Indomethacin blocks enhanced paracellular backflux in proximal tubules.

Renal interstitial hydrostatic pressure (RIHP) is a link between increased arterial BP and natriuresis. The mechanism whereby increases in RIHP inhibits sodium and water transport across the mammalian proximal tubule epithelium may involve changes in flux across the tight junction of the proximal tubule. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of increases in RIHP and inhibition of cyclooxygenase on paracellular backflux of an extracellular marker from the renal interstitium into the proximal tubule of the rat.

Understanding the Role of Paracellular Transport in the Proximal Tubule.

Fluid and solute reabsorption by the proximal tubule is the result of both transcellular and paracellular flux. The role of transcellular transport has been extensively studied, but the importance of paracellular flux has not been as thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this review is to update concepts about the contribution of paracellular transport for reabsorption by the proximal tubule.