Abstract
The isotopic equilibration of urea, thiourea, and inulin between urine and plasma was determined in rabbits in the presence or absence of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). Animals were anesthetized with ethanol and permitted to reach steady state after completion of surgery. Tracer was then administered by intraarterial infusion in such a manner that a high constant specific activity in plasma was rapidly attained. Urine flow was kept independent of ADH by addition of mannitol. Urea/creatinine clearance ratios and the accumulation of urea in renal medulla and papilla also remained unaffected by ADH. Under these conditions, thiourea and inulin at all times approached equilibrium, at similar rates. In the absence of ADH, urea also equilibrated at a rate similar to that of inulin. The addition of ADH, however, significantly prolonged the delay before urinary urea reached the high constant specific activity of plasma urea. These observations are interpreted in terms of a specific effect of the hormone on the solute permeability of the nephron.
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