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Movement of Cl from the lumen ofNecturus proximal tubule into the cells is mediated and dependent on the presence of luminal Na. Intracellular Cl activity was monitored with ion selective microelectrodes. In Cl Ringer's perfused kidneys, cell Cl activity was 24.5±1.1mm, 2 to 3 times higher than that predicted for passive distribution. When luminal NaCl was partially replaced by mannitol (capillaries perfused with Cl Ringer's) cell Cl decreased showing a sigmoidal dependence on luminal NaCl. Peritubular membrane potential was unaltered. Sulfate Ringer's perfusion of the kidneys washed out all cell Cl but did not alter peritubular membrane potential. Chloride did not enter the cell when the tubule lumen was perfused with 100mm KCl, LiCl, or tetramethylammonium Cl. Luminal perfusion of NaCl caused cell Cl to rise rapidly to the same value as the controls in the Cl Ringer's experiments. Perfusion of the tubule lumen with mixtures of NaCl and Na2SO4, while the capillaries contained sulfate Ringer's yielded a sigmoidal dependence of cell Cl on luminal NaCl activity. Chloride movement from the lumen into the proximal tubule cells required approximately equal concentrations of Na and Cl. Current clamp experiments indicated that intracellular chloride activity was insensitive to alterations in liminal membrane potential, suggesting that chloride entry was electrically neutral. The transcellular chloride flux was calculated to constitute about one half of the normal chloride reabsorption rate. We conclude that the cell Cl activity is primarily determined by the NaCl concentration in the tubule lumen and that Cl entry across the luminal membrane is mediated.
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Spring, K.R., Kimura, G. Chloride reabsorption by renal proximal tubules of necturus. J. Membrain Biol. 38, 233–254 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871924
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