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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Classification==
==Classification==
*Bartter Syndrome can be classified into five different types based on genotype. Bartter syndrome can result from homozygous or mixed heterozygous mutations in any of the genes. Thus, affecting the function of genes responsible for synthesis or membrane insertion of the transporters in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle.<ref name="pmid8640224">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Karet FE, Hamdan JM, DiPietro A, Sanjad SA, Lifton RP| title=Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter NKCC2. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1996 | volume= 13 | issue= 2 | pages= 183-8 | pmid=8640224 | doi=10.1038/ng0696-183 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8640224  }} </ref><ref name="pmid8841184">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Karet FE, Rodriguez-Soriano J, Hamdan JH, DiPietro A, Trachtman H | display-authors=etal| title=Genetic heterogeneity of Bartter's syndrome revealed by mutations in the K+ channel, ROMK. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1996 | volume= 14 | issue= 2 | pages= 152-6 | pmid=8841184 | doi=10.1038/ng1096-152 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8841184  }} </ref><ref name="pmid12122007">{{cite journal| author=Lorenz JN, Baird NR, Judd LM, Noonan WT, Andringa A, Doetschman T | display-authors=etal| title=Impaired renal NaCl absorption in mice lacking the ROMK potassium channel, a model for type II Bartter's syndrome. | journal=J Biol Chem | year= 2002 | volume= 277 | issue= 40 | pages= 37871-80 | pmid=12122007 | doi=10.1074/jbc.M205627200 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12122007  }} </ref><ref name="pmid9326936">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Bindra RS, Mansfield TA, Nelson-Williams C, Mendonca E, Stone R | display-authors=etal| title=Mutations in the chloride channel gene, CLCNKB, cause Bartter's syndrome type III. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1997 | volume= 17 | issue= 2 | pages= 171-8 | pmid=9326936 | doi=10.1038/ng1097-171 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9326936  }} </ref><ref name="pmid10906158">{{cite journal| author=Konrad M, Vollmer M, Lemmink HH, van den Heuvel LP, Jeck N, Vargas-Poussou R | display-authors=etal| title=Mutations in the chloride channel gene CLCNKB as a cause of classic Bartter syndrome. | journal=J Am Soc Nephrol | year= 2000 | volume= 11 | issue= 8 | pages= 1449-59 | pmid=10906158 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10906158  }} </ref>
*[[Bartter syndrome|Bartter Syndrome]] can be classified into five different types based on [[genotype]]. [[Bartter syndrome]] can result from [[homozygous]] or [[Heterozygous|mixed heterozygous]] [[Mutation|mutations]] in any of the genes. Thus, affecting the function of genes responsible for synthesis or membrane insertion of the transporters in the [[Loop of Henle|ascending limb of the loop of Henle]].
**'''Bartter Syndrome type 1'''
**'''Bartter Syndrome type 1'''
::*Mutation in NKCC2 gene results in impairment of sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter (Na-K-2Cl) in the apical membrane.<ref name="pmid8640224">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Karet FE, Hamdan JM, DiPietro A, Sanjad SA, Lifton RP| title=Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter NKCC2. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1996 | volume= 13 | issue= 2 | pages= 183-8 | pmid=8640224 | doi=10.1038/ng0696-183 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8640224  }} </ref>
 
::*Mutation in NKCC2 gene results in impairment of [[Na-K-2Cl symporter|sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter (Na-K-2Cl)]] in the [[apical membrane]].<ref name="pmid8640224">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Karet FE, Hamdan JM, DiPietro A, Sanjad SA, Lifton RP| title=Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter NKCC2. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1996 | volume= 13 | issue= 2 | pages= 183-8 | pmid=8640224 | doi=10.1038/ng0696-183 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8640224  }} </ref>
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 2'''
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 2'''
