Sodium Movement across Single Perfused Proximal Tubules of Rat Kidneys
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- 1 July 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 47 (6), 1175-1194
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.47.6.1175
Abstract
Using perfusion techniques in single proximal tubule segments of rat kidney, the relationship between net sodium movement and active transport of ions, as measured by the short-circuit method, has been studied. In addition, the role of the colloid-osmotic pressure gradient in proximal transtubular fluid and sodium movement has been considered. Furthermore, the limiting concentration gradient against which sodium movement can occur and the relationship between intratubular sodium concentration and fluid transfer have been investigated. Comparison of the short-circuit current with the reabsorptive movement of sodium ions indicates that this process is largely, perhaps exclusively, active in nature. No measurable contribution of the normally existing colloid-osmotic pressure gradient to transtubular water movement was detected. On the other hand, fluid movement across the proximal tubular epithelium is dependent upon the transtubular sodium gradient and is abolished when a mean concentration difference of 50 mEq/liter is exceeded.Keywords
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