Abstract

Increasing the dietary intake of K+ in the setting of a high salt intake promotes renal Na+ excretion even though K+ concurrently enhances the secretion of aldosterone, the most effective stimulus for renal Na+ reabsorption. Here, we questioned whether in the high salt state a mechanism exists, which attenuates the aldosterone response to prevent renal Na+ reabsorption after high K+ intake. Mice were fed diets containing varying amounts of Na+ combined with KCl or KCitrate. Murine cortical connecting duct (mCCDcl1) cells were cultured in media containing normal or high [Cl-]. The response to aldosterone was analyzed by high-resolution imaging and by biochemical approaches. The canonical cellular response to aldosterone, encompassing translocation of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and activation of the epithelial Na+ channel ENaC was repressed in Na+-replete mice fed a high KCl diet, even though plasma aldosterone concentrations were increased. The response to aldosterone was restored in Na+-replete mice when the extracellular [Cl-] increase was prevented by feeding a high KCitrate diet. In mCCDcl1 cells, an elevated extracellular [Cl-] was sufficient to disrupt the aldosterone-induced MR translocation. These findings indicate a pivotal role for extracellular [Cl-] in modulating renal aldosterone signaling to adapt MR activation by a high K+ intake to the NaCl balance. An impairment of [Cl-]-mediated aldosterone resistance may contribute to excessive MR activation by aldosterone in the presence of a high salt intake characteristic of the Western diet, resulting in an inappropriate salt reabsorption and its downstream detrimental effects.

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