Renal Flashcards
Which kidney is usually taken during liver donor transplantation and why?
Left Kidney; because it has a longer renal vein
Where is the macula densa located?
Distal convoluted tubule
Where are JG cells located?
Afferent arteriole
ureterovesicular junction
narrowest part of the ureter; common site for stones to get stuck
nephrocalcinosis
calcification of the medullary periods; assoc w/hyperparathyroidism
passage of ureters in relation to the uterine artery and ductus deferens?
ureters pass under uterine artery and under ductus deferens (retroperitoneal)
- ->”water passes under the bridge”
- water=ureters
- bridge=uterine arteries and ductus deferens
60-40-20 rule (of total body weight):
60% = total body water 40% = ICF 20% = ECF
How to measure plasma volume?
radiolabeled albumin
how to measure extracellular volume?
Inulin
Glomerular Filtration barrier is composed of:
- Fenestrated Capillary Endothelium
- Fused basement membrane
- Epithelial layer
- What is each one’s role?
- Composition?
- What is lost in nephrotic syndrome? What’s the result?
- What is lost in Minimal Change disease?
- Fenestrated Capillary Endothelium:
- Size barrier
- Fused basement membrane:
- negative Charge barrier
- has heparin sulfate
- lose charge barrier in neprhotic syndrome; get: albuminuria, hypoproteinemia, generalized edema, hyperlipidemia
- Epithelial layer:
- consists of podocyte foot processes
- lose podocytes in MCD
What substances can be used to measure GFR?
- Inulin or Creatinine Clearance.
- Inulin is freely filtered, but is neither reabsorbed nor secreted.
- BUT: Creatinine clearance slightly overestimates GFR, b/c creatinine is moderately secreted by renal tubules
What substance can be used to meausre the ERPF (Effective Renal Plasma Flow)?
-PAH clearance; b/c all PAH entering kidney is secreted
ERPF vs true RPF?
ERPF underestimates true RPF by about 10%
RBF =?
RBF = RPF/(1-Hct)
Normal Filtration Fraction =?
20%
Effect of prostaglandings on kidney:
Effect of NSAIDs on kidney?
Prostaglandins dilate afferent arteriole –> so, get:
- increased RPF
- increased GFR
- constant FF
- NSAIDs–>inhibit PGs –> get constriction of Afferent Arteriole:
- decreased RPF
- decreased GFR
- constant FF
Effect of Angiotensin II on kidneys?
Acts on Efferent Arteriole; constricts EA:
- decreased RPF
- increased GFR
- increased FF
Effect of ACE-inhibitors on kidneys?
ACE-inhibitors–> inhibit Ang II –> dilate Efferent Arteriole:
- increased RPF
- decreased GFR
- decreased FF
*so, may have increased Creatinine levels in blood (b/c decreased GFR, and Creatinine clearance is a measure of GRF, so decreased Creatinine clearance –> more Creatinine in blood)
What is Creatinine in urine a measurement of?
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Where in kidney is glucose normally reabsorbed?
Proximal tubule by Na+/glucose cotransport
At what plasma glucose levels does glucosuria begin (threshold)?
At what glucose levels is Tm (all transporters fully saturated)?
- see glucosuria at plasma glucose levels of 160-200
- all transporters are fully saturated (Tm) at plasma glucose levels = 350 mg/dL
Hartnups disease:
deficiency of neutral amino acid (tryptophan) transporter in proximal tubule; so, can’t reabsorb tryptophan
-results in pellagra (niacin/B3 deficiency; b/c B3 is derived from Tryptophan)
Where in nephron is glucose, AAs, and most of bicarbonate, Na, Cl, and water reabsorbed?
Early proximal tubule
Where in kidney is there “isotonic absorption”?
Early proximal tubule
Which part of nephron generates and secretes ammonia?
Early proximal tubule
Which part of the nephron is the most hypertonic/concentrated urine?
Thin descending limb of loop of Henle
–>impermeable to sodium; passively reabsorbs water b/c sodium can’t get in, so the medulla is hypertonic –> water leaves nephron into medulla, making urine more concentrated.
Which part of nephron is impermeable to water?
Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle
Which part of nephron is the “diluting segment”, where urine has the lowest osmolality?
Early distal convoluted tubule
Where are Na, K, and Cl actively reabsorbed and Mg and Ca indirectly reabsorbed?
Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle (this is the part that is also impermeable to H20; so, have reabsorption of electrons + water cannot leave (nor enter) –> so this portion of the loop makes the urine less concentrated as it ascends; eventually, it has the lowest osmolality at the early distal convoluted tubule)
Where in nephron does PTH act?
