KIDNEY HORMONES PRESENTED BY Nimisha.K Semester 2 M.Sc. Biotechnology
KIDNEY ANATOMY
HORMONES OF THE KIDNEY
Erytropoeitin Calcitriol Renin
ERYTHROPOEITIN Glycoprotein Mw = 34000 daltons Normal plasma levels- 50 U/L Regulates erythropoeisis Half life in man- 5 hours Specific activity – 74000 U/mg protein
HISTORY Paul Carnot & DeFlandre - hormones regulate the production of red blood cells. Eva Bonsdorff and Eeva Jalavisto – named ‘erythropoietin’ Reissman , and Erslev -demonstrated that erythropoeitin circulated in the blood -able to stimulate red blood cell production.
STRUCTURE
RECEPTOR
EFFECTS
EFFECTS Stimulates bone marrow to produce erythrocytes
MECHANISM OF ACTION
REGULATION
Other regulatory factors Cobalt salt Androgens Alkalosis Catecholamines via β -adrenergic mechanism
Adverse effects Cardiovascular complications in patients with kidney disease Retinopathy in premature infants
USES Therapeutic agent produced by rDNA technology against anaemia resulting from kidney diseases Against AIDS-drug caused anaemia For stroke victims Against Mylodisplasia from cancer treatment
USES Stimulates angiogenesis- compensates for blood vessel loss during estrous cycle.
CALCITRIOL Active form of vitamin D3 Plasma level concentration- o.o3 μ g/L Half life- 0.25 days Estimated production rate= 1 μ g/day
SOURCES
STRUCTURE
BIOSYNTHESIS
EFFECTS Regulates plasma concentration of calcium and phosphate Inhibits the release of calcitonin from parathyroid
3 TARGET SITES Intestine Bones kidney
Action on bones Bone resorption Bone mineralization Osteocytic osteolysis
Action on kidney Increases reabsorption of calcium and phosphate in concert with parathyroid hormone
Action on intestine Increases calcium permeability at the brush border Induces synthesis of calcium dependent ATPase Induces synthesis of calcium binding protein, CALBINDIN
Calcium transport to skeletal and cardiac muscles Stimulates differentiation of keratinocytes and inhibition of their proliferation Stimulation of immune cell differentiation Regulation of growth and production of growth factors Other actions of calcitriol
MECHANISM OF ACTION
REGULATION
RENIN Aspartyl protease Glycoprotein Mw = 37,326 D Secreted by granular cells of juxta glomerular cells of kidney Active renin has plasma half life = 80 min or less
DISCOVERY discovery of renin in 1898 -by Robert Tiegerstedt , Bergman. Roth and Reinharz - purified renin in a stable form.
STRUCTURE Consists of 2 lobes/ domains Active site- in cleft between 2 lobes
SYNTHESIS As a large pre- prohormone
EFFECTS Acts on adrenal cortex to release aldosterone - which act on kidney to increase sodium and fluid retention Stimulates release of vasopressin Stimulates thirst centres of brain Facilitates nor-epinephrine release from sympathetic nerve endings, inhibit norepinephrine uptake Keeps BP steady for long time