Accelerated lysine metabolism conveys kidney protection in salt-sensitive hypertension

Kidney metabolism in disease is important but not well understood. Here, using isotope-guided metabolomics, the authors show that lysine’s metabolic activity conveys kidney protection in hypertension through accelerated metabolism and physiological effects on tubular function.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Markus M. Rinschen, Oleg Palygin, Ashraf El-Meanawy, Xavier Domingo-Almenara, Amelia Palermo, Lashodya V. Dissanayake, Daria Golosova, Michael A. Schafroth, Carlos Guijas, Fatih Demir, Johannes Jaegers, Megan L. Gliozzi, Jingchuan Xue, Martin Hoehne, Thomas Benzing, Bernard P. Kok, Enrique Saez, Markus Bleich, Nina Himmerkus, Ora A. Weisz, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Marcus Krüger, H. Paul Benton, Gary Siuzdak, Alexander Staruschenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31670-0

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