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Effect of phosphate depletion on renal tubular reabsorption of glucose. 1977

L W Gold, and S G Massry, and R M Friedler

The renal handling of glucose was evaluated in six dogs before and after chronic phosphate depletion of 51 to 112 days' duration. Phosphate depletion was produced by feeding the dogs with phosphate-restricted diet and administration of Al(OH)3. With phosphate depletion, serum phosphate fell from 3.5 +/- 0.36 (S.E.) to 0.5 +/- 0.19 mg./dl. Both TmG and TmG/GFR fell significantly during phosphate depletion. TmG/GFR was 4.0 +/- 0.41 mg./ml. before phosphate depletion and 2.9 +/- 0.19 mg./ml. after phosphate depletion. In four phosphate-depleted dogs TmG/GFR fell precipitously after glucose loading for more than 200 minutes, and practically all of the filtered glucose was excreted in the urine. It is possible that the levels of cytosolic adenine nucleotides which are required for energy of the renal cell may be reduced during phosphate depletion. This may underlie the fall in TmG and may explain the precipitous fall in TmG when the transport mechanism for glucose was operating at maximum capacity for a prolonged period of time.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007684	Kidney Tubules	Long convoluted tubules in the nephrons. They collect filtrate from blood passing through the KIDNEY GLOMERULUS and process this filtrate into URINE. Each renal tubule consists of a BOWMAN CAPSULE; PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE; LOOP OF HENLE; DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULE; and KIDNEY COLLECTING DUCT leading to the central cavity of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS) that connects to the URETER.	Kidney Tubule,Tubule, Kidney,Tubules, Kidney
D010710	Phosphates	Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid.	Inorganic Phosphate,Phosphates, Inorganic,Inorganic Phosphates,Orthophosphate,Phosphate,Phosphate, Inorganic
D004285	Dogs	The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065)	Canis familiaris,Dog
D005260	Female		Females
D005919	Glomerular Filtration Rate	The volume of water filtered out of plasma through glomerular capillary walls into Bowman's capsules per unit of time. It is considered to be equivalent to INULIN clearance.	Filtration Rate, Glomerular,Filtration Rates, Glomerular,Glomerular Filtration Rates,Rate, Glomerular Filtration,Rates, Glomerular Filtration
D005947	Glucose	A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.	Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D000042	Absorption	The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012964	Sodium	A member of the alkali group of metals. It has the atomic symbol Na, atomic number 11, and atomic weight 23.	Sodium Ion Level,Sodium-23,Ion Level, Sodium,Level, Sodium Ion,Sodium 23