BIOL 031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Distal Convoluted Tubule, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme, Countercurrent Multiplication

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Vasa recta forms hairpin loops in medulla that run parallel to loop of. *recycling of urea and minimal uptake by vasa recta help maintain the hyperosmotic solution of the medulla produced by the countercurrent multiplier* The kidney contains an important structure that serves as an integrator for this homeostatic mechanism. Aldosterone & renin-angiotensin system mechanism: juxtaglomerular apparatus (in ascending limb of distal tubule) contains mascula densa cells that sense and integrate [na+] over time. In response to a drop in na+ concentration, mascula densa cells instruct juxtaglomerular cells to secrete renin, a protease that cleaves angiotensinogen (from the liver) to angiotensin i. Angiotensin i is converted to angiotensin ii by angiotensin converting enzyme (ace), if this enzyme is inhibited it can prevent hypertension. This increased reabsorption (or retention) of na+ and h2o (as it follows by osmosis) results in an increased ecf volume and thus, increased arteriolar pressure (increased bp).

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