期刊
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
卷 37, 期 10, 页码 2245-2254出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-022-05494-5
关键词
Hypokalemic nephropathy; Potassium channel; Potassium supplementation; Salt substitution; Sodium-chloride cotransporter; Tubulopathies
资金
- Dutch Kidney Foundation [CP16.01, 21OK + 13]
By controlling urinary potassium excretion, the kidneys play a key role in maintaining whole-body potassium homeostasis. Conversely, low urinary potassium excretion is recognized as a risk factor for the progression of kidney disease. There is a reciprocal relationship between potassium and the kidney, where the kidney regulates potassium balance and potassium also affects kidney function.
By controlling urinary potassium excretion, the kidneys play a key role in maintaining whole-body potassium homeostasis. Conversely, low urinary potassium excretion (as a proxy for insufficient dietary intake) is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for the progression of kidney disease. Thus, there is a reciprocal relationship between potassium and the kidney: the kidney regulates potassium balance but potassium also affects kidney function. This review explores this relationship by discussing new insights into kidney potassium handling derived from recently characterized tubulopathies and studies on sexual dimorphism. These insights reveal a central but non-exclusive role for the distal convoluted tubule in sensing potassium and subsequently modifying the activity of the sodium-chloride cotransporter. This is another example of reciprocity: activation of the sodium-chloride cotransporter not only reduces distal sodium delivery and therefore potassium secretion but also increases salt sensitivity. This mechanism helps explain the well-known relationship between dietary potassium and blood pressure. Remarkably, in children, blood pressure is related to dietary potassium but not sodium intake. To explore how potassium deficiency can cause kidney injury, we review the mechanisms of hypokalemic nephropathy and discuss if these mechanisms may explain the association between low dietary potassium intake and adverse kidney outcomes. We discuss if potassium should be repleted in patients with kidney disease and what role dietary potassium plays in the risk of hyperkalemia. Supported by data and physiology, we reach the conclusion that we should view potassium not only as a potentially dangerous cation but also as a companion in the battle against kidney disease.
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