Effects of the potassium channel blocker barium on sodium and potassium transport in the rat loop of Henle in vivo.
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In vitro evidence suggests that the 'recycling' of K(+) ions through luminal K(+) channels in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (TALH) is essential for the normal operation of the luminal Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) co-transporter. In the present study these channels were investigated in vivo by perfusing superficial loops of Henle in anaesthetised rats with and without the K(+) channel blocker barium. Using a standard perfusate, intraluminal barium (5 mmol l(-1)) reduced sodium reabsorption (J(Na)) from 1887 +/- 50 to 1319 +/- 53 pmol min(-1) (P < 0.001). When the experiment was repeated using a low-Na(+) perfusate, designed to inhibit reabsorption in the pars recta (the initial segment of the loop of Henle), a similar reduction in J(Na) was observed (from 698 +/- 47 to 149 +/- 23 pmol min(-1), P < 0.001), strongly suggesting that the effect of barium is localised to the TALH. The magnitude of the reduction in J(Na) during blockade of K(+) channels confirms the importance of K(+) recycling in facilitating Na(+) reabsorption in the TALH in vivo. However, the reduction in J(Na) was not associated with a fall in the K(+) concentration of the fluid collected at the early distal tubule. When bumetanide, an inhibitor of the Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) co-transporter, was included in the low-Na(+) perfusate, net K(+) secretion was observed. Addition of barium to this perfusate reduced, but did not abolish, the secretion, suggesting that bumetanide-induced K(+) secretion results partly from paracellular transport. Experimental Physiology (2001) 86.4, 469-474.