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RENAL TRANSPORT MECHANISMS
Renal Physiology 409/19/2012
Charles J. Foulks, M.D.
•GFR 125 ml/min (180L/day)
•(about 1% is excreted)
Filtration, reabsoption, and excretion rates of substances by the kidneys
Filtered Reabsorbed Excreted Reabsorbed
(meq/24h) (meq/24h) (meq/24h) (%)
Glucose (g/day) 180 180 0 100
Bicarbonate (meq/day) 4,320 4,318 2 > 99.9
Sodium (meq/day) 25,560 25,410 150 99.4
Chloride (meq/day) 19,440 19,260 180 99.1
Water (l/day) 169 167.5 1.5 99.1
Urea (g/day) 48 24 24 50
Creatinine (g/day) 1.8 0 1.8 0
Two pathways of the absorption:
Lumen
Plasma
Cells
Transcellular
Pathway
Paracellular
transport
Mechanism of Transport
1. Primary Active Transport
2. Secondary Active Transport
3. Pinocytosis
4. Passive Transport
Primary active reabsorption1- Na+ diffuse across basolateral memb by
Na+ -K+ pump2- Na+ diffuses across luminal memb into
the cell according to electro chemical gradient established by Na+ -K+ pump
3- Na+, water & other substances are reabsorbed into peritubular capillaries
Primary Active Transport
Secondary active reabsorptionCo transport 2 substances bind to a specific carrier
protein E.g. Na+ diffuses down electrochemical
gradient & glucose is transported against its chemical gradient in luminal border
No direct energy from ATP but it depends on energy of primary active Na+ - K+ pump
Passive reabsorptionIt occurs secondary to solute reabsorptionChloride -follows Na reabsorption -PCT& DCTWaterBy osmosis to interstitium through
paracellular routeBicarbonate formed inside the cell from carbonic
acids by the help of carbonic anhyderaseUreaReabsorped secondary to water
reabsorption
Passive Transport Diffusion
Pinocytosis:Some parts of the tubule, especially the proximal tubule, reabsorb large molecules such as proteins by pinocytosis.
Transportation of Sodium, Water and Chloride
Sodium, water and chloride reabsorption in proximal tubule
Proximal tubule, including the proximal convoluted tubule and thick descending segment of the loop
Proximal reabsorption is ISOMOTIC.
The PT is the Arnold Schwarzennger of the kidney.
Tubular secretion
Transport of substances from peritubular capillaries to tubular lumen
Primary active secretion -For H+
-In late distal & collecting tubules -H+ -ATPase pump at luminal membSecondary active secretion -H+ in PCT (counter-transport) -K+, urate in distal tubules
Reabsorption & secretion along different parts of the nephtron
The proximal convoluted tubule PCT
Reabsorption of 65% of Na+ ( 1ry active) 65 % of K+ (2ry active), water, urea & Cl- (passive) 100% of glucose & amino acids ( 2ry active) 90% Ca Po4 , Mg+, nitrate, sulfate Bicarbonate formed inside the cell from carbonic acids by
the help of carbonic anhyderase to give HCO3&H2
HCO3 is reabsorbed &H2 is secreted
Secretion
H2 (2ry active counter transport - antiport) Ammonia formed inside the tubular cells acts as H2 acceptor Waste products & drugs
Reabsorb about 65 percent of the filtered sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, and potassium and essentially al the filtered glucose and amino acids.
Secrete organic acids, bases, and hydrogen ions into the tubular lumen.
The sodium-potassium ATPase: major force for reabsorption of sodium, chloride and water
In the first half of the proximal tubule, sodium is reabsorbed by co-transport along with glucose, amino acids, and other solutes.
In the second half of the proximal tubule, sodium reabsorbed mainly with chloride ions.
Sodium, water and chloride reabsorption in proximal tubule
The second half of the proximal tubule has a relatively high concentration of chloride (around 140mEq/L) compared with the early proximal tubule (about 105 mEq/L)
In the second half of the proximal tubule, the higher chloride concentration favors the diffusion of this ion from the tubule lumen through the intercellular junctions into the renal interstitial fluid.
Early PT reabsorbs bicarbonate which is gone by late PT.
Sodium, water and chloride reabsorption in proximal tubule
Na+ absorption
Na+ absorbed by active transport mechanisms, NOT by TM mechanism. Basolateral ATPases establish a gradient across the tubule wall.
Proximal tubule is very permeable to Na+, so ions flow down gradient, across membranes.
Microvilli create large surface area for absorption.
Electrical gradient created also draws Cl- across.
H2O follows Na+ due to osmotic force.
Means fluid left in tubule is concentrated.
