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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 320, Issue 3, Pages F325-F335Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00415.2020
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aldosterone; renin; secondary hypertension
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Aldosterone sensitivity is the response variable to a specific level of aldosterone, measured in differential tissue and blood pressure responses. This concept challenges traditional views of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and may uncover novel mechanisms of hypertension, particularly in black individuals and older age groups.
Aldosterone sensitivity is defined as an outcome variable for a given circulating level of aldosterone. In basic and translational studies, aldosterone sensitivity has been measured in differential tissue responses, e.g., lower urine sodium and higher urine potassium, as an index of the renal response; in clinical studies, aldosterone sensitivity has been measured in differential blood pressure responses. The concept of aldosterone sensitivity disrupts the conventional wisdom of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and has the potential to uncover novel mechanisms of hypertension. Here, we review basic and translational science studies that uncovered differential renal responses to aldosterone and connect this earlier work to more recent observational studies and randomized trials that have demonstrated differential blood pressure responses for a given level of aldosterone in healthy and hypertensive persons. Black race and older age are associated with higher aldosterone sensitivity and blood pressure. We also discuss gaps in the field and how future basic and clinical studies might inform mechanisms of differential sensitivity.
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