scholarly journals The Effect of Temperature on the Uptake of Radiosulfate by Rat Renal Tissue from Radiosulfate-Containing Solutions in Vitro

1961 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrith J. Deyrup ◽  
R. E. Davies

Kidney cortex slices incubated in vitro at 0°C. accumulate radiosulfate from the incubation medium. This process differs from the previously described uptake of radiosulfate by renal tissue incubated at 38°C., for instance, in the lesser sensitivity of the uptake at 0°C. to differential effects of Na+ as compared with K+ ions, and of sucrose as compared with glucose. Phlorizin inhibits radiosulfate accumulation at 0°C., whereas it enhances the uptake at 38°C. Effects of the cations K+ and Na+ and of phlorizin at temperatures intermediate between 0° and 38°C. have been studied. Parallels have been noted between the accumulative processes for radiosulfate of kidney slices maintained at 0°C. and of mitochondria isolated from rat liver and kidney cortex. These similarities may be attributed to an important role of radiosulfate uptake by mitochondria in slice accumulation of radiosulfate in the cold.

Life Sciences ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 655-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.R. Wagle ◽  
R.K. Gaskins ◽  
Annette Jacoby ◽  
J. Ashmore

1958 ◽  
Vol 195 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Støren

Active uptake of PAH by rat renal cortex slices was studied by the method of Cross and Taggart. Uptake was determined at low and at high medium concentrations of PAH. Pentobarbital sodium in concentrations comparable to those found in plasma during anesthesia, significantly depressed the uptake of PAH on all occasions. Simultaneously oxygen consumption was reduced. Acetate failed to stimulate PAH uptake in the presence of pentobarbital, although tissue respiration was restored to normal.


1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Wirdnam ◽  
R. D. G. Milner

1. Rat kidney cortex slices were incubated for 30 min at 37°C in unmodified Krebs-Henseleit buffer containing aldosterone, vasopressin, theophylline, ethacrynic acid, frusemide, spironolactone or ouabain. 2. Tamm—Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) released into the media was measured by radioimmunoassay and at the end of each experiment the slices were homogenized and assayed for THG content. 3. Incubation of kidney cortex slices in unmodified buffer resulted in a significant increase in the slice THG content when compared with pre-incubation levels. The increase was prevented by puromycin or cycloheximide. 4. Incubation in ethacrynic acid (1 mmol/l) or frusemide (10 mmol/l) resulted in a significant increase in release of THG when compared with unmodified buffer. Puromycin or cycloheximide failed to prevent the increased release. 5. THG release induced by ethacrynic acid or frusemide is probably the result of an aggregation-disaggregation reaction on the cell membrane. It is suggested that the action of the chloride inhibiting diuretics, ethacrynic acid and frusemide, is mediated in some way via THG.


1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Ewing ◽  
D. J. Noble ◽  
K. E. Ebner

An investigation was conducted to test the effect of stress for periods of 3, 5, and 10 days on metabolic activity in vitro, testis weight and morphology and protein, ribonucleic acid (RNA), deoxyribonucleic, acid (DNA) and cholesterol content of the testis. The two stressors (epinephrine injection and competition between males) caused an increased oxygen uptake in vitro in both testis and kidney cortex slices. This was associated with decreased glucose uptake and no change in lactic acid production in both tissues. There was no significant change in protein, RNA, DNA, and cholesterol content of testis due to stress within the 10 day period. Also, the stressors did not alter significantly testis weight, percent dry matter, or morphology. These data indicate that stress for 10 days does not have any significant effect on testis morphology and size but does cause significant alterations in metabolic activity of testis and kidney cortex slices.


1967 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENJIRO YAMAMOTO ◽  
HIROSHI TANAKA ◽  
KUNISUKE HORIUCHI ◽  
JURO UEDA

1966 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1221-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. WILLIS

Slices of kidney cortex of two species of hibernating mammals (hamsters and ground squirrels) have been leached of K, and their subsequent ability to reaccumulate K in vitro has been determined at temperatures between 38° and 0°C. At 5°C (body temperature of a hibernating mammal) uptake is appreciable in kidney cortex of both species. In the kidney cortex of hamsters, for example, the tissue K of slices incubated at 5°C reaches the same steady-state concentration after 2 hours that is observed in slices at 38°C after 20 minutes. At 0°C there is also a measurable uptake. This K transport is blocked by metabolic inhibitors and, in ground squirrel kidneys, by ouabain. In kidney cortex slices from guinea pigs net K accumulation is slight at 5°C and absent at 0°C. The initial rapid uptake of K at 38°C occurs at the same rate in kidney cortex slices of hamsters as in those of rabbits. Lowering the temperature of incubation decreases this initial rate of uptake in hamster kidney slices with a Q10 of 1.8 between 38° and 15° and of 5.7 between 15° and 0°C. In hamsters this uptake of K has been shown to require the outward extrusion of Na. Conversely, about half of the outward extrusion of Na requires K in the medium, while the remainder appears to be independent of K. The conclusions warranted are that kidney cells of hibernators possess an unusual ability to transport ions at low temperature, that this ability does not depend upon a more rapid rate at higher temperatures, and that the characteristics of transport at low temperature are qualitatively similar to those at 38°C in cells of nonhibernators.


1967 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-686
Author(s):  
KENJIRO YAMAMOTO ◽  
HIROSHI TANAKA ◽  
KUNISUKE HORIUCHI ◽  
JURO UEDA

1969 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 550-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lj. Božović ◽  
S. Efendić

ABSTRACT A method for in vitro studies of renin release is described. Kidney cortex slices taken from control rats and rats stimulated to release renin were incubated with and without glucose. Renin release from the slices to a large extent was glucose-dependent. This result supports the hypothesis of an active mechanism of renin secretion.


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