Sodium-dependent net urea transport in rat initial inner medullary collecting ducts.
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Isozaki, T
RESUMO
We reported that feeding rats 8% protein for 3 wk induces net urea transport and morphologic changes in initial inner medullary collecting ducts (IMCDs) which are not present in rats fed 18% protein. In this study, we measured net urea transport in microperfused initial IMCDs from rats fed 8% protein for > or = 3 wk and tested the effect of inhibiting Na+/K(+)-ATPase activity and found that adding 1 mM ouabain to the bath reversibly inhibited net urea transport from 14 +/- 3 to 6 +/- 2 pmol/mm per min (P < 0.01), and that replacing potassium (with sodium) in the bath reversibly inhibited net urea transport from 18 +/- 3 to 5 +/- 0 pmol/mm per min (P < 0.01). Replacing perfusate sodium with N-methyl-D-glucamine reversibly inhibited net urea transport from 12 +/- 2 to 0 +/- 1 pmol/mm per min (P < 0.01), whereas replacing bath sodium had no significant effect on net urea transport. Adding 10 nM vasopressin to the bath exerted no significant effect on net urea transport. Finally, we measured Na+/K(+)-ATPase activity in initial and terminal IMCDs from rats fed 18% or 8% protein and found no significant difference in either subsegment. Thus, net urea transport in initial IMCDs from rats fed 8% protein for > or = 3 wk requires sodium in the lumen, is reduced by inhibiting Na+/K(+)-ATPase, and is unchanged by vasopressin or phloretin. These results suggest that net urea transport may occur via a novel, secondary active, sodium-urea cotransporter.
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