Renal hypouricemia (RHUC) is a disorder characterized by impaired uric acid reabsorption at the apical membrane of proximal renal tubule cells, and high urinary urate excretion. Renal urate reabsorption is controlled via two proximal tubular urate transporters: apical URAT1 (SLC22A12) and basolateral GLUT9 (SLC2A9). And it has been suggested that RHUC is caused by mutations in URAT1 or GLUT9. Most of patients were asymptomatic, but some had nephrolithiasis or were predisposed to exercise-induced acute renal failure.
Category
Urinary system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
16 Diseases of the genitourinary system
Diseases of the urinary system
GB90 Certain specified disorders of kidney or ureter
H00948 Renal hypouricemia