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. 1998 Sep 1;102(5):1008–1015. doi: 10.1172/JCI3588

Active sodium-urea counter-transport is inducible in the basolateral membrane of rat renal initial inner medullary collecting ducts.

A Kato 1, J M Sands 1
PMCID: PMC508966  PMID: 9727069

Abstract

Rat inner medullary collecting ducts (IMCD3s) possess a luminal Na+-dependent, active urea secretory transport process, which is upregulated by water diuresis. In this study of perfused IMCDs microdissected from base (IMCD1), middle (IMCD2), or tip (IMCD3) of the inner medulla, we tested whether furosemide diuresis alters active urea transport. Rats received furosemide (10 mg/d s.c. for 3-4 d) and were compared with pair-fed control rats. Furosemide significantly decreased urine osmolality and urea clearance, and increased blood urea nitrogen. IMCD3s from furosemide-treated rats had significantly lower rates of active urea secretion than IMCD3s from control rats. IMCD2s showed no active urea transport in control or furosemide-treated rats. IMCD1s from control rats had no active urea transport, but IMCD1s from furosemide-treated rats expressed significant rates of active urea reabsorption. In IMCD1s, this active urea reabsorptive transport process was inhibited by: (i) 0. 25 mM phloretin (bath); (ii) 1 mM ouabain (bath); and (iii) replacing bath Na+ with NMDG+; it was stimulated by 10 nM bumetanide (bath). In summary, we found that furosemide decreased active urea secretion in IMCD3s and induced active urea reabsorption in IMCD1s. The new Na+- dependent, active urea reabsorptive transport process may be a basolateral Na+-urea antiporter.

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