2001
DOI: 10.1136/adc.84.6.504
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Distal renal tubular acidosis with severe hypokalaemia, probably caused by colonic H+-K+-ATPase deficiency

Abstract: We describe a 21 month old male infant who presented with failure to thrive associated with severe hypokalaemia and metabolic acidosis, together with hypomagnesaemia. Evaluation revealed marked renal and probable faecal potassium wasting, distal renal tubular acidosis, mild urinary magnesium wasting, and a normal gastric pH ( (Arch Dis Child 2001;84:504-507)

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“…This is consistent with the present observation that both isoforms are active in the kidney and suggests that one isoform may compensate for the absence of the other. Although an impaired renal phenotype has not been previously reported in these mice, the possible involvement of the H-K-ATPase in distal renal tubular acidosis with hypokalemia in humans has been proposed (26,31). No significant effect of renal HK␣ 1 or HK␣ 2 knockout on whole animal K homeostasis was observed, but in each case these animals had another intact HK␣ isoform.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…This is consistent with the present observation that both isoforms are active in the kidney and suggests that one isoform may compensate for the absence of the other. Although an impaired renal phenotype has not been previously reported in these mice, the possible involvement of the H-K-ATPase in distal renal tubular acidosis with hypokalemia in humans has been proposed (26,31). No significant effect of renal HK␣ 1 or HK␣ 2 knockout on whole animal K homeostasis was observed, but in each case these animals had another intact HK␣ isoform.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Vanadate is present in high concentration in the soil in parts of the Far East, which may go some way to explaining the prevalence of dRTA there (61). A single infant was recently reported who presented with severe hypokalemic dRTA together with hypomagnesemia and normal gastric pH (62). The authors postulated that an H ϩ K ϩ -ATPase defect could explain the phenotype, but as yet, no human renal disorders of this type have been molecularly characterized.…”
Section: Inherited Mixed Rta (Type 3; Mim #259730)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 6 There is a case report of a child with profound hypokalemia that was assumed to have a defect in H + , K + -ATPase function. 7 There is a distinct form of endemic distal RTA that occurs in Thailand, especially in the summer. Possible causes include dietary potassium deprivation coupled with a high insensible loss of potassium from sweat or as a result of environmental vanadate intoxication.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%