The influence of urea on lipogenesis in renal papillae of rats
- 1 July 1980
- Vol. 15 (7), 519-523
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02534224
Abstract
The osmolality has been determined for the papillary interstitial fluids obtained from the isolated papillae of rats in different states of water balance. Hypertonic buffers for in vitro experiments were prepared by addition of urea to regular Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffers (340 mosmol/kg H2O) since urea is the most changeable solute of the renal papillary tissue in response to external influences. The effect of such hypertonic buffers on papillary lipogenesis was very pronounced. The fatty acid synthesis from acetate decreased by a factor of 7–9 in response to increased osmolality from 340 to 1370 mosmol/kg H2O. In the physiological range of osmolalities (500–1800 mosmol/kg H2O), the de novo synthesis of papillary glycerolipids from glucose decreased by a factor of ca. 5. A possible specific inhibitory effect of hypertonic buffers on the pentose phosphate cycle was studied with a negative result. It is concluded that the addition of urea causes a decrease of total energy metabolism in the tissue.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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