Effect of potassium depletion on the vasopressin-sensitive cyclic AMP system in rat outer medullary tubules

Jin K. Kim, Brian A. Jackson, Richard M. Edwards, Thomas P. Dousa

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Abstract

The of PDN on VP-sensitive cAMP metabolism were examined in MCT and MAL microdissected from the rat kidney. VP-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity was significantly reduced (Δ -46%; p < 0.05) in MAL of PDN rats but, in sharp contrast, was significantly increased (Δ +79%; p < 0.02) in MCT of PDN rats compared to controls. cAMP phosphodiesterase activity was significantly increased in both MAL (Δ + 59%; p < 0.005) and MCT (Δ + 79%; p < 0.001) of PDN rats compared to controls. The increase in cAMP accumulation in MAL measured in response to VP in intact tubules did not differ between PDN and controls, whereas cAMP accumulation in response to VP was significantly higher (Δ + 127%; p < 0.001) in MCT of PDN rats compared to controls. The present results would indicate that the observed in vivo resistance to the antidiuretic effect of VP that occurs in PDN is not due to an impairment in VP-sensitive cAMP accumulation in MCT, but would rather suggest that a defect exists at a cellular step subsequent to cAMP generation. In addition, our results illustrate that the extent and directionality of in situ accumulation of cAMP measured in intact tubules cannot always be predicted from the activities of enzymes controlling its synthesis and degradation (adenylate cyclase and cAMP phosphodiesterase), which are measured in vitro in disrupted tubules.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-38
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Volume99
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 1982

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  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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