Key result
Atrial natriuretic factor reduces chloride permeability without altering sodium permeability in rat collecting ducts.
Population
Isolated perfused terminal inner medullary collecting ducts (IMCDs) from rats (control and DOC-treated)
Comparison
Atrial natriuretic factor [rat ANF-, 100 nM in… vs Baseline/control conditions
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Challenges hypothesis that ANF increases IMCD NaCl permeability; animal data leave mechanism open and should not guide practice.
ANF decreases chloride permeability rather than increasing NaCl permeability in the terminal IMCD, challenging the hypothesis that ANF causes natriuresis via increased IMCD NaCl permeability.
Sands et al. (1988) studied this question. Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), vasopressin, or deoxycorticosterone (DOC) vs. Control was evaluated on Apparent Cl- or Na+ permeabilities (PCl and PNa) and Transepithelial resistance (RT). In isolated rat inner medullary collecting ducts, atrial natriuretic factor significantly decreased chloride permeability without altering sodium permeability.
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