Functional characteristics of the diluting segment of the dog nephron and the effect of extracellular volume expansion on its reabsorptive capacity

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
G EknoyanD W Seldin

Abstract

The functional characteristics of the ascending limb of Henle's loop were examined during hypotonic saline infusion by measuring solutefree water clearance (C(H2O)) at varying rates of solute delivery. The influence of expansion of extracellular volume was studied by comparing C(H2O) during hypotonic saline diuresis in normal dogs with dogs whose extracellular volume had been expanded acutely by saline infusions or chronically by the administration of deoxycorticosterone acetate and salt. In normal animals hypotonic saline infusions greatly increased urine flow (V) and C(H2O) without appreciably augmenting osmolar clearance (C(osm)). C(H2O) was, therefore, analyzed as a function of V, rather than C(osm), since V was the best estimate of delivery of filtrate to the diluting segment. C(H2O) increased as a linear function of V without any evidence of saturation.The validity of interpreting increases in C(H2O) and V as indications of increased sodium reabsorption and delivery was reinforced by tissue studies that disclosed a rise in papillary osmolality with rising urine flows. The observed increase in C(H2O) and V could not, therefore, be due to a decrease in back diffusion of solute-free water as a result of a diminished osmotic ...Continue Reading

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