Abstract
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a significant cause of renal artery stenosis, especially in young females. A rare association between FMD and α1-antitrypsin (α1-AT) deficiency has been reported. We compared the α1-AT phenotype distribution in 83 patients with renal arterial FMD with those published for Australian populations. α1-AT phenotyping was performed by isoelectric focusing between pH 4.2 and pH 4.9 on polyacrylamide gels with PiM1M2, PiFM (non-deficiency alleles), PiMS and PiMZ (deficiency alleles) markers. Following phenotyping, α1-AT genotyping was performed in 10 patients to confirm the presence of S and/or Z alleles. The phenotype distribution and allele frequencies were similar to those reported for normal subjects from two Australian populations (72 (86.7%) PiMM phenotype, one (1.2%) PiFM, seven (8.4%) PiMS, two (2.4%) PiMZ and one (1.2%) PiSZ), suggesting that α1-AT deficiency is not a common aetiological factor in renal arterial FMD. However, despite FMD being three times less common in males than females, and carotid artery dissection being a rare occurrence, a male with PiMS deficiency phenotype presented with internal carotid artery dissection and had bilateral renal artery FMD. Further, a patient with PiSZ deficiency phenotype was one of two sisters with FMD and was more severely affected than her PiMM normal phenotype sibling. These two patients from the present series together with nine culled from the literature with α1-AT deficiency phenotype and FMD suggest that the chance combination of α1-AT deficiency and FMD may predispose to severe manifestations of FMD.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles
$119.00 per year
only $9.92 per issue
Rent or buy this article
Prices vary by article type
from$1.95
to$39.95
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bofinger, A., Hawley, C., Fisher, P. et al. Alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes in patients with renal arterial fibromuscular dysplasia. J Hum Hypertens 14, 91–94 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1000935
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1000935