Excretion Flashcards
Kidney Functions (3)
- Glomerular Filtration
- Tubular Secretion
- Tubular Reabsorption
Passive Kidney Functions
Glomerular Filtration & Tubular Reasborption
Active Kidney Function
Tubular Secretion
Rate of Excretion
Rate of Filtration + Rate of Secretion - Rate of Absorption
Glomerular Filtration
- Plasma water is filtered at a rate ~125 mL/min and is called GFR
- ONLY unbound drug is filtered
Rate of Filtration
=GFR * Cu
=GFR * C * fp
Rate of Excretion
If a drug is ONLY filtered and is ALL excreted in urine
=Rate of filtration (GFR * C *fp)
Renal Clearance (Clr)
Clr = Rate of Excretion/ C
=GFR * fp
Measurement of GFR
- Creatinine (endogenous) and insulin (exogenous)
- not bound, secreted, reabsorbed
- Clr for these compounds approximates GFR (fp = 1)
Secretion
- Carrier mediated, active transport
- Similar equation to hepatic metabolism
Clr,sec
Qr * [ (fp * Cli,sec) / Qr + fp * Cli,sec)]
Clr, total (assuming no reabsorption)
= Clr,filt + Clr,sec (assume NO absorption)
Reabsorption depends on…
- Urine pH (Ionization)
- Urine flow - increased urine flow will decrease the time for reabsorption, therefore more rapid excretion
- Lipophilicty/hydrophilicity
True Clr,total
= (Clr,filt + Clr,sec)(1-fraction reabsorbed)
How do we know if a drug is reabsorbed?
Clr,total < Clr,filt