Cation transport goes with the flow.
Cation transport goes with the flow.
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阳离子传输随流而行。
DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.00331.2012
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2012
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Carattino,MarceloD
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Carattino,MarceloD
Sodium reabsorption and potassium secretion in the cortical collecting duct are tightly regulated 24 by luminal fluid flow (9, 11). Raising perfusion rates in isolated tubules exerts two forces on the 25 apical surface of the epithelium, fluid shear stress and circumferential stretch. Flores et. al. in 26 the current issue of the American Journal of Physiology–Renal Physiology provide compelling 27 evidence that fluid shear stress increases the production and release of prostaglandin E2 28 (PGE2) through activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2). This study discloses a novel 29 mechanism whereby cyclooxygenase-derived prostanoids differentially regulate sodium and 30 potassium transport in the collecting duct in response to changes in hydrodynamic forces. 31The final amount of sodium and potassium eliminated in the urine is adjusted in the late distal 32 convoluted and connecting tubules and cortical collecting ducts. The mineralocorticoid 33 aldosterone acts in this region of the nephron promoting sodium and water reabsorption, 34 increasing blood volume and, therefore arterial blood pressure. The epithelial sodium channel 35 (ENaC) constitutes the rate-limiting step for sodium reabsorption in principal cells of the 36 collecting duct. Two potassium conductive channels have been identified in the apical 37 membrane of these cells, the renal outer medullary potassium (ROMK) channel and the large-38 conductance Ca2+-activated potassium (BK) channel (8). ROMK channels mediate baseline 39 potassium secretion, while BK channels play a major role in flow-stimulated potassium 40 secretion. Raising luminal flow rates increases ENaC-mediated sodium reabsorption and BK-41 mediated potassium secretion (9, 11). Since blocking ENaC activity prevents flow-stimulated 42 potassium secretion, it was proposed that ENaC-mediated sodium reabsorption provides the 43 favorable electrochemical gradient required for potassium secretion. 44