PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D D Ku AU - E Meezan TI - Increased renal tubular sodium pump and Na+,K+-adenosine triphosphatase in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. DP - 1984 Jun 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 664--670 VI - 229 IP - 3 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/229/3/664.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/229/3/664.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1984 Jun 01; 229 AB - The effects of chronic glucose osmotic diuresis on renal tubular sodium pump and Na+,K+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activities were studied in chronic streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Four to seven weeks after streptozotocin (60 mg/kg i.p.) injection, specific renal Na+,K+-ATPase activity showed a 34.8% increase as compared to the saline-citrate treated controls, whereas the nonspecific Mg++-ATPase was not altered. The concentration of Na+,K+-ATPase, estimated from the maximum [3H]ouabain binding site concentration, also showed a significant increase in the chronic streptozotocin-diabetic rats. To determine further the specificity of this increase in Na+,K+-ATPase, the activity of the sodium pump, estimated from ouabain-sensitive 86Rb uptake, was measured in nonenzymatically isolated renal tubules. Again, a significant (+106.4%) increase in the renal tubular sodium pump activity was observed in the streptozotocin-diabetic rats, whereas the nonspecific, ouabain-insensitive 86Rb uptake was not altered. Neither was there any difference in 86Rb uptake by the isolated renal glomeruli. Thus, it appears that chronic streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats is associated with a significant increase in renal tubular sodium pump and Na+,K+-ATPase. The latter effects may represent an important physiologic adaptation of the kidneys to maintain electrolyte homeostasis in diabetes.