Title
Global REACH 2018: volume regulation in high-altitude Andeans with and without chronic mountain sickness
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Steele A.R.
Tymko M.M.
Meah V.L.
Simpson L.L.
Gasho C.
Dawkins T.G.
Williams A.M.
Ainslie P.N.
Stembridge M.
Moore J.P.
Steinback C.D.
University of British Columbia Okanagan
Publisher(s)
American Physiological Society
Abstract
The high-altitude maladaptation syndrome known as chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is characterized by polycythemia and is associated with proteinuria despite unaltered glomerular filtration rate. However, it remains unclear if indigenous highlanders with CMS have altered volume regulatory hormones. We assessed NH2-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT pro-BNP), plasma aldosterone concentration, plasma renin activity, kidney function (urinary microalbumin, glomerular filtration rate), blood volume, and estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure (ePASP) in Andean males without (n = 14; age = 39 ± 11 yr) and with (n = 10; age = 40 ± 12 yr) CMS at 4,330 m (Cerro de Pasco, Peru). Plasma renin activity (non-CMS: 15.8 ± 7.9 ng/mL vs. CMS: 8.7 ± 5.4 ng/mL; P = 0.025) and plasma aldosterone concentration (non-CMS: 77.5 ± 35.5 pg/mL vs. CMS: 54.2 ± 28.9 pg/mL; P = 0.018) were lower in highlanders with CMS compared with non-CMS, whereas NT pro-BNP was not different between groups (non-CMS: 1394.9 ± 214.3 pg/mL vs. CMS: 1451.1 ± 327.8 pg/mL; P = 0.15). Highlanders had similar total blood volume (non-CMS: 90 ± 15 mL·kg-1 vs. CMS: 103 ± 18 mL·kg-1; P = 0.071), but Andeans with CMS had greater total red blood cell volume (non-CMS: 46 ± 10 mL·kg-1 vs. CMS: 66 ± 14 mL·kg-1; P < 0.01) and smaller plasma volume (non-CMS: 43 ± 7 mL·kg-1 vs. CMS: 35 ± 5 mL·kg-1; P = 0.03) compared with non-CMS. There were no differences in ePASP between groups (non-CMS: 32 ± 9 mmHg vs. CMS: 31 ± 8 mmHg; P = 0.6). A negative correlation was found between plasma renin activity and glomerular filtration rate in both groups (group: r = -0.66; P < 0.01; non-CMS: r = -0.60; P = 0.022; CMS: r = -0.63; P = 0.049). A smaller plasma volume in Andeans with CMS may indicate an additional CMS maladaptation to high altitude, causing potentially greater polycythemia and clinical symptoms.
Start page
R504
End page
R512
Volume
321
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
UrologĂa, NefrologĂa
FisiologĂa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115739482
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
ISSN of the container
03636119
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by the Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology) Grants 06637 (to C. D. Steinback) and 0821-01 (to P. N. Ainslie); by the Gilchrist Educational Trust (GET) (to L. L Simpson, M. Stembridge, and J. P. Moore); and by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSF) (to C. D. Steinback).
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