Renal hydrogen ion secretion after release of unilateral ureteral obstruction

1976 ◽  
Vol 231 (4) ◽  
pp. 1233-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Thirakomen ◽  
N Kozlov ◽  
JA Arruda ◽  
NA Kurtzman

The effect of 24 h of unilateral ureteral obstruction on HCO3 reabsroption and urinary acidification was studied in dogs. The postobstructed kidney (EK) had a significantly lower glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow than the contralateral kidney (CK). Urinary pH prior to HCO3 loading was significantly higher in the EK as was maximal HCO3 reabsorption. Saline loading depressed HCO3 reabsorption to the same degree in both kidneys. Urinary PCO2, during HCO3 loading, and during phosphate infusion, was significantly lower in the EK than the CK. Fractional Na excretion was significantly higher in the EK than the CK after deoxycorticosterone acetate administration. Na2SO4 administration enhanced acid excretion only in the CK. K excretion was significantly lower in the EK than the CK both during HCO3 loading and Na2SO4 administration. There was redistribution of cortical blood flow from the outer cortex toward the inner cortex in the EK as compared to the CK. There was no difference in plasma renin activity from both renal veins. These data demonstrate enhanced proximal H+ secretion (which is abolished by volume expansion) and impaired distal H+ secretion by the postobstructed kidney. The distal defect is likely an effect of a generalized disorder of distal transport in that both K secretion and steroid-responsive Na reabsorption were impaired in the postobstructed kidney.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Li ◽  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Said Movahedi Naini ◽  
Gianmarco Sabiu ◽  
Stefan G. Tullius ◽  
...  

Although the primary organ has been the subject of intense investigation in the field of organ fibrosis over the past several decades, the presence of lymph node fibrosis due to persistent activation of the immune response in its partner organ remains largely unknown. Previously, we demonstrated that activation of the immune response following ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and crescentic glomerulonephritis (CGN) in the kidney was associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) production by fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) of the kidney-draining lymph node (KLN). Here, we sought to determine whether FRCs in the KLN become similarly fibrogenic following unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) of the kidney. We subjected 6–8-week-old C57BL/6J mice to UUO for 2, 7, and 14 days. We examined the microarchitecture of the kidney and KLN by immunofluorescence staining at each timepoint, and we quantified immune cell populations in the KLN by flow cytometry. The contralateral kidney unaffected by UUO and its partner KLN were used as controls. We found through immunofluorescence staining that FRCs increased production of ECM fibers and remodeled the microarchitecture of the UUO KLN, contributing to fibrosis that mirrored the changes in the kidney. We also observed by flow cytometry that the populations of CD11b+ antigen-presenting cells, CD11c+ dendritic cells, and activated CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were significantly higher in the UUO KLN than the KLN draining the unaffected contralateral kidney. Expression of the TGFβ/TGFβR signaling pathway was upregulated and colocalized with FRCs in the UUO KLNs, suggesting a possible mechanism behind the fibrosis. Both release of ureteral ligation at 2 days following UUO and depletion of FRCs at the time of injury onset halted the progression of fibrosis in both the kidney and the KLN. These findings for the first time highlight the association between fibrosis both in the kidney and the KLN during UUO, and they lay the groundwork for future studies that will investigate more deeply the mechanisms behind the connection between FRCs and KLN fibrosis.


1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (4) ◽  
pp. F310-F316 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. DeForrest ◽  
J. O. Davis ◽  
R. H. Freeman ◽  
B. E. Watkins ◽  
G. A. Stephens

A new method was developed for separate kidney function studies by catheterizing the ureters and exteriorizing the catheters through the urethra into the vagina. Renal artery plication was performed to reduce blood flow to one kidney by 66 +/- 5%. Arterial pressure increased from 107 +/- 2 to 131 +/- 3 mmHg and remained elevated for 28 days. Plasma renin activity was increased for the first 7-10 days only. Sodium and water excretion were markedly reduced in the kidney with the stenosed renal artery and after the first 2 days Na and water excretion were incresed in the contralateral kidney. These changes in Na and water excretion were frequently associated with similar directional changes in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow. An exception was noted in that renal sodium and water excretion remained low throughout the 28 days in the kidney with the constricted renal artery, whereas GRF returned to near the control level by the end of 2 wk. Altered filtration fraction did not appear to be a determining factor in control of the rate of Na excretion. It is suggested that GFR, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and other as yet undefined factors are involved in salt and water homeostasis during unilateral renal artery stenosis with hypertension.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 352.e1-352.e7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Springer ◽  
Klaus Kratochwill ◽  
Helga Bergmeister ◽  
Dagmar Csaicsich ◽  
Johann Huber ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
M. A. Akimenko ◽  
O. V. Voronova ◽  
T. S. Kolmakova

Introduction. The high prevalence of renal diseases caused by urinary tract obstruction led to the need for experimental research of compensatory and pathological processes with kidney injury. It is also of relevance to study key mechanisms providing a compensatory function of the contralateral kidney for early diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of obstructive renal diseases.Purpose of the study. To examine epithelial nephron cells phenotype dynamics changes in contralateral kidney using unilateral ureteral obstruction experimental model.Materials and methods. Model of unilateral ureteral obstruction was established using adult rabbits. The studies were carried out on days 7, 14 and 21 of complete obstruction of the left ureter. Immunophenotyping was performed on contralateral kidney tissue samples using epithelial (cytokeratin 7, E-cadherin) and mesenchymal (vimentin, α-smooth muscle actin) markers.Results. The contralateral kidney under additional load can maintain the morphological and functional characteristics of the nephron for a long time. The first transmogrify signs in the nephron epithelium phenotype were detected by day 21 as the diffuse appearance of mesenchymal marker vimentin with unaltered visualization of epithelial phenotype markers.Conclusion. The results obtained allow us to assume that the compensatory reserve of the contralateral kidney is gradually decreasing when the duration of the obstruction increases. Thus, the likelihood of developing negative disorders increases.


