Are large amounts of sodium stored in an osmotically inactive form during sodium retention? Balance studies in freely moving dogs
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- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
- Vol. 290 (5), R1429-R1435
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00676.2005
Abstract
Alterations in total body sodium (TBSodium) that covered the range from moderate deficit to large surplus were induced by 10 experimental protocols in 66 dogs to study whether large amounts of Na+are stored in an osmotically inactive form during Na+retention. Changes in TBSodium, total body potassium (TBPotassium), and total body water (TBWater) were determined by 4-day balance studies. A rather close correlation was found between individual changes in TBSodium and those in TBWater ( r2= 0.83). Changes in TBSodium were often accompanied by changes in TBPotassium. Taking changes of both TBSodium and TBPotassium into account, the correlation with TBWater changes became very close ( r2= 0.93). The sum of changes in TBSodium and TBPotassium was accompanied by osmotically adequate TBWater changes, and plasma osmolality remained unchanged. Calculations reveal that even moderate TBSodium changes often included substantial Na+/K+exchanges between extracellular and cellular space. The results support the theory that osmocontrol effectively adjusts TBWater to the body's present content of the major cations, Na+and K+, and do not support the notion that, during Na+retention, large portions of Na+are stored in an osmotically inactive form. Furthermore, the finding that TBSodium changes are often accompanied by TBPotassium changes and also include Na+/K+redistributions between fluid compartments suggests that cells may serve as readily available Na+store. This Na+storage, however, is osmotically active, since osmotical equilibration is achieved by opposite redistribution of K+.Keywords
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