Diuretics Flashcards
What are diuretics?
Drugs that act on the renal tubule to promote excretion of Na+, Cl- + H2O
What percentage of filtered fluid is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule?
65-70%
How does water move into the epithelial cells from the lumen in the proximal tubule?
Osmosis: follows the diffusion of Na+ into the cell
What important protein is present on the basolateral membrane of epithelial cells along most of the tubule and is responsible for maintaining the concentration gradient that allows sodium reabsorption?
Na+/K+ ATPase
What other force is present, within the interstitium, that helps draw water in from the tubule?
Oncotic pressure: proteins in the blood in the arterioles draws water towards blood
Other than transcellularly, what other route is there for the movement of ions and water?
Paracellular pathway
What is the paracellular pathway dependent on?
Gap junctions
What 2 molecules in the filtrate are reabsorbed in the proximal tubule coupled with Na+ reabsorption? Which protein allows this movement?
Glucose
Amino acids
Sodium-Hydrogen exchanger protein
Explain how sodium exchange is linked to carbonic anhydrase?
HCO3- + H+ are filtered in the glomerulus
Carbonic anhydrase converts them to H2O + CO2, which freely diffuse into the proximal tubule epithelial cell
Inside the epithelial cell, carbonic anhydrase converts them back to H+ + HCO3-
HCO3- is cotransported with Na+ into the interstitium
H+ is exchanged for Na+ at the apical membrane via the Na+/H+ exchanger
How are exogenous agents removed in the kidneys?
Drugs are removed by transport proteins that pick up drugs as they pass through the kidneys + transport them into the lumen
Describe the permeability of the loop of Henle to water.
Descending limb is freely permeable to water but not to ions
Ascending limb is impermeable to water but is permeable to ions
What is the main channel present on the apical membrane of the epithelial cells of the ascending limb of the loop of Henle?
Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter
What channels are present on the basolateral membrane of the epithelial cells of the ascending limb of the loop of Henle?
Na+/K+ ATPase
K+/Cl- cotransporter
Describe how the counter-current system is established.
Filtrate travels down the LOH + as it goes up the ascending limb, Na+ moves from the tubule to the interstitium thus making the interstitium hypertonic + tubular fluid hypotonic.
Then, more fluid comes down the descending limb (permeable to water) + the hypertonic interstitium attracts water + increases reabsorption of water from the tubule into the interstitium
This increases the conc. of fluid reaching the ascending tubule where even more Na+ will be reabsorbed + move into the interstitium
This occurs repetitively, resulting in a hypertonic interstitium + hypotonic tubular fluid leaving the LOH
Hypertonic interstitium is also responsible for increasing water reabsorption in the CD (mediated by vasopressin)
What are the main channels on the apical membrane of epithelial cells of the distal tubule?
Na+/Cl- cotransporter
Aldosterone dependent sodium channels
Which channels are found on the basolateral membrane of the epithelial cells of the distal tubule?
Na+/K+ ATPase
K+/Cl- cotransporter
Which aquaporin molecules are found in epithelial cells of the distal tubule?
AQP2: apical membrane
AQP3/AQP4: basolateral membrane
Which vasopressin receptors are present on collecting duct cells?
V2 receptors
Describe the effect of aldosterone on collecting duct cells.
Aldosterone stimulates production of Na+ channels + Na+/K+ ATPases
Describe the effect of vasopressin on collecting duct cells.
Vasopressin stimulates production + assembly of AQP2 molecules thus increasing the ability of the CD to reabsorb water