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ArticleClinical and experimental nephrology2025

Luminal flow in the connecting tubule induces afferent arteriole vasodilation.

Hong Wang, Pablo A Ortiz, Cesar A Romero

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Hong WangHypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
Pablo A OrtizHypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
Cesar A RomeroRenal Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, Woodruff Memorial Research Building, Office 338A, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. cesar.romero@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8445-9665

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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAr) participates in renal hemodynamic regulation and blood pressure homeostasisK01HL155235 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ROMERO, CESAR ANDRES · 2021 to 2025
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NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL155235NIH NHLBI 1K01HL155235NIH NHLBI HL-28982
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Abstract

backgroundRenal autoregulatory mechanisms modulate renal blood flow. Connecting tubule glomerular feedback (CNTGF) is a vasodilator mechanism in the connecting tubule (CNT), triggered paracrinally when high sodium levels are detected via the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). The primary activation factor of CNTGF-whether NaCl concentration, independent luminal flow, or the combined total sodium delivery-is still unclear. We hypothesized that increasing luminal flow in the CNT induces CNTGF via O2

methodsRabbit afferent arterioles (Af-Arts) with adjacent CNTs were microperfused ex-vivo with variable flow rates and sodium concentrations ranging from < 1 to 80 mM and from 5 to 40 nL/min flow rates.

resultsPerfusion of the CNT with 5 mM NaCl and increasing flow rates from 5 to 10, 20, and 40 nL/min caused a flow-rate-dependent dilation of the Af-Art (P < 0.001). Adding the ENaC blocker benzamil inhibited flow-induced Af-Art dilation, indicating a CNTGF response. In contrast, perfusion of the CNT with < 1 mM NaCl did not result in flow-induced CNTGF vasodilation (P > 0.05). Multiple linear regression modeling (R

conclusionIncreased luminal flow in the CNT induces CNTGF activation via ENaC, partially due to flow-stimulated O2- production and independent of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity.

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Kidney TubulesRenal CirculationVasodilationAmilorideAnimalsArteriolesCyclic N-OxidesEpithelial Sodium Channel BlockersEpithelial Sodium ChannelsKidney GlomerulusMaleRabbitsSodium ChlorideSpin LabelsAmiloridebenzamilCyclic N-OxidesEpithelial Sodium Channel BlockersEpithelial Sodium ChannelsSodium ChlorideSpin LabelstempolAfferent arteriolesConnecting tubule glomerular feedback (CNTGF)Distal sodium deliveryEpithelial sodium channel (ENaC)Renal blood flowSuperoxide (O2-)

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