Tubular Transport Flashcards
How to determine plasma Na
Plasma Na = total body Na content (mEq)/ECF volume
. It is primary determinant of plasma osmolality
. If body Na content inc. total body water will inc. compensate (thirst and renal conservation of H2O)
Na balance
. Neg. balance: (loss of body Na content) results in dec. in ECF (ECF contraction)
. Positive Na balance: gain in body Na content results in inc. in ECF (ECF expansion)
. Problems w/ balance usually manifest as altered extracellular fluid volume
Hyperaldosteronism
. Elevated aldosterone release from adrenal cortex
. Kidney reabsorbs excess amounts of Na
. Plasma osmolality inc. slightly so H2O consumption (thirst) and water conservation at the kidney inc.
. ECF volume inc.
. Patient becomes hypertensive due to ECF expansion
T/F small adjustments in Na and H2O reabsorption mechanisms result in large changes in Na and H2O excretion
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Transport mechanisms used by kidney
. Solute movement via diffusion (transcellular or paracellular) or facilitated diffusion
. Can also be active transport using ATP
Symport
. Coupled transport of 2 or more solutes in the same direction
. Process can also be called co-transport
Antiport
. Coupled transport of 2+ solutes in the opposite direction
. Also called exchange or exchanger/anti porter
Role of Na/K ATPase in kidneys
. Conc. Gradient for Na to move into the cell from the tubule lumen is maintained by this bringing Na out of cell
Water movement in kidney
. Water movement is passive
. Driven by osmotic pressure gradients caused by reabsorption of Na and other solutes
Solvent drag
. When H2O is reabsorbed the solutes dissolved int he H2O are also carried along
. This is one way solutes (Na, K, Cl, Ca, Mg) can be reabsorbed by the kidney via paracellular route
. H2O moves through the transcellular and paracellular pathways in those tubular segments that are permeable to H2O
Aquaporins
. Aquaporin-1 (AQP-1) is present in prox. Tubule
. Also present in collecting duct as AQP-2 under control of vasopressin
Back leak of Na
. Prox. Tubule junctions are leaky to Na
. Some of reabsorbed Na leaks back into the tubular lumen as the interstitial Na conc. Rises and luminal Na conc. Dec.
. The back-leak reduces the net amount of Na reabsorbed in prox. Tubule and it can change under certain circumstance but always is net reabsorption
Transport maximum
. #sites x rate of transport/site
. Max amount of glucose that can be reabsorbed per min by the kidney
. Usually expressed in mg/min
. Term applies to secretion and reabsorption
. If reabsorption is Tm-limited then if filtered load exceeds Tm, the solute will appear in the urine
T/F if the filtered load is less than the Tm, the urine will be essentially devoid of the solute
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Inhibition of renal Na-glucose transporter for DM II treatment
. SGLT2 inhibitors (dapagliflozin) dec. fasting and peak plasma glucose
. Dec. HbA1c and promotes weight loss
SGLT2
. Low affinity high capacity transporter in early part of prox. Tubule
Renal threshold
. Plasma conc. Of glucose at which glucose 1st appears in urine
Tm-limited secretion
. Transfer from peritubular capillaries to tubule fluid
. If delivery of solute to peritubular capillaries exceeds the Tm secretion rate, then some solute will be returned to circulation via renal v.
. If delivery of solute is less than Tm, then no solute will appear in renal venous blood
Clinical relevance for secretory transporter competition
. Non specific transporters for organic anions (penicillin, PAH, diuretics), cations (H2 blockers, antiarrhythmic, histamine, NE) and molecules with both pos. And neg. charged groups (creatinine) can be transported by either
. Co-administration of drugs that compete for same
Na reabsorption along nephron
. Most filtered Na and H2O reabsorbed in prox. Tubule (67%) then loop of Henle (25%)
. Distal tubule and collecting ducts fine tune excretion (5-7%)
. Electrochemical gradient maintained by Na’K ATPase
Na transport function
. Site of diuretic action in prox tubule
. Site of acid-base regulation
K transport function
. Inside principal cells
. Maintain safe plasma K levels in blood
Cl reabsorption
. Reabsorbed mostly in proximal tubule, somewhat is loop of Henle, and then fine tuning in distal tubule and collecting ducts
. Not same mechanisms as Na
K reabsorption
. Mostly in prox. Tubule
. Some in loop of Henle
. More in late distal tubule/collecting duct than the other solutes