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. 1978 Mar;61(3):801–806. doi: 10.1172/JCI108994

Renal Tubular Transport of Organic Acids

STUDIES WITH OXALATE AND PARA-AMINOHIPPURATE IN THE RAT

E J Weinman 1,2, S J Frankfurt 1,2, A Ince 1,2, S Sansom 1,2
PMCID: PMC372595  PMID: 641156

Abstract

The renal handling of oxalate was examined by free-flow micropuncture, intratubular microinjection, and droplet precession techniques in the rat. After the sustained i.v. infusion of [14C]oxalate, the fractional delivery of oxalate from the early portions of the proximal tubule was 120.1±4.4%, indicating net secretion. Fractional delivery rates from the late proximal tubule (124.6±6.1), distal tubule (120.9±2.9), and final urine (126.2±2.9%) were not different from that of the early proximal tubule. Direct intratubular microinjections of oxalate into the early proximal tubule and late proximal tubule yielded urinary recovery rates of 85±3% and 101±2%, respectively, suggesting that oxalate absorption does occur in the mid-portions of the proximal tubule. Droplet precession studies confirmed a secretory flux for oxalate. In contrast to oxalate, para-aminohippurate (PAH), the more traditional marker for organic acid transport, was secreted in the late portions of the proximal tubule and in large measure at a site between the late proximal and distal tubules, presumably the pars recta. Probenecid inhibited PAH secretion but was without effect on net oxalate transport, oxalate absorption, or oxalate secretion.

These studies demonstrate that net oxalate secretion occurs in the early portions of the proximal convoluted tubule, undergoes bidirectional transport of approximately equal magnitude in later segments of the proximal tubule, and probably is not transported in more distal nephron sites. The secretory mechanism for oxalate differs from that of PAH in that it is located in a different segment of the nephron and is not inhibited by probenecid. These differences suggest that the early portions of the proximal tubule are important in the renal metabolism of some organic acids.

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