::*Mutation in ROMK gene results in defective functioning of the luminal potassium channel.<ref name="pmid8841184">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Karet FE, Rodriguez-Soriano J, Hamdan JH, DiPietro A, Trachtman H | display-authors=etal| title=Genetic heterogeneity of Bartter's syndrome revealed by mutations in the K+ channel, ROMK. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1996 | volume= 14 | issue= 2 | pages= 152-6 | pmid=8841184 | doi=10.1038/ng1096-152 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8841184  }} </ref><ref name="pmid12122007">{{cite journal| author=Lorenz JN, Baird NR, Judd LM, Noonan WT, Andringa A, Doetschman T | display-authors=etal| title=Impaired renal NaCl absorption in mice lacking the ROMK potassium channel, a model for type II Bartter's syndrome. | journal=J Biol Chem | year= 2002 | volume= 277 | issue= 40 | pages= 37871-80 | pmid=12122007 | doi=10.1074/jbc.M205627200 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12122007  }} </ref>
::*Mutation in [[ROMK|ROMK gene]] results in defective functioning of the luminal [[potassium channel]].<ref name="pmid8841184">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Karet FE, Rodriguez-Soriano J, Hamdan JH, DiPietro A, Trachtman H | display-authors=etal| title=Genetic heterogeneity of Bartter's syndrome revealed by mutations in the K+ channel, ROMK. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1996 | volume= 14 | issue= 2 | pages= 152-6 | pmid=8841184 | doi=10.1038/ng1096-152 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8841184  }} </ref><ref name="pmid12122007">{{cite journal| author=Lorenz JN, Baird NR, Judd LM, Noonan WT, Andringa A, Doetschman T | display-authors=etal| title=Impaired renal NaCl absorption in mice lacking the ROMK potassium channel, a model for type II Bartter's syndrome. | journal=J Biol Chem | year= 2002 | volume= 277 | issue= 40 | pages= 37871-80 | pmid=12122007 | doi=10.1074/jbc.M205627200 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12122007  }} </ref>
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 3'''
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 3'''
::*Mutation in the ClC-Kb gene results in impairment of the basolateral chloride channel.<ref name="pmid9326936">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Bindra RS, Mansfield TA, Nelson-Williams C, Mendonca E, Stone R | display-authors=etal| title=Mutations in the chloride channel gene, CLCNKB, cause Bartter's syndrome type III. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1997 | volume= 17 | issue= 2 | pages= 171-8 | pmid=9326936 | doi=10.1038/ng1097-171 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9326936  }} </ref><ref name="pmid10906158">{{cite journal| author=Konrad M, Vollmer M, Lemmink HH, van den Heuvel LP, Jeck N, Vargas-Poussou R | display-authors=etal| title=Mutations in the chloride channel gene CLCNKB as a cause of classic Bartter syndrome. | journal=J Am Soc Nephrol | year= 2000 | volume= 11 | issue= 8 | pages= 1449-59 | pmid=10906158 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10906158  }} </ref>
::*Mutation in the ClC-Kb gene results in impairment of the [[Chloride channel|basolateral chloride channel]].<ref name="pmid9326936">{{cite journal| author=Simon DB, Bindra RS, Mansfield TA, Nelson-Williams C, Mendonca E, Stone R | display-authors=etal| title=Mutations in the chloride channel gene, CLCNKB, cause Bartter's syndrome type III. | journal=Nat Genet | year= 1997 | volume= 17 | issue= 2 | pages= 171-8 | pmid=9326936 | doi=10.1038/ng1097-171 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9326936  }} </ref><ref name="pmid10906158">{{cite journal| author=Konrad M, Vollmer M, Lemmink HH, van den Heuvel LP, Jeck N, Vargas-Poussou R | display-authors=etal| title=Mutations in the chloride channel gene CLCNKB as a cause of classic Bartter syndrome. | journal=J Am Soc Nephrol | year= 2000 | volume= 11 | issue= 8 | pages= 1449-59 | pmid=10906158 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10906158  }} </ref>
::*Type 3 is a severe salt-losing tubulopathy that develops when ClCKB becomes nonfunctional. ClCKB is a key determinant of tubular reabsorption of chloride and electrolytes along the distal tubule.<ref name="pmid18094726">{{cite journal| author=Krämer BK, Bergler T, Stoelcker B, Waldegger S| title=Mechanisms of Disease: the kidney-specific chloride channels ClCKA and ClCKB, the Barttin subunit, and their clinical relevance. | journal=Nat Clin Pract Nephrol | year= 2008 | volume= 4 | issue= 1 | pages= 38-46 | pmid=18094726 | doi=10.1038/ncpneph0689 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18094726  }} </ref>
::*[[Bartter syndrome|Type 3]] is a severe salt-losing tubulopathy that develops when ClCKB becomes nonfunctional. ClCKB is a key determinant of tubular reabsorption of [[chloride]] and [[Electrolyte|electrolytes]] along the [[Distal convoluted tubule|distal tubule]].
