title: Collecting duct changes in potassium depletion: effects of ACE inhibition.
abstract: Potassium depletion is associated with a hyperreninemia that may be responsible for some of the renal hemodynamic and functional changes observed in K-deficient states. The present study was designed to evaluate whether interruption of the renin-angiotensin system with enalapril alters the collecting duct changes observed in K depletion. Adrenalectomized male Sprague-Dawley rats were allocated to either a normal (NK) or low-K diet (LK), and they either received enalapril or vehicle for 3 wk. Na:K pump activity (pmol.mm-1.h-1) in microdissected cortical collecting (CCT) and medullary collecting tubules (MCT) was determined at 21 days after group allocations. K depletion had a minimal effect on CCT outer diameter. In contrast, a marked hypertrophy was observed in the MCT diameter (91% increase, P < 0.001) that was significantly attenuated by enalapril treatment (56% increase, P < 0.001 vs. LK). An increase in Na:K pump activity was observed with LK, in the CCT from 497 +/- 47 to 1,089 +/- 83 (P < 0.001) and in the MCT from 489 +/- 36 to 1,396 +/- 45 pmol.mm-1.h-1 (P < 0.01). In K-replete rats, enalapril had no effect on Na:K pump activity in either CCT or MCT. Enalapril administration during LK had no effect on the increase in Na:K pump activity in the CCT (1,023 +/- 75 pmol.mm-1.h-1, P < 0.001), not different from LK alone. In the MCT, however, enalapril reduced the increment in Na:K pump activity induced by LK (1,116 +/- 39 pmol.mm-1.h-1, less than the change with LK alone).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mujais
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology; D007672:Kidney Cortex; D007679:Kidney Medulla; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011191:Potassium Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004656:Enalapril; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase