Effects of K+-deficient diets with and without NaCl supplementation on Na+, K+, and H2O transporters' abundance along the nephron.

ABSTRACT: Dietary potassium (K(+)) restriction and hypokalemia have been reported to change the abundance of most renal Na(+) and K(+) transporters and aquaporin-2 isoform, but results have not been consistent. The aim of this study was to reexamine Na(+), K(+) and H(2)O transporters' pool size regulation in response to removing K(+) from a diet containing 0.74% NaCl, as well as from a diet containing 2% NaCl (as found in American diets) to blunt reducing total diet electrolytes. Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 5-6) were fed for 6 days with one of these diets: 2% KCl, 0.74% NaCl (2K1Na, control chow) compared with 0.03% KCl, 0.74% NaCl (0K1Na); or 2% KCl, 2%NaCl (2K2Na) compared with 0.03% KCl, 2% NaCl (0K2Na, Na(+) replete). In both 0K1Na and 0K2Na there were significant decreases in: 1) plasma [K(+)] (<2

SUBMITTER: Nguyen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3431149 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature