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Renal Physiology

What occurs during the filtration of blood?

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Waste products, toxins, and excess substances, such as electrolytes and water, are filtered from the bloodstream to form urine

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Renal Physiology

What is regulated?

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  • Sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphate
  • Balance body fluid by adjusting the amount of water
  • regulate blood pressure
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Renal Physiology

What are the functions of the renal system?

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  1. Filtration of blood
  2. regulation of electrolytes, fluid balance, and blood pressure
  3. Production of hormones
  4. Acid-Base balance
  5. Excretion of waste products and detoxification
  6. Pheromone secretion
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Where does urine formation take place?

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In the nephrons within the kidneys (includes filtration, reabsorption and secretion)

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What are the steps in urine formation?

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  1. Glomerular filtration - creates a plasmalike filtrate of the blood
  2. Tubular reabsorption - Removes useful solutes from the filtrate and returns them to the blood
  3. Tubular secretion - Removes additonal wastes from the blood and adds them to the filtrate
  4. Water conservation - Removes water from the urine and returns it to the blood; concentrates wastes
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What substances can pass through the filter?

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Water, electrolytes, glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, urea, uric acid, creatinine (anything < 8 nm)

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How are sodium and chloride ions reabsorbed?

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Cation exchange and chloride ion transport

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How is Water reabsorbed?

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Within the proximal convoluted yubules and the collecting ducts. Water rushes toward sodium ions in the blood through aquaporins.

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Role of kidney in regulating acid-base balance

How does the kidney regulate acid-base balance?

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CO2 + H2O –carbonic anhydrase–> H+ + HCO-3
- H+ gets secreted
- HCO3- is reabsorbed as a buffer and added to extracellular fluid

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What are diuretics used to manage?

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  • Anuria
  • Hypertension
  • Heart failure
  • Edema
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What are the classes of diuretics?

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  1. Osmotic agents
  2. carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
  3. Thiazide and thiazide-like compounds
  4. Organic acids (loop diuretics)
  5. Potassium-sparing diuretics
  6. ADH antagonists
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What is the site of action of Osmotic diuretics?

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Glomerulus

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What is the site of action of Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors?

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Proximal convoluted tube

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What is the site of action of Loop diuretics?

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Ascending limb of the nephron loop

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What is the site of action of Thiazide/thiazide-like diuretics?

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Distal convoluted tube

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Osmotic diuretics - Mechanism of action

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Acts osmotically by attracting fluid from edematous tissues –> creates an osmotic gradient within the renal tubular lumen to prevent water reabsorption. Osmotic diuretics cannot cross tubular membrane. Produces a mild diuresis with no alteration in electrolyte or acid-base balance

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Osmotic diuretics - Indication

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Treatment of anuria, oliguria, acute kidney injury, cerebral edema, drug toxificity management

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Osmotic Diuretics - Drug examples

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Glycerin, isosorbide, mannitol

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Carbonic Anhydrase inhibitor - Mechanism of action

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Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase –> results in excretion of sodium ions into urine
Distal convoluted tubules increase the secretion of potassium ions –> leads to increased level of potassium in the urine (hypokalemia)

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How do carbonic anhydrase inhibitors affect the acid-base balance?

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  • Prodiction of bicarbonate ions is inhibited –> metabolic acidosis (increased pH in body due to increase of bicarbonate in blood) may occur
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors - Indication

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  • Weakest of the diuretics
  • Main use is in the treatment of glaucoma
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors - Drug examples

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Acetazolamide - inhibits both isoforms inhibits both isoforms of carbonic anhydrase; the decreased carbonic anhydrase activity results in decreased
Na+ and HCO3– absorption

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Loop diuretics - Mechanism of action

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Inhibits sodium and chloride ion transport in the loop of Henle
- significant loss of sodium, potassium, chloride, and water occurs
- Targets NKCC2
-VERY efficient diuretics (highest capacity of diuresis

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Loop diuretics - Drug examples

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Bumetanide, ethacrynic acid, furosemide, and torsemide