Early proximal tubule: PTH inhibits Na/P cotransport –> get increased phosphate excretion
Early distal convulted tubule: increased Ca/Na exchange –> get increased Ca reabsorption
Where in nephron does Angiotensin II act?
Early proximal tubule –> AT II stimulates Na/H exchange –> increased Na and water reabsorption
ADH vs Aldosterone:
ADH primarily regulates osmolarity; but, also responds to low blood volume, when necessary (b/c low volume takes precedence over osmolarity)
Aldosterone primarily regulates blood volume
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus:
- JG cells in AA
- Macula densa = Na sensor –> in distal convoluted tuule
*JGA defends GFR via the RAAS system: JG cells secrete renin in response to low renal BP, low Na delivery to distal tubule, and increased sympathetic tone (beta-1 receptors)
Which cells secrete renin?
JG cells (in Afferent Arteriole)
How may NSAIDs cause acute renal failure?
NSAIDs inhibit the renal production of prostaglandins, which normally keep the afferent arterioles vasodilated and maintain GFR
-NSAIDS–>constrict AA–>decrease both RPF and GFR
4 endocrine functions of the kidneys:
1) Erythropoietin production
2) 1,25-(OH)2-vitamin D production –> in proximal tubule; convert vit D to active form
* Note: vitamin D–> increases Ca and P absorption in intestines
* note: PTH acs directly on the kidney to reabsorb P, but not reabsorb P
* note: PTH also stimulates formation of active Vitamin D, which increases absorption of both Ca and P in intestines!
3) Renin –> beta-1 effect
4) Prostaglandins –> vasodilates AA to increase GFR
Hormones that act on the kidney:
1) ANP
2) PTH
3) AT II
4) Aldosterone
5) ADH
ANP = Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
- secreted in response to increased atrial pressure (ie high preload or high blood volume)
- causes: increased GFR and increased Na filtration, but not increased Na reabsorption
- NET effect: Na+ loss and volume loss
PTH:
-secreted in response to low plasma Ca, high plasma P, or low plasma vitamin D
-causes: increased Ca reabsorption in DCT, decreased P reabsorption in PCT, and increased vit D production
Also causes: increased Ca and P absorption from gut (b/c of effects of Vitamin D)
AT II = Angiotensin II
-Causes EA constriction –> decreased RPF, increased GFR and increased FF; also get compensatory Na reabsorption in proximal and distal nephron (b/c goal is to increase BP!)
Aldosterone:
- secreted in response to low blood volume (via Ang II) and elevated plasma K
- causes: increased Na reabsorption, increased K secretion, and increased H secretion
ADH/Vasopressin
- secreted in response to elevated plasma osmolarity and decreased blood volume
- causes increased # of water channels and increased water reabsorption
6 situations that shift K+ out of cells –> causing HYPERkalemia:
- decreased insulin (like in DKA)
- beta-blockers
- acidosis/severe exercise
- hyper-osmolarity
- digitalis
- cell lysis
4 situations that shift K+ into cells –> causing HYPOkalemia:
- insulin
- beta-agonists (ie albuterol)
- alkalosis
- hypo-osmolarity
Too rapid correction of Hyponatremia?
get Central Pontine Myelinosis (irreversible; acute paralysis, dysarthria, dysphagia, diplopia, loss of consciousness)
U waves on ECG, flattened T waves, arrhythmias and paralysis?
low serum K+
Peaked T waves, wide QRS, arrhythmias:
high serum K+
effects of low serum Ca?
- Tetany
- Neuromuscular irritability
effects of high serum Ca?
“stones, bones, groans, moans”
- delirium
- renal stone
- abdominal pain
effects of low serum Phosphate?
bone loss and osteomalacia
effectsof high serum Phosphate?
renal stones, metastatic calcifications
Compensatory response to respiratory acidosis or alkalosis?
- -> kidneys!
- if respi acidosis –> kidneys increase renal HCO3 reabsorption
- if respi alkalosis –> kidneys decrease renal HCO3 reabsorption
–> these compensatory mechanisms take time, are delayed! (unlike compensation of metabolic acidosis/alkalosis, which can be done quickly by breathing more/less!)
Causes of metabolic acidosis with a high anion gap?
MUDPILES!
- Methanol (formic acid)
- Uremia
- DKA
- Paraldehyde or Phenformin
- Iron tablets or INH (Isoniazid)
- Lactic acidosis, hypoxia
- Ethylene glycol (oxalic acid)
- Salicylates (ie aspirin)
Causes of normal anion gap metabolic acidosis?
- Diarrhea
- Glue sniffing
- Renal tubular acidosis (RTA)
- Hyperchloremia