Consequences of potassium recycling in the renal medulla. Effects of ion transport by the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop.
AUTOR(ES)
Stokes, J B
RESUMO
The consequences of K recycling and accumulation in the renal medulla were examined by measuring the effect of elevated K concentration on ion transport by the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. Perfused and bathed in vitro, thick limbs from both mouse and rabbit displayed a graded, reversible reduction of transepithelial voltage after increasing K concentration from 5 to 10, 15, or 25 mM. The effect was reproducible whether osmolality was 328 or 445 mosmol/kg H2O, and whether K replaced Na or choline. Net chloride absorption and transepithelial voltage were reduced by almost 90% when ambient K concentration was 25 mM. When either lumen or bath K was increased to 25 mM, net Na absorption was reduced. There was spontaneous net K absorption when perfusate and bath K concentration was 5 mM. Analysis of transepithelial K transfer after imposition of chemical gradients demonstrated rectification in the absorptive direction. Absorption of K by this segment provides a means to maintain high medullary interstitial concentration. Accumulation of K in the outer medulla, by reducing NaCl absorption, would increase volume flow through the loop of Henle and increase Na and water delivery to the distal nephron. K recycling thus might provide optimum conditions for K secretion by the distal nephron.
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