TY - JOUR
T1 - Polycystic Kidney Disease and the Vasopressin Pathway
AU - Van Gastel, Maatje D.A.
AU - Torres, Vicente E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Vasopressin, also known as arginine vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone, plays a pivotal role in maintaining body homeostasis. Increased vasopressin concentrations, measured by its surrogate copeptin, have been associated with disease severity as well as disease progression in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), and in experimental studies vasopressin has been shown to directly regulate cyst growth. Blocking vasopressin effects on the kidney via the vasopressin V2-receptor and lower circulating vasopressin concentration are potential treatment opportunities that have been the subject of study in PKD in recent years. Treatment with vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist tolvaptan has been shown to inhibit disease progression in experimental studies, as well as in a large randomized controlled trial involving 1,445 patients with autosomal dominant PKD, lowering total kidney volume growth from 5.5 to 2.8%, and the slope of the reciprocal of the serum creatinine level from -3.81 to -2.61 mg per mL-1/year. Alternatively, lowering circulating vasopressin could delay disease progression. Vasopressin is secreted in response to an increased plasma osmolality, which in turn is caused by a low fluid or high osmolar intake. Other lifestyle factors, like smoking, increase vasopressin concentration. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the physiology as well as pathophysiology of vasopressin in PKD, the promising effects of tolvaptan treatment, and potential synergistic or additive treatments in combination with tolvaptan. In this study, we also review current evidence regarding the effect of influencing disease progression in PKD by lifestyle changes, especially by fluid intake.
AB - Vasopressin, also known as arginine vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone, plays a pivotal role in maintaining body homeostasis. Increased vasopressin concentrations, measured by its surrogate copeptin, have been associated with disease severity as well as disease progression in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), and in experimental studies vasopressin has been shown to directly regulate cyst growth. Blocking vasopressin effects on the kidney via the vasopressin V2-receptor and lower circulating vasopressin concentration are potential treatment opportunities that have been the subject of study in PKD in recent years. Treatment with vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist tolvaptan has been shown to inhibit disease progression in experimental studies, as well as in a large randomized controlled trial involving 1,445 patients with autosomal dominant PKD, lowering total kidney volume growth from 5.5 to 2.8%, and the slope of the reciprocal of the serum creatinine level from -3.81 to -2.61 mg per mL-1/year. Alternatively, lowering circulating vasopressin could delay disease progression. Vasopressin is secreted in response to an increased plasma osmolality, which in turn is caused by a low fluid or high osmolar intake. Other lifestyle factors, like smoking, increase vasopressin concentration. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the physiology as well as pathophysiology of vasopressin in PKD, the promising effects of tolvaptan treatment, and potential synergistic or additive treatments in combination with tolvaptan. In this study, we also review current evidence regarding the effect of influencing disease progression in PKD by lifestyle changes, especially by fluid intake.
KW - Aquaporin-2
KW - Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
KW - Cyclic AMP
KW - Hydration
KW - Polycystic kidney disease
KW - Vasopressin
KW - Vasopressin V2-receptor
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U2 - 10.1159/000463063
DO - 10.1159/000463063
M3 - Article
C2 - 28614813
AN - SCOPUS:85044697171
VL - 70
SP - 43
EP - 50
JO - Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
JF - Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
SN - 0250-6807
IS - Suppl1
ER -