

  1. Board of Research of Bispebjerg University Hospital
  2. Dagmar Marshalls Foundation
  3. Danish Heart Foundation
  4. Arvid Nilssons Foundation
  5. Novo Nordisk Foundation

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In healthy humans, the natriuretic effect and renal extraction of GLP-1 are both dependent on GLP-1 receptor activation.
Purpose: The natriuretic effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in humans is independent of changes in renal plasma flow (RPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) but may involve suppression of angiotensin II (ANG II) and a significant (similar to 45%) renal extraction of GLP-1. The current study was designed to investigate the consequences for the renal extraction and the natriuretic effect of blocking GLP-1 receptors with the specific GLP-1 receptor antagonist, Exendin 9-39 (Ex 9-39). Methods: Under fixed sodium intake for 4 days before each study day, 6 healthy male participants were recruited from our recent study where GLP-1 or vehicle was infused (1). In the present new experiments, participants were examined during a 3-hour infusion of GLP-1 (1.5 pmol/kg/min) together with a 3.5-hour infusion of Ex 9-39 (900 pmol/kg/min). Timed urine collections were conducted throughout the experiments. Renal extraction of GLP-1 as well as RPF and GFR were measured via Fick's principle after catheterization of a renal vein. Arterial plasma renin, ANG II, and aldosterone concentrations were measured. Results: Co-infusion of Ex 9-39 significantly reduced renal extraction of GLP-1 to similar to 25% compared with GLP-1 infusion alone (similar to 45%). Urinary sodium excretions remained at baseline levels during co-infusion of Ex 9-39 as well as vehicle. By contrast, GLP-1 infusion alone resulted in a 2-fold increase in natriuresis. Ex 9-39 abolished the GLP-1-induced decrease in arterial ANG II concentrations. RPF and GFR remained unchanged during all experiments. Conclusions: Renal extraction of GLP-1 and its effect on natriuresis are both dependent on GLP-1 receptor activation in healthy humans.

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