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An electrogenic proton-translocating ATPase (H+-ATPase) has been described in turtle urinary bladder and bovine and rat renal medulla. In the present study, a membrane fraction with ATP-dependent H+ transport activity was isolated from human renal medulla. Intravesicular acidification was assessed by acridine orange absorbance changes. Proton transport was abolished by N-ethylmaleimide but not oligomycin or vanadate, differentiating this H+-ATPase from mitochondrial F0-F1 H+-ATPase and gastric H+-K+-ATPase. In addition, vesicular proton uptake was demonstrated to be independent of sodium and potassium cotransport. Proton translocation rate increased when transmembrane potential was clamped with valinomycin supporting an electrogenic mechanism. Hydrogen ion transport was dependent on the presence of chloride or bromide, since substitution by fluoride or nitrate markedly decreased intravesicular acidification. The transport characteristics of this proton-translocating ATPase are similar to those described for turtle urinary bladder and bovine and rat renal medulla, which have been assumed to play a role in urinary acidification by the medullary collecting duct.
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PMID:ATP-dependent proton transport in human renal medulla. 287 44

A method was developed to measure the element content of freshly isolated papillary collecting duct (PCD) cells by electron probe microanalysis in a scanning electron microscope. After isolation, the cells were transferred onto a Thermanox support by centrifugation and the extracellular medium was removed by brief exposure to buffered ammonium acetate; cryofixation, freeze-drying, and coating with carbon followed. Under visual control in the scanning electron microscope the Na, Cl, K and P content of cell clusters (about 30 cells/cluster) was then measured by X-ray microanalysis. Cells incubated in control medium showed potassium:sodium ratios identical to those determined previously in cryosections of the same cells. In ouabain-treated cells sodium influx and potassium efflux was demonstrated. Potassium left the cells with a t1/2 of 21.7 min. The t1/2 of Na influx was 12.6 min for the first 15 min of incubation, whereafter further influx was markedly slower. Ouabain-induced sodium influx was inhibited 40% by amiloride. These results indicate that X-ray microanalysis can be applied to analyze the ion content of isolated cell clusters derived from the papillary collecting duct. Using ouabain and amiloride as inhibitors the suitability of the method to identify transport systems is demonstrated.
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PMID:Measurement of element content in isolated papillary collecting duct cells by electron probe microanalysis. 292 90

Medullary collecting duct function was studied using the in vivo microcatheterization technique in three groups of rats receiving amiloride, hydrochlorothiazide, or both diuretics. In each group of animals, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF99-126) was given in the second phase of the experiment. The combination of amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide resulted in a more marked natriuresis than either diuretic given as a single agent. Sodium reabsorption in the medullary collecting duct, as a fraction of the delivered load, was reduced from 64% (amiloride) and 69% (hydrochlorothiazide) to 29% (amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide). Atrial natriuretic factor reduced collecting duct sodium reabsorption when added to amiloride or hydrochlorothiazide to 23% and to 41%, respectively, but had no additional effect when given with amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide. Potassium excretion with amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide was intermediate between amiloride or hydrochlorothiazide given as single agents. With the diuretic combination, potassium transport showed no significant reabsorption or secretion along the medullary collecting duct, amiloride was associated with potassium reabsorption, and hydrochlorothiazide was associated with potassium secretion in the duct. The results confirm the importance of the medullary collecting duct as a site of diuretic action. The known additive effects of amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide on sodium excretion and the opposing effects of these agents on potassium excretion occur, to a major degree, in the medullary collecting duct. Furthermore, the additive effects of amiloride and ANF indicate that blocking of amiloride-sensitive sodium channels is not the only mechanism of action of ANF on duct salt transport in vivo.
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PMID:Interaction of amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide with atrial natriuretic factor in the medullary collecting duct. 297 Aug 86

Potassium secretion and sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na-K-ATPase) activity in the distal nephron segments are known to be influenced by the dietary intake of K+. This has been attributed to a change in the plasma aldosterone level, which also influences K+ secretion and Na-K-ATPase activity in the distal nephron. To investigate whether or not dietary K+ can modulate Na-K-ATPase activity in the distal nephron independently of aldosterone, we determined Na-K-ATPase activity in four distinct nephron segments of adrenalectomized (adx) rabbits given four specific diets for 1 wk before experimentation. Na-K-ATPase activity was determined by a fluorometric microassay in which ATP hydrolysis is coupled to NADH oxidation. The nephron segments examined were the distal convoluted tubule (DCT), the connecting tubule (CNT), the cortical collecting duct (CCD), and the outer medullary collecting duct (MCD). All diets were similar in composition except for their K+ contents, which were 100, 300, 500, and 700 meq/kg in groups 1-4, respectively. In these adx animals, Na-K-ATPase activity increased greater than 200% in the CCD as the dietary intake of K+ increased. There was a linear relationship between K+ excretion and the enzyme activity in this segment. There was a 50% increase in Na-K-ATPase activity in the CNT as the dietary intake of K+ increased in adx animals. However, there were no significant differences in Na-K-ATPase activities in the DCT and MCD among the four treatment groups. It is concluded that dietary K+ intake can influence Na-K-ATPase activity in the CCD and CNT independently of plasma aldosterone levels.
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PMID:Renal adaptation to potassium in the adrenalectomized rabbit. Role of distal tubular sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase. 299 42

