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Tubular Reabsorption & Secretion(B)- Exam 3 Flashcards

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What percent of filtered load of sodium and water is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule?

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65% (little less percentage for chloride; quantity can be increased or decreased as needed)

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What are the cells of the proximal tubule designed for?

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High reabsorption capacity of sodium and water

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What supports the extensive active transport activity in the proximal tubule?

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Contains a large number of mitochondria

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What provides a huge surface area for rapid diffusion in the proximal tubule?

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Luminal (apical) brush border

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What contains extensive number channels in between cells providing huge surface area?

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Basolateral border

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What contains extensive number of protein carrier molecules in the proximal tubule?

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Luminal border

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Why is there an extensive number of protein carrier molecules in the proximal tubule?

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Co-transport of amino acids and glucose

Counter-transport of hydrogen ions (move a large quantity of hydrogen ions against small hydrogen ion gradient)

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What contains an extensive amount of N/K ATPase in the proximal tubule?

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Basolateral border

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What is notable about the first half of the proximal tubule?

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  1. Extensive co-transport of sodium with glucose and amino acids
  2. Sodium reabsorption carries glucose, bicarb, organic ions leaving chloride resulting in increasing [Cl-]
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What is the change in [Cl-] in the early part of the proximal tubule?

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105 mEq/L increases to 140 mEq/L

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What is notable about the second half of the proximal tubule?

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  1. High chloride concentration favors chloride diffusion (some movement thru Cl- channels)
  2. Most glucose and amino acids have been reabsorbed; sodium reabsorption drives chloride reabsorption (electrochemical gradient)
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What changes (quantity/concentration) in the tubule throughout the reabsorption process?

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Quantity of sodium in tubule changes, but concentration does not change because water reabsorption matches sodium reabsorption

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Does osmolarity change during reabsorption?

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No, water reabsorption matches sodium reabsorption

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What happens to glucose and amino acid concentrations as they move through the tubules?

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Decrease due to extensive reasborption

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What happens to creatinine and urea concentrations as they move through the tubule?

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they become more concentrated because they are not reabsorbed

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Total amount of Na+, Cl-, HCO3-, glucose, amino acids in tubules ________(increase/decrease/does not change).

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Decrease; but Cl- concentration goes up as were in the second half of the proximal tubule

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Total amount of creatinine and urea in tubule _________(increase/decrease/does not change)

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Does not change

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What end products of metabolism are secreted by the proximal tubule?

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Bile salts
Oxalate
Urate
Various catecholamines

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What drugs and toxins are secreted?

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Penicillin

Salicylates

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What other acid is also secreted?

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Para-aminohippuric acid (PAH)

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What percent of PAH in the renal blood flow is removed?

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90%

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How can you use PAH to determine renal blood flow?

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Knowing that 90% of PAH in renal blood flow is removed

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What are the three functional segments of hte loop of henle?

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Thin descending segment
Thin ascending segment
Thick ascending segment

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What kind of membrane/characteristics does the thin descending and ascending segments have?

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Thin epithelial membrane
(No brush border)
Few mitochondria (not a lot of active transport)
Minimal metabolic level

