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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 268: F960-F966, 1995;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 268, Issue 5 960-F966, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of barium ions on tubuloglomerular feedback

J. Schnermann
Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104, USA.

The furosemide sensitivity of the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) response has suggested an important role for the Na-2Cl-K cotransporter in the mechanism by which increased luminal NaCl concentration causes afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction. The present experiments in anesthetized rats were performed to evaluate the effect of K channel blockade with Ba on TGF, since Ba has been shown to inhibit NaCl transport in the thick ascending limb. The presence of either 1.5 or 2 mM BaCl2 during retrograde perfusion with a 135 mM NaCl solution reduced the decrease of early proximal flow rate (VEP) by 2.7 +/- 0.76 (P < 0.02) and 4.2 +/- 0.8 nl/min (P < 0.01) compared with perfusion without BaCl2. Retrograde perfusion with 38 mM NaCl + 5 mM KCl reduced VEP by 10.4 +/- 1.3 nl/min, whereas 40 mM NaCl + 1.5 mM BaCl2 caused a reduction by only 6.1 +/- 1.4 nl/min (P < 0.001). In contrast to the inhibition caused by retrograde perfusion with low concentrations of BaCl2, increased vasoconstriction was seen during retrograde perfusion with 5 mM BaCl2 or during orthograde perfusion with 10 mM BaCl2. The addition of 10(-4) M furosemide to a solution containing 5 mM BaCl2 largely blocked the increased vasoconstrictor response. Peritubular perfusion with a solution containing 5 mM BaCl2 caused a fall in stop-flow pressure in an adjacent nephron by 10.7 +/- 1.5 mmHg (P < 0.001). These results indicate that under our experimental conditions Ba ions exert a dual effect on vascular responses to changes in luminal NaCl concentration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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