Sodium chloride, urea, and water transport in the thin ascending limb of Henle. Generation of osmotic gradients by passive diffusion of solutes

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
M Imai, J P Kokko

Abstract

Studies were designed to examine whether the thin ascending limb of Henle (tALH) decreases its luminal solute concentration by an active or a passive transport process. In all experiments isolated segments of rabbit tALH were perfused in vitro. When tubules were perfused with solutions identical to the bath, active transport of NaCl was excluded by the following: (a) osmolality of the collected fluid remained unchanged and the same as the bath. (b) net water reabsorption could not be demonstrated, and (c) transtubular potential difference was zero. Isotopic permeability coefficients (x 10(-5) cm s-1) were calculated from the disappearance rate of the respective isotope added to the perfusate. These values indicate that tALH is moderately permeable to [14C]urea (6.97 +/- 1.95) while having a higher permeability to 22Na (25.5 +/- 1.8) and [not readable: see text]Cl (117 +/- 9.1) than any other segment similarly studied. The influx (bath-to-lumen) isotopic permeabilities were not statistically different from the above efflux permeabilities. Osmotic water permeability was immeasurably small. When tALH were perfused with a 600 mosmol/liter solution predominantly of NaCl against a 600 mosmol/liter bath in which 50% of osmolality was ...Continue Reading

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