Maturation of the Developing Rabbit KidneyVariations in Cellular Size and Contents
作者:
BARBARA COLE,
J. BROCKLEBANK,
BRENDA MURRAY,
LINDA PETERSON,
ALLAN ROBSON,
期刊:
Pediatric Research
(OVID Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 6
页码: 916-920
ISSN:0031-3998
年代: 1981
出版商: OVID
关键词: development;DNA;extracellular fluid;intracellular fluid;kidney;potassium;protein;sodium
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Because the rabbit kidney is being used as an experimental model with increasing frequency, this study was designed to measure the relationships between cell number, size, and contents in the developing rabbit. Kidney slice extracellular and intracellular fluid spaces, high in the fetus and neonate, declined as the rabbits matured, being paralleled by changes in body fluid spaces. Although the cellular contents of both sodium and potassium were increased in the young kidney, intracellular sodium concentration was slightly lower in the fetal (43.6 mEq/liter) and 2-wk kidneys (44.5 mEq/liter) than in the mature kidney (51.7 mEq/liter). Intracellular potassium concentrations were similar in all age groups (163 to 167 mEq/liter). Tissue protein content was similar during development. In contrast, DNA content and the number of nuclei in kidney tissue were high in the fetus (DNA, 59.9 mg/g solids; nuclei, 3.9 x 109/g solids), decreasing in postnatal life (DNA in adult, 18.2 mg/g solids; nuclei in adult, 1.0 x 109/g solids). In association with this, the diameter of proximal tubular cells increased with maturation. These data should be valuable to those interested in kidney development.
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