Furosemide-induced urinary acidification is caused by pronounced H+ secretion in the thick ascending limb
Furosemide-induced urinary acidification is caused by pronounced H+ secretion in the thick ascending limb
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.00154.2015
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发表时间:
2015-07-15
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Leipziger, Jens
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作者:
de Bruijn, Pauline I. A.;Larsen, Casper K.;Leipziger, Jens
The loop diuretic furosemide inhibits NaCl reabsorption in the thick ascending limb (TAL). In addition, furosemide acidifies the urine, which is traditionally explained by increased Na+ loading to the distal tubule causing an activation of H+ secretion via H+-ATPase in alpha-intercalated cells. The inability to acidify urine in response to furosemide serves to diagnose distal renal tubular acidosis (dysfunction of alpha-intercalated cells). Since the TAL is important for acid/ base regulation, we speculated that it is involved in furosemide-induced urinary acidification. Luminal furosemide (100 mu M) caused major, stable, and reversible intracellular alkalization (7.27 +/- 0.06 to 7.6 +/- 0.04) in isolated perfused murine medullary TAL and pronounced H+ secretion. This H+ secretion was fully inhibited with luminal amiloride (1 mM) and the Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE)3-specific antagonist #4167 (1 mu M). Moreover, furosemide triggered a substantial drop of intracellular Na+ concentration in the medullary TAL. These results suggest that the furosemide-induced H+ secretion is a consequence of a drop in intracellular Na+ concentration, increasing the driving force for NHE3. Intriguingly, in whole animal experiments, furosemide-induced urinary acidification and net acid excretion were markedly reduced by specific NHE3 inhibition. Furthermore, the furosemide-induced urinary acidification was partially preserved during epithelial Na+ channel inhibition with benzamil. These results provide new insights in the mechanism of furosemide-induced urinary acidification and emphasize the role of the TAL in renal acid/base handling.