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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 254, Issue 5 C669-C674, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society
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R. I. Macey and L. W. Yousef
Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Urea transport by the human erythrocyte occurs via an asymmetric-facilitated diffusion system with high Michaelis constants and high maximal velocities; the equivalent permeability in the limit of zero urea concentration is approximately 10(-3) cm/s (J. Gen. Physiol. 81: 221-237, 239-253, 1983). A physiological role for this system is revealed by numerical integration of the appropriate equations that show that rapid urea transport is essential for red cell stability in passing through the renal medulla. The calculation compares two cells. Cell A transports urea with permeability characteristics of normal red cells; cell B has urea permeability similar to lipid bilayers. On entering the hypertonic medulla, both cells shrink, but only B swells on leaving the medulla. The osmotic stress for cell B is greater than for A. Cell B is close to hypertonic hemolysis in the medulla and to hypotonic hemolysis in the cortex. Cell B remains swollen for some time after its exit; the resulting decreased deformability presents a hazard if B reenters the microcirculation. Furthermore, cell B removes a significant fraction of the filtered load of urea and compromises the osmotic gradients in the medulla.
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