Histochemical enzyme activity correlated to the structural segmentation of the proximal convoluted tubule in salt-depleted and salt-loaded rat kidneys.
In salt-depleted and salt-loaded rat kidneys a study was made of the structural segmentation of the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) and the histochemical activity of non-specific acid and alkaline phosphatases and succinate dehydrogenase in the same segments. No quantitative structural or segmental alterations were observed, but significant changes in enzyme activity occured. These comprised: 1) A decrease in activity of acid phosphatase in segment 1 and the transitional zone in salt-depleted kidneys, and an increase in enzyme activity in segment 2 in salt-loaded kidneys. 2) a decrease in alkaline phosphatase activity in segment 2 in both salt-depleted and salt-loaded kidneys and 3) a decrease in succinate dehydrogenase activity in segment 2 in salt-depleted kidneys, and an increase in activity in the same segment in salt-loaded kidneys. Thus long-term variation in sodium intake are followed by segment-correlated variations in the activity of acid and alkaline phosphatase and succinate dehydrogenase in the PCT.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase