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Tubulopathy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tubulopathy |
Tubulopathy is a disease affecting the renal tubules of the nephron.
Tubulopathic processes may be inflammatory or noninflammatory, though inflammatory processes are often referred to specifically as tubulitis.
| Disorder [OMIM number] | Protein defect | Chromosome localization | Inheritance | Clinical features/notes | Biochemical features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Proximal tubule** | |||||
| Lowe's syndrome (oculocerebral dystrophy [309000] | OCRL1 | Xq26.1 | XR | Hydrophthalmia, cataract, mental retardation, hyporeflexia, hypotonia and progressive kidney failure, normotensive | Plasma: ↓K, ↓CO2; urine: ↑LMWP, ↑AA, ↑PO4, ↑K |
| Wilson's disease [277900] | ATP7B | 13q14.3-q21.1 | AR | Liver disease or neurologic symptoms, or both, Kayser–Fleischer rings, normotensive | Plasma: ↑free copper, abnormal LFTs; urine: ↑copper excretion, ↑LMWP, ↑AA, ↑PO4, ↑glycosuria |
| Dent's disease (X-linked recessive hypophophatemic rickets)[300009] | CLCN5 | Xp11.22 | XR | Nephrocalcinosis, nephrolithiasis, rachitic and osteomalacic bone disease, progressive kidney failure, normotensive | Plasma: ↓PO4, N/↓K; urine: ↑LMWP, ↑AA, ↑K, ↑Ca, ↑PO4, ↑glycosuria |
| X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets 307800 | PHEX | Xp22.2-p22.1 | XD | Growth retardation, [rachitic and osteomalacic bone disease, hypophosphatemia, and renal defects in phosphate reabsorption and vitamin D metabolism | Plasma: ↓PO4, ↑ALP; urine: ↑PO4 |
| **Loop of Henle** | |||||
| Bartter's syndrome | NKCC2 (type 1) | 15q15-21.1 | AR | Polyuria, polydipsia, muscle weakness, hypovolemia, normotensive or hypotensive (all types). Maternal polyhydramnios, premature birth, perinatal salt wasting, nephrocalcinosis and kidney stones (type 1 and 2), milder phenotype with normocalciuria(type 3), sensorineural deafness, motor retardation, renal failure (type 4) | Plasma: ↑renin, ↓K, ↑CO2, mild ↓Mg in some patients; urine: ↑Ca |
| [601678] | ROMK (type 2) | 11q24 | AR | ||
| [241200] | C1C-Kb (type 3, classic) | 1p36 | AR | ||
| [607364] | 1p31 | AR | |||
| [602522] | Barttin (type 4) | ||||
| Hypomagnesemic hypercalciuric nephrocalcinosis (magnesium-losing kidney) [248250] | PCLN1 | 3q27 | AR | Nephrocalcinosis, renal failure, ocular/hearing defects, polyruria, polydipsia, recurrent urinary tract infections, recurrent renal colic, normotensive | Plasma: ↓Mg, ↑PTH; urine: ↑Ca, ↑Mg |
| **Distal tubule/collecting duct** | |||||
| Liddle's syndrome [177200] | ENaC (activating) | 16p13-p12 | AD | Early, and frequently severe, hypertension, stroke | Plasma: ↓renin, ↓K, ↓Mg, ↑CO2; urine: ↑K |
| Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1a [264350] | ENaC (inactivating) | 12p13, 16p13-p12 | AR | Presents in infancy with salt-wasting and hypotension, cough, respiratory infections | Plasma: ↑renin, ↓Na, ↑K, ↓CO2; urine: ↑K |
| Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1b [177735] | Mineralocorticoid receptor | 4q31.1 | AD | Presents in infancy with salt-wasting and hypotension. Milder than type 1a and remits with age | Plasma: ↑renin, ↓Na, ↑K, ↓CO2; urine: ↑K |
| Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 2 (Gordon's syndrome) [145260] | Unknown (?WNK) | 1q31-q42, 12p13, 17q21-q22 | AD | Hypertension (± muscle weakness, short stature, intellectual impairment). Correction of physiologic abnormalities by thiazide diuretics | Plasma: ↓renin, ↑K, ↓CO2, ↑Cl; urine: ↓K |
| Gitelman's syndrome [263800] | NCCT | 16q13 | AR | Hypotension, weakness, paresthesias, tetany, fatigue, and salt craving, presentation generally much later in life than in Bartter's and hypocalciuria is typical | Plasma: ↑renin, ↓K, ↓Mg, ↑CO2; urine: ↓calcium:creatinine excretion ratio (useful in distinguishing Gitelman's and Bartter's) (*Note*: biochemically can mimic thiazide use) |
| X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus type 1 [304800] | V2 receptor | Xq28 | XR | Hyperthermia, polyuria, polydipsia, dehydration, inability to form concentrated urine, intellectual disability if diagnosis delayed. Symptoms in infancy | Hyperosmolar plasma, dilute urine |
| Autosomal dominant nephrogenic diabetes insipidus type 2 [192340] | AQP2 | 12q13 | AD and AR | Polyuria, polydipsia, dehydration, inability to form concentrated urine. Symptoms after first year of life | Hyperosmolar plasma, dilute urine |
AA: aminoaciduria; AD: autosomal dominant; AR: autosomal recessive; LFTs: liver function tests; LMWP: low molecular weight proteinuria; XD: X-linked dominant; XR: X-linked recessive; PTH: parathyroid hormone
References
References
- {{DorlandsDict. nine/10066142. tubulopathy
- (2003). "Amoxicillin-induced nephritis and tubulitis in a child". Urologia Internationalis.
- (January 2001). "Tubulitis after renal transplantation: demonstration of an association between CD103+ T cells, transforming growth factor beta1 expression and rejection grade". Transplantation.
- "Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics". Elsevier Saunders.
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