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. 1982;329:389–409. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1982.sp014309

Micropuncture study of changes in glomerular filtration and ion and water handling by the rat kidney during pregnancy

H O Garland 1, R Green 1
PMCID: PMC1224786  PMID: 6890577

Abstract

1. In rats receiving 200 μl. min-1 sodium chloride, glomerular filtration rate, single nephron glomerular filtration rate, and fractional reabsorption were measured at various points along the nephron, and ionic concentrations measured in early distal tubular fluid in virgin and 6, 12 and 19 day pregnant rats.

2. Glomerular filtration increased progressively until the twelfth day of pregnancy. At 19 days of pregnancy the glomerular filtration rate, while still above virgin levels, was reduced below 12 day pregnant levels.

3. Single nephron glomerular filtration rates measured in proximal and distal tubules were different at both 12 and 19 days of pregnancy, indicating an alteration of tubuloglomerular feed-back.

4. A change in the ratio of glomerular filtration rate: distal single nephron filtration rate indicated a redistribution of glomerular filtrate to juxtamedullary nephrons by the sixth day of pregnancy.

5. Fluid reabsorption is similar up to the early distal tubule but it is not possible to say whether reabsorption is the same in proximal tubules. More fluid is reabsorbed by late distal tubules and collecting ducts in 12 and 19 day pregnant animals than in the virgin and 6 day pregnant animals.

6. Changes in ion reabsorption by the loop of Henle occurred during pregnancy; sodium reabsorption was increased by the sixth day of pregnancy and potassium reabsorption by the twelfth day.

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