Electrophysiological studies were carried out on single perfused cortical and medullary collecting ducts to define the potassium and sodium transport properties of their apical and basolateral cell membranes. In addition, the effects of chronic mineralocorticoid hormone treatment on the mechanism of transport of potassium ions were evaluated. Studies included the measurement of transepithelial and cell potentials, and the resistance of individual cell membranes. The apical cell membrane of principal cells of the cortical collecting duct is characterized by separate potassium and sodium conductances. The basolateral cell membrane has also a potassium conductance, whereas the intercellular shunt pathway is largely permeable to chloride ions. Stimulation of potassium secretion by mineralocorticoids is associated with the following events. Increased cell potassium uptake across the basolateral cell membrane due to stimulation of Na-K ATPase and a more favorable electrical driving force for passive entry, facilitated exit of potassium from the cell to the tubule lumen by a more favorable electrochemical gradient (apical cell membrane depolarization) and enhanced potassium secretion by in increase of the potassium conductance of the apical cell membrane. Some properties of single potassium channels in the apical membrane of rabbit cortical collecting tubules are also described.
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PMID:Cellular electrophysiology of potassium transport in the mammalian cortical collecting tubule. 300 67

Rats were given a lithium-containing diet (40 mmol/kg) to study the effect of lithium on the structure of collecting ducts from the inner stripe of the outer medulla. The results show that there is a significant increase in the volume density of collecting ducts already after one week on this diet. The volume density of both intercalated and principal cells increases, whereas the volume density of mitochondria in the cytoplasm increases in the intercalated cells only. The increased volume of both principal and intercalated cells seems to be part of a general hyperplasia and hyperactivity of the collecting duct, which may in some way be related to the effects of lithium on vasopressin-mediated mediated water transport. The specific changes in the intercalated cells may be a consequence of the effects of lithium on distal nephron potassium and hydrogen ion transport in the distal nephron.
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PMID:A morphometric and ultrastructural study of lithium-induced changes in the medullary collecting ducts of the rat kidney. 304 Feb 54

The relationship between structure and function in the distal tubule and collecting duct has been studied with morphologic and physiologic techniques, including morphometric analysis, to identify functionally distinct cell populations. The distal tubule, including the thick ascending limb (TAL) and the distal convoluted tubule (DCT), is involved in active reabsorption of sodium chloride. It is characterized by extensive invaginations of the basolateral plasma membrane, numerous mitochondria, and high Na-K-ATPase activity, features characteristic for an epithelium involved in active transport. Between the distal tubule and the collecting duct is a transition region, the connecting segment or the connecting tubule (CNT), which exhibits species differences with respect to both structure and function. The collecting duct includes the cortical (CCD), the outer medullary (OMCD), and the inner medullary (IMCD) collecting ducts. Principal cells are present throughout the collecting duct, whereas intercalated cells are located mainly in the CCD and OMCD. Morphometric analysis combined with micropuncture and microperfusion studies has provided evidence that the CNT and principal cells are responsible for potassium secretion in the connecting segment and the CCD. The OMCD is a main site of hydrogen ion secretion, and morphometric studies have provided evidence that the intercalated cells in this segment secrete hydrogen ion at least in the rat. Two configurations of intercalated cells exist in the CCD--a type A and a type B. The A cells are similar in ultrastructure to the intercalated cells in the OMCD and are believed to be involved in hydrogen ion secretion. The function of the B cells remains to be established. The inner two-thirds of the IMCD corresponds to the papillary collecting duct, which has a high permeability to urea. The relationship between structure and function in the IMCD has not been studied in detail. This review emphasizes the role of morphometric analysis in establishing the relationship between structure and function in the distal nephron.
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PMID:Relationship between structure and function in distal tubule and collecting duct. 305 90