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What is the only thing moving in the thin descending and ascending segments?
Water is the only thing that's moving; and solutes through diffusion (no active transport)
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What is the thin descending segment highly permeable to? Moderately permeable to?
Highly permeable: Water | Moderately permeable: Most solute
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What percent of water reabsorption occurs in the loop of henle?
20%
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What segment of the loop of henle is impermeable to water?
Thin ascending segment; part of mechanism for concentration urine
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Describe the epithelial cells and mitochondria in the thick ascending segment.
Thick epithelial cells | High concentration of mitochondria
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Why are there a lot of mitochondria in the thick ascending segment?
High level of metabolic activity
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Thick ascending segment can absorb what percent of the filtered load?
25%; reabsorbs sodium, chloride, potassium. Also absorbs: calcium, bicarb, magnesium
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What is the thick ascending segments permeability to water?
Impermeable to water; as solute reabsorb luminal solute concentrations drop especially since water not reabsorbed (dilute fluid)
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What drives sodium reabsorption?
N/K ATPase in basolateral border of tubule cells
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What two transport mechanisms move sodium from the tubule lumen?
1 Na-2Cl-1K co-transport mechanism | Na-H Counter-transport mechanism
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What is the primary means of moving sodium out of lumen into tubular cells?
1 Na-2Cl-1k co-transport mechanism
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How does the 1Na-2Cl-1K co-transport mechanism affect electroneutrality?
It doesn't affect it.
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Potassium is reabsorbed _________(with/against) the potassium concentration gradient in the 1Na-2Cl-1K co-transport mechanism.
against
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In the 1Na-2Cl-1K co-transport mechanism, what two ions diffuse out of the cell into renal interstitial fluid via specific ion channels?
Cl- and K+
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What three diuretics inhibit the action of the 1Na-2Cl-1K co-transport mechanism?
Furosemide Bumetanide Ethacrynic acid
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Less sodium reabsorption- ______(more/less) water reabsorption in later segments of the nephron.
Less
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Less sodium reabsorption- ______(more/less) potassium reabsorption with potential loss of potassium.
Less
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What co-transport mechanism is isoelectric?
Na-Cl-K co-transport
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What is able to diffuse back into lumen via channels?
Potassium via potassium channels
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What charge is created when K diffuses back into the lumen?
+8 charge in tubule lumen
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Electrical gradient drives diffusion of what ions? How?
Na+, K+, Mg++ and Ca++ into renal interstitial space; via tight junctions (paracellular diffusion)
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What forms the first part of the distal tubule?
Macula densa
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What is the macula densa? What does it do?
Part of the juxtaglomerular complex | Provides feedback control for GFR and blood flow (for this nephron)
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Describe the segment in the distal tubule past the macula densa.
Highly convoluted
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What kind of reabsorption happens in the distal tubule past the macula densa?
Solute reabsorption No water reabsorption "diluting segment of the distal tubule"
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In the early distal tubule, what percent of filtered load for sodium and chloride are reabsorbed?
5%
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Reabsorption of sodium and chloride in the early distal tubule is driven by what?
Na-K ATPase in basolateral border of tubular cells
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What co transport mechanism occurs in the early distal tubule?
Na-Cl co-transport mechanisms moves Na+ and Cl- into cell down [Na+]
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How does chloride diffuse in the early distal tubule?
Out of cell via chloride specific channels
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What inhibits Na-Cl co-transport mechanism in the early distal tubule? How?
Thiazide diuretics; reduces sodium and chloride reabsorption and ultimately water reabsorption in later segments of nephron
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Late Distal Tubule and Cortical Collecting Tubule membranes are impermeable to what?
Urea; all urea entering exist to collecting duct to be excreted; some reabsorption will occur in the medullary collecting ducts
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How is sodium reabsorption controlled in the late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?
Various hormones; but especially by aldosterone
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How is potassium secretion controlled in late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?
Various hormones, especially by aldosterone
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What happens with hydrogen in the late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?
Able to secrete hydrogen ions against a large concentration gradient (1000:1)
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Proximal tubule moves hydrogen ions against what gradient?
(4 to 10) :1
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What controls water permeability in the late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?
Concentration of ADH, aka vasopressin
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What happens in late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts if there's no ADH?
No water permeability; excrete dilute urine
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What happens in late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts w/ increased ADH?
Increased permeability of water and decrease in volume of urine and increase the concentration of urine
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What happens if aldosterone is increased?
Sodium reabsorption goes up
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What are the two types of cells in the late distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?
Principal cells | Intercalated cells
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Principal cells reabsorb and secrete what
reabsorb sodium and water | secrete potassium
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Intercalated cells reabsorb and secrete what
Reabsorb potassium | Secerete hydrogen
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What drives the activity of principle cells?
Na-K ATPase in basolateral borders of tubule cells
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Describe the gradients of Na and K in principle cells.
Sodium follows concentration gradient-diffuses through sodium specific channels Potassium- follows concentration gradient out of cell into tubular lumen via potassium specific channels
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Aldosterone antagonists are also called what?
Mineralcorticoid receptor antagonists
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How do aldosterone antagonists work?
Compete with aldosterone receptor sites which inhibits sodium reabsorption and potassium secretion
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What are some examples of aldosterone antagonists?
Spironolactone | Epleronone
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What is a potassium sparing diuretic?
Sodium channel blockers; amiloride, triamterene
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How do sodium channel blockers work?
Inhibit entry of sodium into cell which reduces amount of sodium transported by Na-K ATPase; reduces secretion of potassium as action of Na-K ATPase decreases
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What ions have intercalated cell activity?
Hydrogen ions
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Secretion of H+ are controlled by what?
H-ATPase transporter
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Presence of what allows conversion of CO2 and H2O to hydrogen ions and bicarb?
Carbonic anhydrase
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What is also secreted from cell with H+ ions?
Chloride; following electrochemical gradient
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What happens to bicarb (intercalated cell activity)? What else has this same action?
Reabsorbed using Cl- HCO3- counter transport mechanism following the Cl- gradient into the cell Potassium is also reabsorbed.
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What happens with CO2?
Moves freely between cell and interstitial fluid
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Medullary collecting ducts reabsorb what percent of filtered water and sodium?
<10%
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What determines final concentration of solutes and urine concentration?
Medullary collecting ducts
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Describe the epithelial cells and mitochondria in medullary collecting ducts.
Epithelial cells smooth with few mitochondria
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What controls water permeability in medullary collecting duct?
ADH
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How is urea reabsorbed in medullary collecting duct?
Specific urea transporters which moves urea into the interstitial space thus affecting osmolarity
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What happens to hydrogen ions in the medullary collecting duct?
Secretes hydrogen ions (like cortical collecting tubule)
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Change in solute concentration depends on what?
Rate of absorption (secretion) vs rate of water absorption
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What happens to inulin? What does it indicate?
neither secreted or reabsorbed provides indication of water reabsorption
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What does an inulin concentration of 3 mean?
1/3 of water remains in tubule (2/3 have been reabsorbed)
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What does an inulin concentration of 125 mean?
1/125 of water remains in tubule 124/125 has been reabsorbed

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