FINAL EXAM - Lecture 6 Flashcards
Most drugs we will use, will affect which arteriole?
Afferent arteriole
ANG II binds to what receptors and where?
AT1 in the proximal tubule
What happens once the ANG II binds to AT1?
Increases Na/K ATPase pump, increases sodium being removed from the cell into the interstitium.
This lowers sodium inside cell, which will increase sodium absorption from tubular lumen via the NHE pump (NA and H exchanger)
Reabsorption into interstitium for HCO3- is also increased via Na+/HCO3- co-transporter
What is the main pump/channel affected in proximal tubule by ANG II binding?
NHE pump (1Na+ for 1 H+)
Which pump does ANG II directly affect?
Increased activity of Na+/K+ ATPase pump
Some literature will say it also increases NHE, but not sure thats the case.
Routes for ions to go in the proximal tubule?
Transcellular and paracellular
Transcellular
Going through a transporter or channel through cell wall
Paracellular
Ions going in between cells. Some parts of kidney, it is really tight and not much can fit. Other parts, it’s more open.
BBB is extremely tight.*
Most popular ions that get dragged through paracellular route at proximal tubule
Cl-. It’s due to Na+ being a very common secondary active transporter (Transcellular), and Cl- wants to follow the Na+, so it follows through the paracellular route
Parts with really really tight junctions? (less paracellular route)
Parts where water is impermeable (ascending parts)
Bulk flow
Tons of reabsorption happening in the peritubular capillaries from proximal tubule
How does water get reabsorbed in proximal tubule to peritubular capillaries?
Has to follow other “stuff”. The more concentrated renal interstitium, the more water it can absorb.
Role of urea in renal interstitium
Helps us reabsorb water in proximal tubule
If we are super dehydrated, the odds are that our renal interstitium will have a ____ amount of ____
High;water.
To promote reabsorption
Feature of cells on luminal side of proximal tubular cells
Border will be brush like, increases surface area by 20x. Gives us lots of area for transporters.
Membrane potentials for tubular epithelial cells
-70mV
What’s the gradient cells generally use to get inside tubular epithelial cells?
Electrochemical
Proximal Tubular lumen “charge” and what causes itr
Around -3mV, due to solutes such as K+, Cl-, and Na+. Typically lots of chloride, thats why it’s negative.
Concentration of Na+ as it moves through tubule
Stays the same, follows water reabsorption.
What is chlorides concentration throughout the tubule?
Slightly becomes more concentrated as it goes, typically needs a higher concentration to be absorbed. So it has to wait until it becomes more concentrated, to be reabsorbed. Not much reabsorption in first half, mostly in second half.
How much protein is filtered each day in grams?
1.8g
How much protein gets reabsorbed?
1.7g
How much protein gets excreted a day?
100mg
How does protein get reabsorbed?
Endocytosis (or Pinocytosis). The tubular cell will grab it (remember, brush border) and pull it apart into amino acids, and allow it to reabsorb with other amino acids.
What is pinocytosis?
Pulling something inside the cell (endocytosis) and pulling it apart
If we have extra protein that get filtered, how do they reabsorb them?
They dont. You just lose proteins. This contributes to lost blood proteins and why septic patients will become hypovolemic from losing intracellular volume.
Where does the pinocytic process occur?
Only in proximal tubule
Proteins that are more often found getting filtered
Growth hormone, microproteins (peptides, string of amino acids). Albumin is much more rare because of how big it is.
How do protons get into proximal tubule?
Secretion via the NHE.
The single most pathway for reabsorption of Na+ in proximal tubule is
NHE
After the proton is dumped into tubular lumen, what happens to it?
It combines with bicarbonate in the tubule to form H2CO3/Carbonic Acid.
What happens once carbonic acid is formed in tubule?
Dissolved into CO2 and H2O.
What happens once carbonic acid is dissolved into CO2 and H2O?
H2O easily gets reabsorbed into tubular cells through osmotic pathways, and CO2 is a gas so it diffuses across
What does Carbonic Anhydrase in proximal tubule?
Speeds up the process of breaking apart Carbonic acid into CO2 and H2O.
How does HCO3- get into tubular lumen?
Filtered
Where is Carbonic anhydrase specifically in tubular lumen?
Tethered/wedged into cell wall
Once there is H2O and CO2 in tubular cell, what happens?
Carbonic anhydrase will catalyze them back into carbonic acid.
Once carbonic acid is formed inside tubular cell, what happens? Where does each compound end up?
It dissociates into H+ and HCO3-, which will allow HCO3- to be reabsorbed, and allows the proton to go back out into tubular lumen.
If there is excess H+ in tubular lumen with no bicarbonate and it cant form carbonic acid, what happens?
It will be secreted, or it will combine to ammonia to form ammonium (NH4+). Free protons are painful to excrete, it would burn.