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. 1988 Jun;78:47–51. doi: 10.1289/ehp.887847

Influence of membrane sodium transport upon the relation between blood lead and blood pressure in a general male population.

T Moreau 1, P Hannaert 1, G Orssaud 1, G Huel 1, R P Garay 1, J R Claude 1, B Juguet 1, B Festy 1, J Lellouch 1
PMCID: PMC1474600  PMID: 3203645

Abstract

Five red blood cell cation transport systems (RBCTS), together with blood lead level and blood pressure, were measured in 129 male adult subjects who were not occupationally exposed to lead or subsequent to a course of treatment for hypertension. Blood lead was positively related with systolic blood pressure, and to a lesser degree with diastolic blood pressure. Blood lead was found significantly negatively related to one of the RBCTS, Na+,K+ cotransport, and in addition, Na+,K+ cotransport appeared negatively related to blood pressure. Final results showed that blood lead no longer accounts for an increase in systolic blood pressure when Na+,K+ cotransport was taken into account; the same trend was observed with diastolic blood pressure. These findings suggest that a blood lead-related Na+,K+ cotransport impairment could explain the blood pressure increase observed to parallel the blood lead increase.

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