(2) Sodium and water transport in the loop of Henle
The loop of Henle consists of three functionally distinct segments:
the thin descending segment,
the thin ascending segment,
and the thick ascending segment.
TDLH
High permeable to water and moderately permeable to most solutes
but has few mitochondria and little or no active reabsorption.
TALH
Reabsorbs about 25% of the filtered loads of sodium, chloride, and potassium, as well as large amounts of calcium, bicarbonate, and magnesium.
This segment also secretes hydrogen ions into the tubule
Mechanism of sodium, chloride, and potassium transport in the thick ascending loop of Henle
K+ handling K+ is major cation in cells
and balance is essential for life.
Small change from 4 to 5.5 mmoles/l = hyperkalaemia = ventric. fibrillation = death.
To 3.5 mmoles/l = hyperpolarise = arrhythmias and paralysis = death.
Reabsorb K+ at proximal tubule.
Changes in K+ excretion due to changes in K+ secretion in distal tubule
Medullary trapping of K+ helps to maximise K+ excretion when K+ intake is high.
K+ handling
K+ reabsorption along the proximal tubule is largely passive and follows the movement of Na+ and fluid (in collecting tubules, may also rely active transport).
K+ secretion occurs in cortical collecting tubule (principal cells), and relies upon active transport of K+ across basolateral membrane and passive exit across apical membrane into tubular fluid.
Modulation of K+ secretionLuminal factors
Stimulators Inhibitors
Flow rate [K+]
[Na+] [Cl-]
[Cl-] [Ca2+]
[HCO3-] Ba2+
-ve luminal voltage Amiloride
Selected Diuretics
Peritubular Factors
Stimulators Inhibitors
K+ intake pH
[K+] AdrenalinepH
Aldosterone
ADH
2. Glucose Reabsorption
Glucose is reabsorbed along with Na+ in the early portion of the proximal tubule.
Glucose is typical of substances removed from the urine by secondary active transport.
Essentially all of the glucose is reabsorbed, and no more than a few milligrams appear in the urine per 24 hours.
The amount reabsorbed is proportionate to the amount filtered and hence to the plasma glucose level (PG) times the GFR up to the transport maximum (TmG);
But when the TmG is exceed, the amount of glucose in the urine rises
The TmG is about 375 mg/min in men and 300 mg/min in women.
GLUCOSE REABSORPTION HAS A TUBULAR MAXIMUM
Renal threshold (300mg/100 ml)
Plasma Concentration of Glucose
GlucoseReabsorbedmg/min
Filtered Excreted
Reabsorbed
The renal threshold for glucose is the plasma level at which the glucose first appears in the urine.
One would predict that the renal threshold would be about 300 mg/dl – ie, 375 mg/min (TmG) divided by 125 mL/min (GFR).
However, the actual renal threshold is about 200 mg/dL of arterial plasma, which corresponds to a venous level of about 180 mg/dL.
Top: Relationship between the plasma level (P) and excretion (UV) of glucose and inulin
Bottom: Relationship between the plasma glucose level (PG) and amount of glucose reabsorbed (TG).
Glucose handling Glucose
absorption also relies upon the Na+ gradient.
Most reabsorbed in proximal tubule.
At apical membrane, needs Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT)
Crosses basolateral membrane via glucose transporters (GLUT’s), which do not rely upon Na+.
Amino acid handling Preserve as much of these essential nutrients as possible. Can be absorbed by GI tract, products of protein catabolism,
or de novo synthesis of nonessential amino acids. TM values lower than that of glucose, so can excrete excess in
urine. Amino acid transporters rely upon Na+ gradient at apical
membrane, but a couple of exceptions don’t. Exit across basolateral membrane via diffusion , but again,
some exceptions rely on Na+.
1. Reabsorption is a 2-step process: lumen to interstitium, and interstitium to peritubular capillary.
2. Flux from lumen to interstitium can be transcellular, using separate transport steps in the apical and basolateral membranes, or paracellular, around the cells through tight junctions.
3. Channels and transporters promote the transmembrane flux of solutes that cannot permeate lipid bilayers.
4. Osmotic gradients drive a volume flux across membranes and epithelia.
5. Osmotic pressure and osmolality mean the same thing and represent the power of dissolved solute to drive an osmotic flux of water.
6. For convenience, osmolality is approximated by the easier concept of osmolarity.
7. Water and solutes, which are reabsorbed from lumen to interstitium, then move from interstitium to peritubular capillaries by bulk flow,
driven by Starling forces.
8. The reabsorption of water and almost all solutes is linked, directly or indirectly, to the active reabsorption of sodium.
9. All reabsorptive processes have a limit on how fast they can occur, either because the transporters saturate (Tm systems) or because the
substance leaks back into the lumen (gradient-limited systems)