Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Accelerated lysine metabolism conveys kidney protection in salt-sensitive hypertension

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31670-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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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.