test 4 Flashcards
podocyte
surrounds each capillary through which filtration takes place
mesangial cells
form the mesangium of the glomerulus. change size and contract when they need to filter. Barrier less leaky when contracts, K goes down
what charge passes through glomerulus the best
positive. capillary is negative. so negative is the worst to travel through
glomerulonephritis
inflammation caused by infections. makes glomerular basement membrane lose negative charge so more things will be in the urine.
treatment for glomerulonephritis
steroid therapy
goodpasture’s syndrome
anti-glomerular basement membrane disease. Antibodies develop against the basement membrane causing kidney failure and lung bleeding. symptoms never go away only controlled.
glomerular filtration barrier
- podocytes (epi of bowmans capsule, fenestrated, large poors, neg charge, mensangial cells)
- basement membrane (basal lamina - neg charged, glycoprotiens, coarse sieve)
lies in between - epithelium of Bowman’s capsule (podocytes create filtration slits)
allows 20% plasma to enter bowman’s space
GFR =
GFR= KF [(PGC-PBS)-(πGC- πBS)], GFR is the volume tof plasma that enters bowman’s space, average 125 ml/min (above 100 good), most important regulator is blood flow
PGC: favors filtration, nearly constant
PBS: opposes filtration, constant
πGC: opposes filtration, high conc of protiens causes the rate to dec
πBS: favors filtration, no change because it can’t ever get out of capillaires
what happens to GFR if CO decreases
renal dysfunction will occur because the GFR number will be low
KF
filtration coefficient- how leaky the barrier is. mesangial contract - less leaky, KF Dec
Mesangial relax - more leaky, KF increases
PH - π - Pfluid = net filtration rate
positive to favor filtration
pH- blood pressure
π - proteins in plasma but not in bowman’s capsule
pfluid- created by bowmans’ capsule
efferent arteriole constrict
more volume in glomerulus as less is leaving, higher PH, higher GFR
afferent arteriole constrict
more volume leaving, lower PH, lower GFR
Renal blood flow
approximately 1200 ml/min
kidneys receive 20% of CO, if RBF increases then GFR increases
renal plasma flow (RPF)
= RBF X (1-Hct (%RBC))
what if the RPF is extremely high?
outstrips the filtration capacity of the capillary causing renal dysfunction - kidneys will have too much to handle
solvent movement in kidneys
moves with sodium
Na+ movement
reabsorbed by active transport,
secretion: enters on the luminal side through membrane proteins and moves down the electrochemical gradient
reabsorption: pumped out basolaterial side by the K+/Na+ ATPase
______ drives anion reabsorption
electrochemical gradient
______ drives water movement
osmosis, following solute reabsorption
____ filtrate reabsorbed in PCT
70%
how does reabsorption occur in the PCT
- most reabsorption occurs across the tubular epithelium- transcellular transport
- some reabsorption of water and certain ions occurs between cells - paracellular transport
Main role of PCT
does nothing to produce concentrated urine, just produces a smaller amount of urine - continuously establishes a Na+ gradient so the interior of PCT low Na+, favors primary active transport on the basolateral side of the membrane
penicillin and cimetidine
secreted in PCT
Probenecid and Penicillin
compete for the transporter. only can remove so many molecules. increases concentration of molecules in the body
loop of henle function
concentrating the urine, filtrate becomes larger (1200 millimoles) near the bottom of the loop reaching equilibrium with the interstitial fluid - main goal is to increase the amount of water reabsorbed back by the body without too much energy - uses
descending limb
highly permeable to water not ions. penetrates into the medulla. water moves out into the interestial fluid picked up by the vasa recta. called Thin!, no energy used! makes it hypertonic and passive diffusion because of the electrochemical gradient in the Thick ascending loop
how much filtrate is reabsorbed in the descending limb
15%
Thick Ascending limb
highly permeable to ions, not water. Na+ transported out of the filtrate, diluting it before it reaches the distal tubule. reabsorption of Na, K, Cl, THICK, uses energy to increase the solute concentration in the medulla so water can be reabsorbed in the ascending and collecting duct!
TAL luminal side transporter, how can this be affected by drugs?
1 Na+, 1 K+, 2 Cl = blocked by loop diuretics, filtrate is diluted by removal of ions and no addition of water
countercurrent multiplier
fluid in the medulla can be so high (1200 mOsm)
how does the bloodstream effectively reabsorb all of the water and solutes from the medulla?
promotes movement of water into the capillary lumen because of low hydrostatic pressure and a high protein concentration
vasa recta
capillareis that circulate around the loop of henle. associated with juxtamedullary nephrons. permeable to water and solutes. removes the water after leaving the loop of henle
distal convoluted tubule and collecting ductt
85% filtrate reabsorbed, early DCT impermeable to waste, late DCT and collecting duct may become permeable to water in the presence of ADH.