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 4'''
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 4'''
::*Type IV results from the loss-of-function mutations in gene encoding barttin.<ref name="pmid18776122">{{cite journal| author=Janssen AG, Scholl U, Domeyer C, Nothmann D, Leinenweber A, Fahlke C| title=Disease-causing dysfunctions of barttin in Bartter syndrome type IV. | journal=J Am Soc Nephrol | year= 2009 | volume= 20 | issue= 1 | pages= 145-53 | pmid=18776122 | doi=10.1681/ASN.2008010102 | pmc=2615720 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18776122  }} </ref><ref name="pmid16328537">{{cite journal| author=Kitanaka S, Sato U, Maruyama K, Igarashi T| title=A compound heterozygous mutation in the BSND gene detected in Bartter syndrome type IV. | journal=Pediatr Nephrol | year= 2006 | volume= 21 | issue= 2 | pages= 190-3 | pmid=16328537 | doi=10.1007/s00467-005-2091-6 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16328537  }} </ref>
::*Type IV results from the [[Mutations|loss-of-function mutations]] in gene encoding barttin.
::*Defects that reduce the activity of both ClC-Ka and ClC-Kb cause Bartter syndrome associated with sensorineural deafness (types IV and IVb).<ref name="pmid18094726">{{cite journal| author=Krämer BK, Bergler T, Stoelcker B, Waldegger S| title=Mechanisms of Disease: the kidney-specific chloride channels ClCKA and ClCKB, the Barttin subunit, and their clinical relevance. | journal=Nat Clin Pract Nephrol | year= 2008 | volume= 4 | issue= 1 | pages= 38-46 | pmid=18094726 | doi=10.1038/ncpneph0689 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18094726  }} </ref>
::*Defects that reduce the activity of both ClC-Ka and ClC-Kb cause [[Bartter syndrome]] associated with [[Sensorineural hearing loss|sensorineural deafness]] (types IV and IVb).<ref name="pmid18094726">{{cite journal| author=Krämer BK, Bergler T, Stoelcker B, Waldegger S| title=Mechanisms of Disease: the kidney-specific chloride channels ClCKA and ClCKB, the Barttin subunit, and their clinical relevance. | journal=Nat Clin Pract Nephrol | year= 2008 | volume= 4 | issue= 1 | pages= 38-46 | pmid=18094726 | doi=10.1038/ncpneph0689 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18094726  }} </ref>
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 5'''
:*'''Bartter Syndrome type 5'''
::*Type 5 Bartter syndrome results from a gain-of-function mutation in the Ca-sensing receptor (CaSR).
::*Type 5 Bartter syndrome results from a [[Mutation|gain-of-function mutation]] in the [[Receptor|Ca-sensing receptor (CaSR)]].
::*A gain-of-function mutation in CaSR in the basolateral membrane of the thick ascending limb enhances the function of this receptor. This results in hypocalcemia and impairs sodium chloride transport.
::*A [[Mutation|gain-of-function mutation]] in CaSR in the [[basolateral membrane]] of the [[Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle|thick ascending limb]] enhances the function of this receptor. This results in [[hypocalcemia]] and impairs [[Sodium chloride|sodium chloride transport]].
::*Initially, type V Bartter syndrome referred to autosomal dominant hypocalcemia (also called autosomal dominant hypoparathyroidism).<ref name="pmid8943500">{{cite journal| author=Hebert SC| title=Extracellular calcium-sensing receptor: implications for calcium and magnesium handling in the kidney. | journal=Kidney Int | year= 1996 | volume= 50 | issue= 6 | pages= 2129-39 | pmid=8943500 | doi=10.1038/ki.1996.539 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8943500  }} </ref><ref name="pmid12241879">{{cite journal| author=Watanabe S, Fukumoto S, Chang H, Takeuchi Y, Hasegawa Y, Okazaki R | display-authors=etal| title=Association between activating mutations of calcium-sensing receptor and Bartter's syndrome. | journal=Lancet | year= 2002 | volume= 360 | issue= 9334 | pages= 692-4 | pmid=12241879 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09842-2 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12241879  }} </ref>
::*Initially, [[Bartter syndrome|type V Bartter syndrome]] referred to [[Hypocalcemia|autosomal dominant hypocalcemia]] (also called [[Hypoparathyroidism|autosomal dominant hypoparathyroidism]]).


