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Transport of sodium and urea in outer medullary descending vasa recta.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8282790     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We dissected and perfused outer medullary vasa recta (OMVR) from vascular bundles in the rat. Permeabilities of sodium (PNa) and urea (Pu) were simultaneously determined from the lumen-to-bath efflux of 22Na and [14C]urea. PNa and Pu were also measured by in vivo microperfusion of descending (DVR) and ascending vasa recta (AVR) at the papillary tip of Munich-Wistar rats. In some OMVR PNa was indistinguishable from zero. The mean +/- SE of PNa (x 10(-5), cm/s) in OMVR was 76 +/- 9. Pu in OMVR was always very high (x 10(-5), cm/s), 360 +/- 14. There was no correlation between OMVR PNa and Pu. Inner medullary AVR and DVR had PNa of 115 +/- 10 and 75 +/- 10, respectively, and Pu of 121 +/- 10 and 76 +/- 11, respectively. PNa and Pu in papillary vasa recta were always nearly identical and highly correlated. Transport of [14C] urea in OMVR was reversibly inhibited by addition of unlabeled urea or phloretin to the bath and lumen, providing evidence for carrier-mediated transport. These data suggest that sodium and urea might traverse the wall of inner medullary vasa recta by a paracellular pathway while urea also crosses by a transcellular route in OMVR. Electron microscopic examination of seven in vitro perfused OMVR revealed no fenestrations and exposure of these vessels to 10 microM calcium ionophore A23187 or 1 nM angiotensin II resulted in reversible contraction, suggesting that in vitro perfused OMVR are DVR only.
Authors:
T L Pallone; J Work; R L Myers; R L Jamison
Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of clinical investigation     Volume:  93     ISSN:  0021-9738     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Clin. Invest.     Publication Date:  1994 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-02-17     Completed Date:  1994-02-17     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802877     Medline TA:  J Clin Invest     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  212-22     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Nephrology, M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiotensin II / pharmacology
Animals
Arterioles / cytology,  physiology*,  ultrastructure
Calcimycin / pharmacology
Endothelium, Vascular / ultrastructure
Gap Junctions / ultrastructure
Kidney Medulla / blood supply*
Kinetics
Membrane Potentials
Microcirculation / cytology,  physiology*,  ultrastructure
Microscopy, Electron
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / cytology,  physiology*,  ultrastructure
Nephrons / blood supply
Permeability
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Sodium / blood,  metabolism*
Urea / blood,  metabolism*
Vasoconstriction / drug effects
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DK42495/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
11128-99-7/Angiotensin II; 52665-69-7/Calcimycin; 57-13-6/Urea; 7440-23-5/Sodium
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