Renal Transport Processes - Lecture 5 Flashcards
What does the proximal tubule filter? Reabsorb?
- Approx - 2/3 of filtered water, Na, Cl, and K
2. Reabsorbs all the glucose & amino acids ultra filtered by the glomerulus
In the first half of the proximal tubule, what is Na uptake coupled with? Via which transporter?
Coupled with either H+ or organic solutes
Na- H antiporter (Na in, H out)
SYMPTORTERS: Na - Glucose, Na - Amino Acid, Na-Pi, and Na- Lactate
What is the result of H+ secretion?
Reabsorption of NaHCO3 (sodium bicarbonate)
How do glucose and other organic solutes exit across the basolateral membrane?
Via Passive Mechanisms
How does Na that enters the cell across the apical membrane leave the cell to enter the blood on the basolateral side?
Na-K ATPase
What provides the driving force/gradient for the passive reabsorption of water?
Reabsorption of NaHCO3 and Na Organic Solutes
What anion is Na mainly reabsorbed with across both the transcellular and paracellular pathways in the SECOND half of the proximal tubule?
Cl- (more so than organic solutes or HCO3-)
67% transcellular
33% paracellular
What are the two main mechanisms that Na enters the cell across the luminal membrane?
- Na - H antiporter
2. Na- Cl anion antiporter
How does Cl- leave the cell to enter the blood on the basolateral membrane?
Via K-Cl - symporter
What specific gradient drives the passive reabsorption of water? What establishes this gradient?
- Osmotic Gradient
2. Active Solute Reabsorption
Water moves from high to low osmolality areas. True or False?
FALSE!
Water moves from low to high osmolality concentrations established by Na, Cl- and organic solutes in the lateral intercellular spaces
How does Na that does not utilize the Na-K Atpase enter the lateral intercellular space?
NaCl enters via diffusion across the tight junctions (paracellular pathway)
What happens to solutes that are entrained in reabsorbed fluid as osmotic water flows across the transcellular and paracellular pathways in the proximal tubules?
Solvent Drag
How much protein is filtered by the glomerulus each day? How much is reabsorbed?
- 7.2 g of protein are filtered by the glomerulus
- 100% is usually reabsorbed in the proximal tubule
- enzymatic degradation of proteins to amino acids
- encapsulation of proteins by ponocytotic processes
What happens if protein transport is saturated?
Protein appears in the urine (Proteinuria)
What is the process of secretion of organic cations & anions into the proximal tubule? (active or passive?)
What substances fall under this category?
- ACTIVE
- Endogenous end-products of metabolism
Exogenous Drugs
What cations each elevate the plasma concentration of one another?
Cimetidine & Procainamide
What is the function of the Distal Nephron?
Low volume, high gradient pumping of solutes & water
1/3 of filtered load is typically reabsorbed
What do the following signify:
Urine/Plasma concentration < 0
Urine/ Plasma Concentration > 0
in terms of:
- ADH
- Urine Concetrated/Dilute
- Color of Urine
- Less than zero - LOW ADH, dilute, pale urine
2. Greater than zero - HIGH ADH, concentrated, dark urine