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. 2022 Jan 10;322(2):F225–F244. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00413.2021

Table 7.

End connecting tubule solute concentrations and principal cell luminal fluxes: combined aldosterone plus reduced NaCl cotransporter (B2) and with reduced ammoniagenesis (B3)

Case B2 Lumen Cell Interstitium
PD, mV −46.8 −72.4
Concentrations, mM
Na+ 64.3 12.6 143.0
K+ 33.2 150.3 5.5
Cl 91.5 18.8 117.4
HCO3 7.0 28.8 27.1
CO2 1.8 1.8 1.8
HPO42 0.5 22.7 1.9
H2PO4 7.4 8.2 0.6
Urea 21.0 6.7 4.7
NH4+ 9.4 0.5 0.4
Imp 16.5
pH 5.67 7.24 7.29
PC fluxes, nmol/s/cm2
ENaC 7.93
ROMK −1.63
Case B3 Lumen Cell Interstitium
PD, mV −48.9 −72.4
Concentrations, mM
Na+ 66.4 14.3 143.3
K+ 34.3 148.3 5.4
Cl 92.3 19.4 117.5
HCO3 5.8 33.6 27.0
CO2 1.9 1.9 1.8
HPO42 0.4 21.2 1.9
H2PO4 7.0 6.8 0.6
Urea 19.8 6.6 4.6
NH4+ 5.1 0.2 0.2
Imp 13.5
pH 5.56 7.29 7.27
PC fluxes, nmol/s/cm2
ENaC 8.89
ROMK −2.15

ENaC, epithelial Na+ channel; ROMK, renal outer medullary K+ channel; Imp, cytosolic impermeant.