scholarly journals A COMPARISON OF THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES OF THE SURFACE CELL MEMBRANE AND CELLULAR WALL IN THE PROXIMAL TUBULE OF THE NEWT KIDNEY

1967 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 627-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi HOSHI ◽  
Fuminori SAKAI
Keyword(s):  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Surface Cell ◽  
Cellular Wall

Quantitative ultrastructure and functional correlates in proximal tubule of Ambystoma and Necturus

1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (5) ◽  
pp. F710-F724 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Maunsbach ◽  
E. L. Boulpaep
Keyword(s):  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Structure Function ◽  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Basal Cell ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Solvent Interactions ◽  
Quantitative Ultrastructure ◽  
A Site ◽  
Lateral Cell

The functional properties of the proximal tubule in the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum have been well characterized but its ultrastructure has not been examined. We therefore analyzed the qualitative and quantitative ultrastructure of the proximal tubule in this species as a basis for structure-function correlations. In addition, a comparative study between species was performed between Ambystoma and Necturus. In Ambystoma the basal cell membrane but not the lateral cell membrane has a highly elaborate organization and is greatly amplified at the basal cell surface. Therefore, the bulk of the basolateral membrane does not face the lateral intercellular space but faces a basal extracellular labyrinth immediately adjacent to the peritubular space. We suggest that this intraepithelial compartment may serve as a site for solute-solvent interactions. The morphometric comparative analysis provides quantitative estimates of tubule dimensions, volume of cells and extracellular channels, areas of luminal, lateral, and basal cell membranes as well as averaged dimensions of the lateral intercellular spaces. Structure-function correlations show that when certain functional parameters are normalized on the basis of ultrastructural rather than epithelial dimensions the interspecies variability decreases.

Effect of barium on potassium diffusion across the proximal convoluted tubule of the anesthetized rat

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (4) ◽  
pp. F778-F783 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Kibble ◽  
M. Wareing ◽  
R. W. Wilson ◽  
R. Green
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Potassium Concentration ◽  
Potassium Transport ◽  
Luminal Cell ◽  
Concentration Gradients ◽  
Potassium Permeability ◽  
Potassium Secretion

The role of diffusion in transepithelial potassium flux and the importance of potassium channels in the luminal cell membrane to this process were examined by applying a luminal microperfusion technique to surface tubules in kidneys of anesthetized rats. Potassium concentration gradients were applied by altering the concentration of KCl in perfusates. To some perfusates, 2 mmol/l BaCl2 was added to block potassium channels in the luminal cell membrane. The mean applied potassium concentration gradient was highly predictive of net potassium transport in the absence of any change in fluid reabsorption, with an apparent potassium permeability of 22 x 10(-5) cm/s. Thus potassium transport in the proximal tubule may have an important diffusive component. Luminal barium significantly reduced the concentration of potassium in collected fluid under conditions of net potassium secretion, although a substantial barium-insensitive potassium permeability was also observed. However, the site of action of luminally applied barium is uncertain in proximal tubule, since barium was reabsorbed by the tubule at a rate of 13.6 pmol.mm-1.min-1. We conclude that diffusion is a significant driving force for potassium reabsorption in proximal tubule and that most diffusive potassium transport occurs via a barium-insensitive route, possibly the paracellular pathway.

Sulphate and phosphate transport in the renal proximal tubule

1982 ◽  
Vol 299 (1097) ◽  
pp. 549-558 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Inorganic Phosphate ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
Phosphate Transport ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles

Experiments performed on microperfused proximal tubules and brush-border membrane vesicles revealed that inorganic phosphate is actively reabsorbed in the proximal tubule involving a 2 Na + -HPO 2- 4 or H 2 PO 4 - co-transport step in the brush-border membrane and a sodium-independent exit step in the basolateral cell membrane. Na + - phosphate co-transport is competitively inhibited by arsenate. The transtubular transport regulation is mirrored by the brush-border transport step: it is inhibited by parathyroid hormone intracellularly mediated by cyclic AMP. Transepithelial inorganic phosphate (P i ) transport and Na + -dependent P i transport across the brush-border membrane correlates inversely with the P i content of the diet. Intraluminal acidification as well as intracellular alkalinization led to a reduction of transepithelial P i transport. Data from brush-border membrane vesicles indicate that high luminal H + concentrations reduce the affinity for Na + of the Na + -phosphate co-transport system, and that this mechanism might be responsible for the pH dependence of phosphate reabsorption. Contraluminal influx of P i from the interstitium into the cell could be partly inhibited by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (DIDS). It is not, however, changed when dicarboxylic acids are present or when the pH of the perfusate is reduced to pH 6. Sulphate is actively reabsorbed, involving electroneutral 2 Na + -SO 2 - 4 co-transport through the brush-border membrane. This transport step is inhibited by thiosulphate and molybdate, but not by phosphate or tungstate. The transtubular active sulphate reabsorption is not pH dependent, but is diminished by the absence of bicarbonate. The transport of sulphate through the contraluminal cell side is inhibited by DIDS and diminished when the capillary perfusate contains no bicarbonate or chloride. The latter data indicate the presence of an anion exchange system in the contraluminal cell membrane like that in the erythrocyte membrane.

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