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|+Classification of Bartter syndrome on the basis of both genotype and phenotype<ref name="pmid18695706">{{cite journal| author=Seyberth HW| title=An improved terminology and classification of Bartter-like syndromes. | journal=Nat Clin Pract Nephrol | year= 2008 | volume= 4 | issue= 10 | pages= 560-7 | pmid=18695706 | doi=10.1038/ncpneph0912 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18695706  }} </ref><ref name="pmid26140272">{{cite journal| author=Al Shibli A, Narchi H| title=Bartter and Gitelman syndromes: Spectrum of clinical manifestations caused by different mutations. | journal=World J Methodol | year= 2015 | volume= 5 | issue= 2 | pages= 55-61 | pmid=26140272 | doi=10.5662/wjm.v5.i2.55 | pmc=4482822 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26140272  }} </ref>
|+Classification of Bartter syndrome on the basis of both genotype and phenotype
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*Bartter syndrome types 1, 2, and 4 present at a younger age. They present with symptoms, often quite severe in the neonatal period.
*Bartter syndrome types 1, 2, and 4 present at a younger age. They present with symptoms, often quite severe in the neonatal period.
*Bartter Syndrome type 3 also called classic Bartter Syndrome present later in life and maybe sporadically asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.<ref name="pmid22282380">{{cite journal| author=Fremont OT, Chan JC| title=Understanding Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome. | journal=World J Pediatr | year= 2012 | volume= 8 | issue= 1 | pages= 25-30 | pmid=22282380 | doi=10.1007/s12519-012-0333-9 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22282380  }} </ref>
*Bartter Syndrome type 3 also called classic Bartter Syndrome present later in life and maybe sporadically asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.
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Classification

  • Bartter Syndrome type 2
  • Bartter Syndrome type 3
  • Bartter Syndrome type 4
  • Bartter Syndrome type 5
Classification of Bartter syndrome on the basis of both genotype and phenotype
Disorder Gene affected Gene product Clinical presentation (phenotype)
Bartter syndrome type I SLC12A1 NKCC2 Antenatal Bartter syndrome (hyperprostaglandin E syndrome)
Bartter syndrome type II KCNJ1 ROMK Antenatal Bartter syndrome
Bartter syndrome type III ClC-Kb CLC-Kb Hypochloremia, mild hypomagnesemia, failure to thrive in infancy
Bartter syndrome type IVA BSND Barttin (B-subunit of CLC-Ka and CLC-Kb) Antenatal Bartter syndrome (hyperprostaglandin E syndrome) and sensorineural deafness
Bartter syndrome type IVB ClC-Ka and ClC-Kb CLC-Ka and CLC-Kb Antenatal Bartter syndrome (hyperprostaglandin E syndrome) and sensorineural deafness
Bartter syndrome type V CaSR gene CaSR Bartter syndrome with hypocalcemia


  • Bartter syndrome types 1, 2, and 4 present at a younger age. They present with symptoms, often quite severe in the neonatal period.
  • Bartter Syndrome type 3 also called classic Bartter Syndrome present later in life and maybe sporadically asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.

References

  1. Simon DB, Karet FE, Hamdan JM, DiPietro A, Sanjad SA, Lifton RP (1996). "Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter NKCC2". Nat Genet. 13 (2): 183–8. doi:10.1038/ng0696-183. PMID 8640224.
  2. Simon DB, Karet FE, Rodriguez-Soriano J, Hamdan JH, DiPietro A, Trachtman H; et al. (1996). "Genetic heterogeneity of Bartter's syndrome revealed by mutations in the K+ channel, ROMK". Nat Genet. 14 (2): 152–6. doi:10.1038/ng1096-152. PMID 8841184.
  3. Lorenz JN, Baird NR, Judd LM, Noonan WT, Andringa A, Doetschman T; et al. (2002). "Impaired renal NaCl absorption in mice lacking the ROMK potassium channel, a model for type II Bartter's syndrome". J Biol Chem. 277 (40): 37871–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.M205627200. PMID 12122007.
  4. Simon DB, Bindra RS, Mansfield TA, Nelson-Williams C, Mendonca E, Stone R; et al. (1997). "Mutations in the chloride channel gene, CLCNKB, cause Bartter's syndrome type III". Nat Genet. 17 (2): 171–8. doi:10.1038/ng1097-171. PMID 9326936.
  5. Konrad M, Vollmer M, Lemmink HH, van den Heuvel LP, Jeck N, Vargas-Poussou R; et al. (2000). "Mutations in the chloride channel gene CLCNKB as a cause of classic Bartter syndrome". J Am Soc Nephrol. 11 (8): 1449–59. PMID 10906158.
  6. Krämer BK, Bergler T, Stoelcker B, Waldegger S (2008). "Mechanisms of Disease: the kidney-specific chloride channels ClCKA and ClCKB, the Barttin subunit, and their clinical relevance". Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 4 (1): 38–46. doi:10.1038/ncpneph0689. PMID 18094726.