Human hypertension caused by mutations in the kidney isozyme of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
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Mune T, Rogerson FM, Nikkila H, Agarwal AK, White PC
Human hypertension caused by mutations in the kidney isozyme of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
Nat Genet. 1995 Aug;10(4):394-9.
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The syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is an inherited form of human hypertension thought to result from a deficiency of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta HSD). This enzyme normally converts cortisol to inactive cortisone and is postulated to thus confer specificity for aldosterone upon the mineralocorticoid receptor. We have analysed the gene encoding the kidney isozyme of 11 beta HSD and found mutations on both alleles in nine of 11 AME patients (eight of nine kindreds). These mutations markedly affect enzymatic activity. They thus permit cortisol to occupy the renal mineralocorticoid receptor and thereby cause sodium retention and hypertension.