AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 269, Issue 4 480-F490, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Restoration of urine concentrating ability and accumulation of medullary osmolytes after chronic diuresis

M. Sone, A. Ohno, G. J. Albrecht, K. Thurau and F. X. Beck
Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.

Restoration of urine osmolality (Uosm) and medullary osmolyte contents after chronic diuresis was studied in rats infused for 6 days with furosemide and subsequently given the vasopressin analogue, 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP). Papillary tip intra- and extracellular electrolyte concentrations were measured by electron microprobe analysis, tissue contents of methylamines (glycerophosphorylcholine, betaine), polyols (myo-inositol, sorbitol), and several amino acids in different kidney zones by high-performance liquid chromatography. Administering DDAVP continuously after diuresis increased Uosm from (means +/- SE) 348 +/- 8 to 1,265 +/- 127 after 1 day and 2,485 +/- 186 mosmol/kgH2O after 3 days. The sum of all osmolytes at the papillary tip rose from 309.2 +/- 28.9 to 690.9 +/- 105.8 and 1,282.8 +/- 21.0 mmol/kg protein after days 1 and 3, respectively. Although interstitial tonicity (sum of Na, Cl, and K concentrations) was increased by 116 and 223% after 1 and 3 days DDAVP, intracellular tonicity was similar in chronic diuresis and following 1 or 3 days DDAVP. Coadministration of DDAVP with betaine, myo-inositol, and choline ("osmolyte treatment") did not accelerate the restoration of Uosm but caused significantly higher contents of osmolytes (except myo-inositol) in inner medulla and/or papilla after 3 days. In a minority of animals, restoration of Uosm and reaccumulation of medullary osmolytes were impeded in both DDAVP- and DDAVP/osmolyte-treated rats. These data indicate that, after chronic diuresis, accumulation of organic osmolytes and restoration of Uosm proceed in parallel. Capacity for transport and/or synthesis of organic osmolytes, rather than their availability, appear to limit reaccumulation on the first day of recovery. By the third day, delivery of some osmolytes or their precursors may limit the restoration of medullary osmolyte content. The failure of some rats to attain sufficient concentrating ability within this time period may be related to deficient reaccumulation of medullary osmolytes.

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