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Thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics - Mechanism of action
Produce diuresis by inhibiting sodium transport - most commonly used diuretics - Targets NCC (sodium-chloride co-transporter - Causes hypochloremic alkalosis (low chloride in blood), hypokalemia (low potassium in blood), and hyponatremia (low sodium in blood)
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Thiazide and thiazide-like Diuretics - Drug examples
Chlorothiazide, chlorthalidone, and metolazone
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Which diuretics can cause hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis in the blood and why?
Loop and thiazide diuretics increase sodium delivery to the distal segment of the distal tubule --> increases potassium loss Reduced blood volume and arterial pressure --> activates the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system --> increased aldosterone which stimulates sodium reabsorption and increases potassium and hydrogen ion excretion into urine --> hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis in the blood
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Potassium-Sparing Diuretics - Indications
- Controls potassium depletion - Used to treat edema, hypertension, and primary hyperaldosteronism - Prevents development of hypokalemia
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Potassium-Sparing Diuretics - Mechanism of action
Directly targets ENaC, or regulates the expression and function of ENaC, K+ channels and Na+/K+ ATPase by antigonizing aldosterone
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Potassium-Sparing Diuretics - Drug examples
Amiloride and tramterene (inhibit ENaC) and spironolactone (inhibits aldosterone)
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What do antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin) antagonists do?
Regulate water balance by controlling water loss in urine
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# Antidiuretic hormone antagonist Vaptans - Mechanism of action
Inhibits vasopressin receptors (V1 and V2) --> decreased expression of aquaporin --> decreased water reabsorption and increased urination
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Which naturally occuring xanthine derivatives produce a mild diuretic response?
Caffeine, pamabrom, theobromine, and theophylline
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What are the two main roles of the kidneys in regulating blood pressure?
- Control electrolyte balance and blood volume - Secrete renin
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# Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system What is the normal response to a drop in blood pressure?
1. Kidney releases renin which combines with angiotensinogen from the liver to produce angiotensin I 2. Angiotensin I goes through the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in the lungs to produce angiotensin II 3. Angiotensin II goes to the hypothalamus to produce ADH and thirst, to the cardiovascular system to cause vasoconstriction, and to the adrenal cortex in the kidney to produce aldosterone which causes sodium and water retention 4. All three conditions elevate blood pressure
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How do you calculate cardiac output?
CO = heart rate (HR) x stroke volume (SV)
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What is peripheral resistance (PR)?
- resistance or friction that the arteries and arterioles have against the flow of blood - increased by vasoconstriction
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How do you calculate blood pressure?
BP = HR x SV x PR
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What factors contribute to blood pressure?
- Changes to HR, SV, or PR - stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system - high sodium intake, obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, and stress
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What are the four major classes of Antihypertensive Agents?
1. Diuretics 2. Sympatholytics 3. Vasodilators 4. Renin-angiotensin system blockers
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List of diuretics that act as Antihypertensive Agents
- Thiazide - Loop diuretics - K+ -sparing diuretics
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List of sympatholytics that act as Antihypertensive Agents
- CNS sympathetic outflow blockers - Ganglionic blockers - Postganglionic adrenergic nerve terminal antagonists - Alpha1-Adrenergic antagonists - Beta1-Adrenergic antagonists - Mixed alpha-adrenergic antagonists - Mixed beta-adrenergic antagonists
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List of vasodilators that act as Antihypertensive Agents
- Calcium channel blockers - Minodixidil - Hydralazine - Sodium nitroprusside
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Renin-angiotensin system blockers that act as Antihypertensive Agents
- Renin inhibitors - ACE inhibitors - AT1 antagonists - Aldosterone antagonists
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# Antihypertensive Agents Diuretics - Mechanism of action
- Increase excretion of sodium and water and reduces blood volume and CO - Long-term antihypertensive effect develops --> reduced intracellular sodium concentration inside vascular smooth muscle
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# Antihypertensive Agents Clonidine (centrally acting sympatholytic drug) - Mechanism of action
- Stimulates inhibitory alpha-2 receptors - Reduces activity of sympathetic nerves that travel from the heart, kidneys, and blood vessels
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# Antihypertensive Agents Prazosin and Terazorin (Alpha-1 blockers) - Mechanism of actions
Produces vasodilation effects and decreased peripheral resistance
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# Antihypertensive Agents Propranolol and Atenolol (Beta-1 blockers) - Mechanism of action
Block beta-1 recpetors in the heart and the release of renin from the kidneys
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# Antihypertensive Agents Vasodilator drugs - mechanism of action
- Act directly on vascular smooth muscle to cause relaxation (ex. nitrate medicines) - Used in combination with diuretics and beta-blockers
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# Antihypertensive Agents Hydralazine (vasodilator) - Mechanism of action
Mechanism unknown - may target calcium channel of smooth muscle - used in moderate to severe hypertension
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# Antihypertensive Agents Minoxidil (vasodilator) - Mechanism of action
Potassium channel activator --> causes hyperpolarization - more potent arteriolar dilator than hydralazine
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# Antihypertensive Agents Nondihydropyridines (vasodilator) - mechanism of action
Calcium channel blocker - Ex. Verapamil and diliazem - have direct actions to decrease heart rate, AV conduction, and myocardial contractility
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# Antihypertensive Agents Dihydropyridines (vasodilator) - Mechanism of action
Calcium channel blocker - Ex. Nifedipine and amlodipine - Do not have direct actions on the heart
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# Antihypertensive Agents Aliskiren - Mechanism of action
Inhibits enzymatic activity of renin
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# Antihypertensive Agents Angiotensin-coverting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors - Mechanism of action
Inhibits formation of angiotensin II and inhibit inactivation of bradykinin (a potent vasodilator) - Decreases release of aldosterone and antidiuretic hormone
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# Antihypertensive Agents Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) - Mechanism of action
Bind to the AT1 receptor and antagonize actions of angiotensin II - orally active drugs
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Methydopa, Clonidine, Guanabenz, Guanfacine
Vasomotor center
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Mecamylamine
Sympathetic ganglia
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Propranolol
- Beta receptors in the heart - Beta receptors of juxtaglomerular cells that release renin
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Losartan
Angiotensin receptors in vessels
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Prazosin
Alpha-receptors in vessels
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Hydralazine, Minoxidil, Nitroprusside, Diazoxide, Verapamil, Fenoldopam
Vascular smooth muscle
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Thiazides
Kidney tubules
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Captopril
Angiotensin converting enzymes
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# Antihypertensive drugs - Site of action Aliskiren
Renin (first enzyme in the RAA system)

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