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1
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GFR

  • definition
  • how to measure
A
  • Glomerular filtration rate
  • amount of plasma filtrate formed per minute
  • can be measured by known plasma level of a freely filtered substance and the amt secreted in urine
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2
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GFR equation

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(urine concentration)(urine flow) / (plasma concentration)

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3
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What is normal GFR

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125 mL/min

  • women 10% less than men
  • 7.5 L/h
  • 180 L/d
  • normal urine volume 1 L/d
  • 99% filtrate normally reabsorbed
  • indicator of kidney function
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4
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Chronic Kidney Disease Stages

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1: kidney damage, normal GFR (>90)
2: kidney damage, mild decrease GFR (60-89)
3: moderate decrease GFR (30-59)
4: severe decrease GFR (15-29)
5: kidney failure (<15) or dialysis

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5
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Creatinine Clearance

- definition

A
  • volume of plasma that is cleared of creatinine per unit of time
  • creatinine is a metabolic byproduct eliminated by the kidney
  • even though small amount of creatinine is lost through tubular secretion, CrCl is used as a measurement of GFR
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6
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What is normal CrCl

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85-135

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7
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where is creatine produced? How is it related to creatinine

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  • produced by the liver
  • phosphorylated by ATP to form phosphocreatine
  • stored in brain & muscle
  • serves as anaerobic phosphorylation source to create ATP (when ADP is plentiful and need ATP)
  • creatinine is a breakdown product of phosphocreatine
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Filtration membrane

  • permeability
  • layers
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  • highly permeable to water and solutes in kidney
  • function of membrane’s anatomy
  • 3 layers:
    1. Fenestrated capillary endothelium
  1. Visceral membrane of glomerular capsule composed of podocytes
  2. basement membrane fused between 1 & 2
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Filtration Membrane

  • capillary pores
  • basement membrane
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  • pore: prevent passage of RBCs

- BM: restricts proteins > 4nm

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10
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Filtration Membrane

- what easily passes through

A 
water
glucose
amino acids
electrolytes
nitrogenous wastes
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11
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What are the three pressures that affect glomerular filtration

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  1. Glomerular hydrostatic pressure (BP): chief force pushing water across filtration membrane (55 mmHg)
  2. glomerular osmotic pressure: pressure of protein in blood (30 mmHg)
  3. capsular hydrostatic pressure (15 mmHg)
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12
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What is the net filtration pressure through the glomerular capsule

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glom. hydrostatic pressure - glom. osmotic pressure + cap. hydrostatic pressure

55 - (30 + 15) = 10 mmHg

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13
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How similar are plasma and filtrate?

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very similar except for protein content in plasma

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14
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how similar are urine and filtrate

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very different

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15
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Reabsorption and secretion

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Reabsorption
- reclaim needed nutrients (glucose, amino acids, etc.)

Secretion
- elimination and pH regulation

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16
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where is glucose normal, where is it abnormal

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  • normal: filtrate

- abnormal: urine

17
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Active transport carriers

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  • specific for their solute

- most ATP dependent carriers utilize a co-transporter (often Na+)

18
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Tm

A
  • transport maximum
  • most quantity of a substance that can be absorbed
  • once saturated, no more solutes can be resorbed
  • excess substance is eliminated in urine
19
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Tm example

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Glucose Tm is 375 mg/min

  • hyperglycemia levels >400 mg/ 100 mL
  • glucose spills into urine (glucosuria)
20
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Glucose transport

- transporter

A
  • SGLT-2: sodium dependent glucose transporter
  • apical membrane of PCT cells
  • Na+ and glucose bind to carrier
  • Na+ moves down concentration gradient along with glucose into cell
  • both solutes are pumped from peritubular lumen to peritubular capillaries (reabsorbed)
21
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Sodium reabsorption

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  • Na+ single most abundant cation in filtrate
  • 80% of active transport energy moves Na+
  • cotransport usually sodium-potassium pump
22
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Location of sodium absorption

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  • 65% in PCT
  • 25% in thick ascending limb of Henle
  • 5% in DCT
  • 4-5% in CD
    approx 1% lost in urine
23
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What is the primary force that moves water out of the tubules?

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osmotic pressure of medullary gradient

- moves water into peritubular capillaries

24
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Location of water absorption

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  • 65% in PCT
  • 15% in descending loop of Henle
  • 19% DCT and CD (more volume as drop down CD)

** can’t have water follow Na+ because it is being reabsorbed, instead, use concentration of medulla to pull the water out instead

25
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What are three things that are not reabsorbed

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  1. Urea
  2. Uric acid
  3. Creatinine

*mostly nitrogenous waste products from aa and nucleotide metabolism

26
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Urea

A

In liver:

  • deamination of aa releases NH4+ (toxic)
  • urea cycle detoxifies ammonia to produce urea
  • non-toxic, neutral, soluble in water
27
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Uric Acid

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  • breakdown product of purine nucleotide metabolism

- urate is uric acid salt

28
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Creatinine

A

breakdown product of phosphocreatine

GU1 - Nephrology (16 decks)

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