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (1) ◽  
pp. F136-F143
Author(s):  
J. Morrissey ◽  
D. Windus ◽  
S. Schwab ◽  
J. Tannenbaum ◽  
S. Klahr

Unilateral ureteral obstruction of 24 h duration in the dog results in a 20% decrease in the amount of total phospholipids present in basolateral membranes of renal tubular cells obtained from the experimental kidney as compared with the amount of phospholipid in basolateral membranes prepared from the contralateral kidney of the same dogs or from the kidneys of normal sham-operated dogs. There was also a decrease in the content of cholesterol and cholesterol esters of the basolateral membranes from the experimental kidney. By contrast, no significant change in lipid content was observed in brush border membranes obtained from the experimental kidney of dogs with unilateral ureteral obstruction. The decrease in phospholipid content of basolateral membranes was accompanied by a 40% fall in the content of phosphatidylcholine and a 12% fall in sphingomyelin. There was a small (12%) but significant increase in the content of phosphatidylethanolamine in basolateral membranes. The mechanisms responsible for the selective decrease in phospholipid content of basolateral membranes remain to be established. It is postulated that changes in solute transport and altered response to hormones observed in the postobstructed kidney of animals with unilateral ureteral obstruction may be explained, at least in part, by changes in the lipid composition of basolateral membranes.


2013 ◽  
Vol 305 (12) ◽  
pp. F1736-F1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Forbes ◽  
Barbara A. Thornhill ◽  
Carolina I. Galarreta ◽  
Jordan J. Minor ◽  
Katherine A. Gordon ◽  
...  

Unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) in the adult mouse is the most widely used model of progressive renal disease: the proximal tubule is the nephron segment most severely affected and atubular glomeruli are formed after only 7 days of UUO. To determine the proximal nephron response to UUO in the maturing kidney, neonatal mice were examined 7 to 28 days following complete UUO under general anesthesia. Proximal tubular mass and maturation were determined by staining with Lotus tetragolonobus lectin. Superoxide was localized by nitroblue tetrazolium and collagen by Sirius red. Cell proliferation, cell death, PAX-2, megalin, α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), renin, and fibronectin were identified by immunohistochemistry. During the first 14 days of ipsilateral UUO, despite oxidative stress (4-hydroxynonenal staining), glomerulotubular continuity was maintained and mitochondrial superoxide production persisted. However, from 14 to 28 days, papillary growth was impaired and proximal tubules collapsed with increased apoptosis, autophagy, mitochondrial loss, and formation of atubular glomeruli. Fibronectin, α-SMA, and collagen increased in the obstructed kidney. Oxidative stress was present also in the contralateral kidney: renin was decreased, glomerulotubular maturation and papillary growth were delayed, followed by increased cortical and medullary growth. We conclude that neonatal UUO initially delays renal maturation and results in oxidative stress in both kidneys. In contrast to the adult, proximal tubular injury in the neonatal obstructed kidney is delayed at 14 days, followed only later by the formation of atubular glomeruli. Antioxidant therapies directed at proximal tubular mitochondria during early renal maturation may slow progression of congenital obstructive nephropathy.


2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (6) ◽  
pp. F1299-F1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson M. Melo-Filho ◽  
Celso L. Belmiro ◽  
Rômulo G. Gonçalves ◽  
Christina M. Takiya ◽  
Maurilo Leite ◽  
...  

Fibrosis is the end point of most renal diseases, and several glycosaminoglycans have been shown to attenuate this process. Marine invertebrate glycosaminoglycans with unique structures have opened the possibility to test these new compounds on renal fibrosis. The effect of a fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from an echinoderm marine species is reported with the use of a model of renal fibrosis in rats, termed unilateral ureteral obstruction. Animals were given 4 mg/kg body wt of fucosylated chondroitin sulfate intraperitoneally, once a day. After 14 days, their kidneys were examined by histological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical methods. Compared with control mice, collagen deposition decreased in the course of renal fibrosis in the animals receiving fucosylated chondroitin sulfate, as revealed by Sirius red staining and hydroxyproline content. The cellularity related to myofibroblasts and macrophages was also reduced, as was the production of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β. The glycosaminoglycan content increased in the renal interstitium of animals submitted to unilateral ureteral obstruction compared with the control contralateral kidney, mostly due to an increase of chondroitin sulfate content. Interestingly, no change in the pattern of glycosaminoglycan deposition was observed after administration of fucosylated chondroitin sulfate. Fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction is attenuated in P-selectin-deficient mice, which also do not respond to the invertebrate glycosaminoglycan. In conclusion, fucosylated chondroitin sulfate attenuates renal fibrosis on a ureteral obstruction model in mice preponderantly through a P-selectin-mediated mechanism.


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