Control of Reabsorption and secretion in the nephron Flashcards
What is the usual GFR rate?
125 ml/min
What hormone can particularly change GFR?
Angiotensin 2
What substances are almost completely reabsorbed and have virtually no trace in urine, also absorbed in the proximal tubule?
Glucose and amino acids
What is the function of the sodium potassium pump?
- Transports sodium from the interior of thr across the basolateral membrane creating a low intracellular electrical potential
- This causes sodium to diffuse from the tubular lumen into epithelial cells through brush border
What is the intracellular potential inside tubular epithelial cells?
-70 mV
What is the charge in the tubular lumen in the proximal tubule?
-3 mV
Explain secondary active transport?
As one of the substances diffuses down its electrochemical gradient (e.g sodium) the energy released is used to drive another substance (e.g glucose) against its electrochemical gradient
What do elcetrolytes pass through when they move paracellularly?
Leaky tight junctions
What does Na+/K+ATPase cause?
- Intracellularly low concentrations of sodium and high concentrations of K+
- Creates concentration gradients which can be used to drag other ions either into the cell or out of the cell
What causes Na+ to diffuse from the tubular lumen into the epithelial cells through the brush border?
- Na+/K+ATPase creating a low intracellular Na+ concentration and negative intracellular electrical potetential through Na/K+ATPase transporting Na+ from the interior of the cell across the basolateral membrane
What is the negative intracellular electrical potential mostly due to?
Potassium efflux (potassium channels not Na+/K+ATPase pump)
Why is the tubular lumen slightly more negative (3mV) than the interstitial fluid?
On apical surface of tubular cells there are many transporters that transport sodium into the cell as well as a non-charged solute (e.g glucose)
How is glucose taken up?
- SGLT2 (secondary active transport) 1 Na+ per glucose
- SGLT1 (takes 2 Na+ for every 1 glucose)
SGLT1 more distal in proximal tubule
What mechansim does the NHE-Na/H exchanger use?
Counter-transport (used to pump sodium out of the cells)
What percentage of sodium and water is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule?
65%
What is secreted into the tubule from the tubular cells?
H+, organic acids, bases (mostly in the distal part)
Where is glucose uptaken?
100% in proximal tubule
What percentage of filtered water is reabsorbed in the loop of Henle?
20%
What percentage of filtered sodium, chloride and potassium is reabsorbed in the loop of Henle?
25%
Where is the majority of Magnesium absorbed?
Thick ascending limb (~80%) (paracellularly driven by positive luminal chrage)
What is the potential in the tubular umen in the loop of Henle?
+8mV
What is the main transporter in the thick ascending limb?
NKCC2
What percentage of sodium is absorbed in the distal tubule?
5%
What are the 2 main cells in the late section of the distal tubule?
- Principal cells
- Intercalated cells
How are Ca++ and Mg++ uptaken in the distal tubule?
Specific transporters
What do principal cells absorb?
- Na+ Cl-
- H2O if ADH is present
What do alpha intercalated cells do in the distal tubule?
- Absorb K+
- Secrete H+
What do principal cells excrete?
K+
What do Beta intercalated cells excrete?
HCO3-
What is the potential of the tubular lumen in the early distal tubule?
-10mV
What is the transporter which is affected by thiazide diuretcics in the distal tubule?
Na+/Cl- symporter
Where are principal cells found?
- Cortical collecting tubule
- Late distal tubule
What cells are sensitive to aldosterone?
Principal cells
What channel alows na+ to pass from the lumen into the cell?
ENaC (Na+ the gets pumped out of Na+/K+ATPase into interstitium)
What does the regulation of sodium cholride result in the excretion of?
K+
How is Cl- often uptaken in the collecting tubule?
Paracellularly