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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 280: E591-E597, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 4, E591-E597, April 2001

Plasma protein synthesis in patients with low-grade nephrotic proteinuria

Michela Zanetti1, Rocco Barazzoni1, Giacomo Garibotto2, Gloria Davanzo1, Carlo Gabelli1, Edward Kiwanuka1, Antonio Piccoli1, Marina Tosolini1, and Paolo Tessari1

1 Departments of Metabolic Diseases and Internal Medicine, University of Padova, 35128 Padua; and 2 Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, University of Genova, 16132 Genoa, Italy

Overt nephrotic syndrome is characterized by albumin and fibrinogen hyperproduction and reduced very low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100 (VLDL apoB-100) clearance. Whether similar changes also occur in low-grade proteinuria is not known. Thus we measured albumin, fibrinogen, and VLDL apoB-100 kinetics in six patients with modest proteinuria and normal creatinine clearance (P) and in ten control subjects (C) by leucine tracer infusion and precursor-product relationships. In P, plasma albumin concentration was decreased (P < 0.003), whereas concentrations of fibrinogen and VLDL apoB-100 were increased (P < 0.001). In P, albumin fractional secretion rate (FSR) was increased (P < 0.01), fibrinogen FSR was normal, and VLDL apoB-100 FSR was decreased (P < 0.03). As a result, in P, absolute secretion rates (ASR) of albumin and fibrinogen were increased (P < 0.03), whereas VLDL apoB-100 ASR was normal. Albumin FSR was inversely correlated to oncotic pressure in P but not in C. These findings suggest that low-grade nephrotic proteinuria is characterized by simultaneous multiple alterations in turnover rates of albumin, fibrinogen, and VLDL apoB-100. Their pathogenesis, however, appears to be multifactorial.

nephrotic syndrome; very low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100; albumin; fibrinogen; protein synthesis


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