The physical properties and chemical composition of urine are highly variable and are determined in large measure by the quantity and the type of food consumed. The specific gravity is the ratio of the density to that of water, and it is dependent on the number and weight of solute particles and on the temperature of the sample. The weight of solute particles is constituted mainly of urea (73%), chloride (5.4%), sodium (5.1%), potassium (2.4%), phosphate (2.0%), uric acid (1.7%), and sulfate (1.3%). Nevertheless, urine osmolality depends only on the number of solute particles. The renal production of maximally concentrated urine and formation of dilute urine may be reduced to two basic elements: (1) generation and maintenance of a renal medullary solute concentration hypertonic to plasma and (2) a mechanism for osmotic equilibration between the inner medulla and the collecting duct fluid. The interaction of the renal medullary countercurrent system, circulating levels of antidiuretic hormone, and thirst regulates water metabolism. Renin, aldosterone, prostaglandins, and kinins also play a role. Clinical estimation of the concentrating and diluting capacity can be performed by relatively simple provocative tests. However, urinary specific gravity after taking no fluids for 12 h overnight should be 1.025 or more, so that the second urine in the morning is a useful sample for screening purposes. Many preservation procedures affect specific gravity measurements. The concentration of solids (or water) in urine can be measured by weighing, hydrometer, refractometry, surface tension, osmolality, a reagent strip, or oscillations of a capillary tube. These measurements are interrelated, not identical. Urinary density measurement is useful to assess the disorders of water balance and to discriminate between prerenal azotemia and acute tubular necrosis. The water balance regulates the serum sodium concentration, therefore disorders are revealed by hypo- and hypernatremia. The disturbances are due to renal and nonrenal diseases, mainly liver, cardiovascular, intestinal, endocrine, and iatrogenic. Fluid management is an important topic of intensive care medicine. Moreover, the usefulness of specific gravity measurement of urine lies in interpreting other findings of urinalysis, both chemical and microscopical.
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PMID:Relative density of urine: methods and clinical significance. 307 30

Our previous studies in cortical collecting ducts isolated from rat kidneys have shown that vasopressin increases both sodium absorption and potassium secretion, while bradykinin inhibits sodium absorption without affecting potassium transport. To determine which anions are affected by these agents, we perfused cortical collecting ducts from rats treated with deoxycorticosterone and measured net chloride flux, net bicarbonate flux (measured as total CO2), transepithelial voltage, and the rate of fluid absorption. Arginine vasopressin (10(-10) M in the peritubular bath) caused a sustained sixfold increase in net chloride absorption and a two- to threefold increase in the magnitude of the lumen negative transepithelial voltage. Before addition of vasopressin, the tubules secreted bicarbonate. Vasopressin abolished the bicarbonate secretion, resulting in net bicarbonate absorption (presumably due to proton secretion) in many tubules. Bradykinin (10(-9) M added to the peritubular bath) caused a reversible 40% inhibition of net chloride absorption, but did not affect the transepithelial voltage or the bicarbonate flux. We concluded: (a) that arginine vasopressin stimulates absorption of chloride and inhibits bicarbonate secretion (or stimulates proton secretion) in the rat cortical collecting duct; and (b) that bradykinin inhibits net chloride absorption in the rat cortical collecting duct without affecting transepithelial voltage or bicarbonate flux. Combining these results with the previous observations on cation fluxes described above, we conclude that bradykinin inhibits electroneutral NaCl absorption (or stimulates electroneutral NaCl secretion) in the rat cortical collecting duct.
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PMID:Effects of vasopressin and bradykinin on anion transport by the rat cortical collecting duct. Evidence for an electroneutral sodium chloride transport pathway. 308 Apr 71

We studied factors influencing urine pCO2 minus blood pCO2 [(U-B)pCO2] in rabbits infused with sodium bicarbonate solutions. Unlike other species, the rabbit does not develop a significant (U-B)pCO2 (urine pCO2 greater than blood pCO2) after alkali or acid buffer infusion. However, intravenous acetazolamide immediately induced a significant (U-B)pCO2. The effect could not be related to the blood pH or pCO2, the urinary concentration of bicarbonate or inorganic phosphate, or to changes in plasma potassium concentration. Methazolamide was also effective in increasing (U-B)pCO2. This significant (U-B)pCO2 was present after carbonic anhydrase inhibition in rabbits subjected to chronic partial obstruction of urinary flow and in rabbits treated with 11-desoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA). We propose that carbon dioxide is normally dissipated from the alkaline urine of the rabbit by a distal tubular mechanism, which involves catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate. Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase leads to the formation of a significant (U-B)pCO2. In the rabbit, pCO2 may be an index of collecting duct acidification under certain circumstances; however, the relation of collecting duct acidification to the high (U-B)pCO2 during the inhibition of carbonic anhydrase remains to be determined.
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PMID:Effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition on (U-B)pCO2 in the alkaline urine of the rabbit. 311 Aug 84


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