Giuseppe Procino
Via Amendola 165/A 70126, Bari
Italy
Research Article
Fluvastatin Increases AQP2 Urine Excretion in a Dyslipidemic Patient with Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus: An In Vivo and In Vitro Study
Author(s): Giuseppe Procino, Maiolo D, Barbieri C, Milano S, Carmosino M, Squatrito S, Svelto M and Gullo DGiuseppe Procino, Maiolo D, Barbieri C, Milano S, Carmosino M, Squatrito S, Svelto M and Gullo D
Objective: Among the pleiotropic effects of statins, we have previously reported that fluvastatin increases the amount of plasma membrane-expressed AQP2 in renal collecting duct cells both in vitro and in vivo, independently of vasopressin. This effect may be of potential clinical significance for the treatment of patients affected by nephrogenic diabetes insipidus forms caused by inactivating mutations of the vasopressin type 2 receptor. Here we report the effect of fluvastatin on AQP2 plasma membrane abundance on an adult male XNDI patient treated with statins.
Methods: An adult male NDI patient, carrying an inactivating mutation of the V2R, under conventional treatment to reduce polyuria, was also treated with fluvastatin because of high levels of blood cholesterol. AQP2 plasma membrane expression in the kidney was monitored by measuring .. View More»
