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  • Title: Accumulation of major organic osmolytes in rat renal inner medulla in dehydration.
    Author: Gullans SR, Blumenfeld JD, Balschi JA, Kaleta M, Brenner RM, Heilig CW, Hebert SC.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1988 Oct; 255(4 Pt 2):F626-34. PubMed ID: 3177652.
    Abstract:
    Osmotically active organic solutes, osmolytes, exist at high concentrations in the renal inner medulla; however, their modulation during antidiuresis remains largely undefined. Renal osmolyte levels were measured by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and biochemical assays in perchloric acid extracts from normal and dehydrated (3 days) rats. Dehydration increased urine osmolality from 1,503 to 3,748 mosmol/kg and inner medullary urea content from 2,036 to 4,405 nmol/mg protein. In addition, inner medullary trimethylamines [glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC) and betaine] and polyhydric alcohols (inositol and sorbitol) significantly increased by 95 and 78%, respectively. Ninhydrin-positive substances (amino acids), although abundant, were unchanged. Renal cortex also contained GPC, betaine, and inositol but only inositol increased with dehydration. Analysis of correlations among inner medullary osmolytes showed that only GPC was consistently elevated by dehydration and was not directly correlated with the other osmolytes. In contrast, betaine and inositol contents were linearly related to each other and both tended to rise only when sorbitol content was unchanged. In conclusion, the major osmolytes in the rat renal inner medulla can increase during antidiuresis but they are regulated in a complex manner.
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