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Functionally induced changes in water transport in the proximal tubule segment of rat kidneys

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Authors: Faarup P, Holstein-Rathlou N-H, Nørgaard T, Harrison AP, Bastholm L, Thatt L, Johansen FF, Hegedüs V

Published Date April 2011 Volume 2011:4 Pages 73 - 84
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJNRD.S15459

Poul Faarup1, Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou1, Tove Nørgaard2, Adrian Paul Harrison3, Lone Bastholm1, Lisbeth Thatt1, Flemming F Johansen1, Viktor Hegedüs1
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute University of Copenhagen, 2Department of Pathology, Hillerød Hospital, 3Department of Animal and Veterinary Basic Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark

Abstract: To eliminate freezing artifacts in the proximal tubule cells, two cryotechniques were applied to normal rat kidneys, ie, freeze substitution and special freeze drying. In addition, salt depletion and salt loading were applied to groups of rats to evaluate whether the segmental structure of the proximal tubule could be altered. In the superficial part of the renal cortex of normal kidneys, the typical first segment structure in the proximal tubule was generally present in the early postglomerular fraction of the tubule. However, in the second segment, a special cellular phenomenon was constantly present, comprising a significant intercellular space that was easily identified using a light microscope. In the third segment, in which the presence of basolateral interdigitations is minimal, the small lateral space, which was found to be present in cryopreparations between neighboring cells from the normal kidney, was found to be enlarged by heavy salt loading of short duration. It is concluded that these cryotechniques demonstrate quantitative structural variations between superficial and deep nephrons, as well as the presence of extracellular areas between the cells of the second and the third segment, representing a structural background for the essential transport of water from the proximal tubules to the peritubular capillaries.

Keywords: proximal tubule, salt load, salt depletion




 

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