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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 262, Issue 6 1076-F1082, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society
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H. Velazquez, D. H. Ellison and F. S. Wright
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
In the presence of Cl-, K+ secretion by the distal tubule saturates with increasing luminal Na+ concentration. Apparent maximal K+ secretion is attained with luminal Na+ concentrations of 40 mM. The results of the present study show that lowering the Cl- concentration of luminal fluid can increase the level of Na(+)-stimulated K+ secretion beyond the maximal level attained in the presence of Cl-. The effect of lowering luminal Cl- concentration to less than 10 mM on K+ secretion is greater with higher Na+ concentration. Under these conditions, chlorothiazide decreases K+ secretion. When chlorothiazide is present, changing the Na+ concentration does not affect K+ secretion. Because in rats a thiazide effect is attributed primarily to the distal convoluted tubule (DCT), we postulate that it is primarily DCT cells that increase K+ secretion when Na+ concentration is raised in the presence of low luminal Cl- concentration. We propose that the rat DCT cells have both an absorptive Na(+)-Cl- cotransport mechanism and a secretory K(+)-Cl- cotransport mechanism in the luminal membrane that can mediate the apparent exchange of Na+ for K+.
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