thiazide diruetic
transporter of the luminal side of the early DCT 1 Na+, 1 Cl- blocked
Loop diuretic
absorbing in the ascending on the luminal side inhibited - makes it so there is low K+ in the plasma (hypokalemia)
lasix
loop diuretic
urea
wate product
dissolved in blood
excreted in urine
regulated by ADH/Vasopressin
handling urea
nephron is impermeable to urea- want to excrete
what is most permeable to urea
papillary duct - goes back into the medulla and contriubtes to the medullary osmotic gradient
faster the urine flow
better the renal function, less urea that is reabsorbed. urea not in papillary duct to be reabsorbed
blood urea nitrogen
indicatory of renal function, if it is too high that means that the kidneys are not functioning well and are reabsorbing a waste product because it is not moving fast enough.
fine tuning GFR
controlled mostly by altering the arteriole diameters - hydrostatic pressure from volume
myogenic response
ability of the afferent arteriole to contract when high pressure - stretched - arteriole pressure stretches due to an increase in perfusion pressure
flow =
(P1 - P2) / resistance
tubular glomerular feedback
afferent arteriole senses the delivery of filtrate to the DCT (macula densa) - increases prostaglandins, dialtes - decreases resistance, decreases afferent arteriole resistance and increase in RPF and GFR
macula densa
sneses volume of filtrate
Renin - Angiotensin - Aldosterone System
RAA - important regulator of renal function and of the CV system. most important regulator of blood volume and blood pressure.
diseases RAA involved with
hypertension, CHF, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia
how does RAA maintain GFR
increases PGC, blood pressure, blood volume
aldosterone
increases Na+ and water retention, and increases K+ excretion
what receptor is activated by RAA system
SNS activates systems via B1 receptor stimulation
activation of the RAA system
angiotensin (made in liver) converted by renin (RLS) to angiotensin (10AA) which is converted to angiotensin 2 (8AA) by angiotensin converting enzyme - peptidase located on pulmonary vascular endothelial cells, acts on two receptors AT1R (favored) and AT2R
ACE
luminal side of the pulmonary vascular endothelial cells to convert ang1 to ang2, benefit of it located in the lungs is that is where all of the O2 lives so it can sense the CO changes
ACE inhibitors
blocker of RAA, (“prils”) stops the conversion of ang 2
alskiren
renin inhibitor - stops the conversion to ang 2
AT1R blocker
ang 2 can’t act on
diabetics and RAA
they need to use RAA blockers/inhibitors as they have renal dysfunction
renin release stimuli
decreased flitrate delivery to the macula densa causes renin to be released from the JG cells
decreased filtrate is caused by
total volume in body low, increased urea in plasma decreases the filtrate (flow rate), decreases the pressure/volume
to increase renin release
B1 receptors on the JG cells, TGF works with others, prostaglandins
as arterial pressure goes down,
PGC goes down, GFR goes down, Macula densa delivery goes down, TGF causes the afferent arteriole resistance to go down which has a negative feedback on the PGC
as macula densa goes down also causes the renin levels to go up, ang 2 to go up, and efferent arteriole resistance to go up to have a negative feedback on the PGC
role of TGF
TGF decreases afferent arteriolar resistance by the paracrine release of vasodilatory prostaglandins, such as prostacyclin - causes vasodialation and is a drug.
flolan and remodulin
vasodialation and is a drug
there’s a decreased renal perfusion pressure (renal artery has occlusion so diameter is small) - what would happen if NSAID was administered
First decrease in perfusion pressure - relying on compensating mechanism of the afferent arteriole and releases prostaglandins to try and make the diameter bigger and improve blood flow - NSAID would inhibit this whole process
role of ACE inhibitor (ramipril)
targets the afferent arteriole, increaess GFR pressure - constricts the efferent arteriole to maintain volume. ACE inhibitor decreases ang 2 so you can’t constrict the arteriole as well
lisonopril affect on Renin and K+
renin increase in an effort to increase ang 2, K+ increases
aldosterone
produced in the renal cortex (zona glomerulosa), steroid hormone, highly lipophillic
3 main stimuli for aldosterone secretion
- decrease Na+ concentration in the plasma
- decrease total volume of plasma
- increase plasma concentration of K+
aldosterone acts on the late DCT and collecting duct to cause
increase in Na+ reabsorption, increase in water reabsorption, increase in K+ secretion
aldosterone acting on principle cells
- aldosterone combines with the cytoplasmic receptor
- hormone receptor complex initiates transcription in the nucleus
- translation and protein synthesis make a new protein channels and pumps aldosterone-induced proteins which modulate existing channels - RESULT: increased Na+ reabsorption and K+ secretion - pumps formed by aldosterone to increae K+ and Na+ movement and increase ATPase
aldosterone functions
- increased basolateral Na+/K+ ATPase density and activity
- increased luminal ENaC - epithelial sodium channel
- Increased ATP production within the cell in order to maintain transport activity
spironolactone (aldactone)
aldosterone receptor antagonist for someone with congestive heart failure for effective diuretics - acts early so aldosterone can’t bind to receptor
eplerenone (inspra)
aldosterone receptor antagonist newer drugs, more specific and selective so less adverse events
triameterene (dyrenium)
inhibits ENac channels - further for formation of channels but won’t work the same
amiloride (midamore)
inhibits ENac channels- further for formation of channels but won’t work on the same
weak diruetics
help balance of loosing to much K+ like a regular diuretic - never on monotherapy of one type
amount excreted =
amount filtered - reabsorbed + secreted