Oxford University Press, New York, pp109167, Karakashian A, Timmer RT, Klein JD, Gunn RB, Sands JM, Bagnasco SM (1999) Cloning and characterization of two new isoforms of the rat kidney urea transporter: UT-A3 and UT-A4. Both inspired and expired air pass over the same surface, the nasal mucosa. Am J Physiol 274:F413F424, Wang F, Lu X, Peng K, Fang H, Zhou L, Su J, Nau A, Yang KT, Ichihara A, Lu A, Zhou S-F, Yang T (2016a) Antidiuretic action of collecting duct (pro)renin receptor downstream of vasopressin and PGE2 receptor EP4. snakes, or it could advertise the kangaroo rats Kangaroo rats often leap a distance of 7 feet,[4] and reportedly up to 9 feet (2.75 m)[5] Many underlying principles as to how the solute gradient is formed are understood to some extent; but how these principles are integrated into a unified process to form the gradient and produce concentrated urine has remained a key mystery of renal physiology for over five decades. Google Scholar, Bachmann S, Kriz W (1982) Histotopography and ultrastructure of the thin limbs of the loop of Henle in the hamster. J Clin Invest 96:15561563, Smith CP, Potter EA, Fenton RA, Stewart GS (2004) Characterization of a human colonic cDNA encoding a structurally novel urea transporter, hUT-A6. Google Scholar, Chen J, Edwards A, Layton AT (2009a) A mathematical model of O2 transport in the rat outer medulla. How this gradient is generated and maintained has been the subject of study since the 1940s. Osmolarity is the concentration of solute particles, not the concentration of moles, although the two are related. When air is exhaled from the lungs, initially its temperature is 3738C and it is humidified by heat and moisture derived from the warm tissues in the nasal passages, trachea and bronchi. [9] This caching behavior affects the rangeland and croplands where the animals live. 2. through food. Kangaroo rats are four or five-toed heteromyid rodents with big hind legs, small front legs, and relatively large heads. Blood cells and proteins remain in the blood, so that the filtrate that enters the nephron tubule has a similar composition to plasma minus its proteins and large lipids. at speeds up to almost 10 feet/sec, or 10km/h (6mph). How should you pick the next fundable research topic? The thin ascending limb has some permeability for urea so you can view the collecting duct and ascending limb as recycling urea. Mammalian urine concentration: a review of renal medullary architecture and membrane transporters. Physiol Rev 82:205244, Nielsen S, Maunsbach AB, Ecelbarger CA, Knepper MA (1998) Ultrastructural localization of Na-K-2Cl cotransporter in thick ascending limb and macula densa of rat kidney. Am J Physiol 271:R647R653, Frigeri A, Gropper MA, Turck CW, Verkman AS (1995) Immunolocalization of the mercurial-insensitive water channel and glycerol intrinsic protein in epithelial cell plasma membranes. Bozinovic et al. Production of this "concentrated" urine is an important mechanism for excreting metabolic wastes while maintaining water balance in the body. PubMed Central The kidneys of the kangaroo rat create a highly concentrated urine that contains more solutes than the urine of typical mammals. Water reabsorbed from the collecting ducts enters the blood capillaries and leaves the kidneys in venous blood, which maintains the concentration gradients in the medulla. Because of the profound concentrating ability of kangaroo rat kidney, we hypothesize that the anatomical and physiological characteristics most important for this process should be very apparent in these animals. Rieth, W. and Boykin, K.G. Kangaroo rats have long tails and larger hind feet with only four toes. J Clin Invest 100:957962, Ma T, Yang B, Gillespie A, Carlson EJ, Epstein CJ, Verkman AS (1998) Severely impaired urinary concentrating ability in transgenic mice lacking aquaporin-1 water channels. The kidney is able to concentrate urine, thereby reducing water loss in the summer when the diet provides very little water. [10] The burrows of Merriam's kangaroo rats are simpler and shallower than those of banner-tailed kangaroo rats. [6] The rapid locomotion of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat may minimize energy cost and predation risk. The relative thickness of the medulla is related to urine-concentrating ability because the medulla contains the loops of Henle. J Biol Chem 277:1063310637, Yao L, Huang D-Y, Pfaff IL, Nie X, Leitges M, Vallon V (2004) Evidence for a role of protein kinase C- in urine concentration. Most important, several proteins commonly associated with energized transport of sodium (chiefly Na-K-ATPase) are expressed at much greater levels in outer medullary tubular cells of the kangaroo rat than in outer medullary tubular cells of the laboratory rat. The interstitial fluid of the medulla thereby becomes hyperosmotic compared with the fluid in the ascending limb. When water needs to be conserved, the renal medulla produces concentrated urine. Google Scholar, Lim S-W, Han K-H, Jung J-Y, Kim W-Y, Yang C-W, Sands JM, Knepper MA, Madsen KM, Kim J (2006) Ultrastructural localization of UT-A and UT-B in rat kidneys with different hydration status. This research was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant DK083338, National Science Foundation Grant IOS-0952885 and Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative under NSF Grant DMS-1263943. Dipodomys panamintinus Kidney Int 55:18191831, Klein JD (2014) Expression of urea transporters and their regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci 114:52715276, Good DW (1990) Inhibition of bicarbonate absorption by peptide hormones and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in rat medullary thick ascending limb. J Clin Invest 93:212222, Pannabecker TL (2013) Comparative physiology and architecture associated with the mammalian urine concentrating mechanism: role of inner medullary water and urea transport pathways in the rodent medulla. J Am Soc Nephrol 29:936948, Xu Y, Olives B, Bailly P, Fischer E, Ripoche P, Ronco P, Cartron J-P, Rondeau E (1997) Endothelial cells of the kidney vasa recta express the urea transporter HUT11. Fossils exist in rocks designated as Despite its name and mouse-like appearance, the Kangaroo rat is neither a rat or a mouse. J Am Soc Nephrol 17:7788, Zhang Y, Peti-Peterdi J, Muller CE, Carlson NG, Baqi Y, Strasburg DL, Heiney KM, Villanueva K. Kohan DE, Kishore BK (2015) P2Y12 receptor localizes in the renal collecting duct and its blockade augments arginine vasopressin action and alleviates nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. The nephrons and vessels interact with each other, exchanging water and solutes among many spatially-distinct compartments in a highly orchestrated manner in order to produce a urine that is concentrated in solutes. [11] Merriam's kangaroo rats obtain enough water from the metabolic oxidation of the seeds they eat to survive and do not need to drink water at all. The rats keep their nasal passages at a lower New Mexico Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, New Mexico State University. The mechanism of concentrating urine in the outer medulla has been fairly well established. Am J Physiol 302:R748R756, Jamison RL, Gehrig JJ Jr (2011) Urinary concentration and dilution: physiology. This is because the nasal passages (turbinates) of kangaroo rats are extremely narrow and convoluted and provide a temporal counter-current cooling system, which operates as a heat exchanger (Figure 27). Hence larger animals, even the camel, cannot produce urine as concentrated as that of smaller mammals, because their kidney medulla is relatively small compared with its cortex. [3][clarification needed], The desert kangaroo rat is found in arid parts of southwestern North America, including Death Valley, the Great Basin, the Mojave Desert, and portions of the Sonoran Desert. they hop on their back legs, the whiskers keep in contact with the desert surface, Such changes do not involve adding new complex genetic The blood vessels in the medulla, the vasa recta, are arranged as hairpin loops that run close to and parallel to the loops of Henle and collecting ducts. The coloration of kangaroo rats varies from cinnamon buff to dark gray, depending on the species. Terms of Service apply. Nonetheless, the arrangements in the two zones are anatomically complementary and our work involves demonstrating how the two zones are also functionally complementary. Am J Physiol 312:F744F747, Olesen ETB, Moeller HB, Assentoft M, MacAulay N, Fenton RA (2016) The vasopressin type 2 receptor and prostaglandin receptors EP2 and EP4 can increase aquaporin-2 plasma membrane targeting through a cAMP-independent pathway. were found in the kangaroo rat (Dipodomys), which produces highly concentrated urine [4], and in the dromedary camel (7.89 . camels, do not produce urine as concentrated as that produced by small xeric mammals. What is the significance of the greater concentration of mitochondria and more cristae per unit volume of mitochondria in the epithelial cells of loops of Henle in desert rodents compared with those of the horse? Because of these reasons, the desert kangaroo rat has had to evolve a few adaptations to protect itself. (Much the same relationship applies in many small mammals.) J Am Soc Nephrol 9:13591366, Qian X, Sands JM, Song X, Chen G (2016) Modulation of kidney urea transporter UT-A3 activity by alpha2,6-sialylation. Notomys has a loop length of 5.2 mm and produces urine of up to 9000mOsmoll1 in contrast to the horse with a loop length of 36 mm producing urine of 1900mOsmoll1. Am J Physiol 251:F271F277, Beuchat CA (1996) Structure and concentrating ability of the mammalian kidney: correlations with habitat. The kangaroo rat is a desert species, which, remarkably, drinks no free water and can produce urine that is twice as concentrated as that of the common laboratory rat and about 5 times that of humans. J Am Soc Nephrol 10:230237, Kim G-H, Ecelbarger CA, Mitchell C, Packer RK, Wade JB, Knepper MA (1999) Vasopressin increases Na-K-2Cl cotransporter expression in thick ascending limb of Henles loop. kangaroo rat loses little water in its urine. Secondly, in the desert, food is scarce and spread out, so desert rodents have to spend a substantial amount of time out of their holes searching for food. J Clin Invest 85:10061013, Gottschalk CW, Mylle M (1959) Micropuncture study of the mammalian urinary concentrating mechanism: evidence for the countercurrent hypothesis. Kidney Int 2:214223, Kone BC, Madsen KM, Tisher CC (1984) Ultrastructure of the thick ascending limb of Henle in the rat kidney. In this study, the kangaroo rat and the Munich-Wistar rat are ideal models for comparison since the kangaroo rat efficiently concentrates its urine to twice as great as the Munich-Wistar rat. Am J Physiol 293:F696F704, Pannabecker TL, Dantzler WH, Layton HE, Layton AT (2008a) Role of three-dimensional architecture in the urine concentrating mechanism of the rat renal inner medulla. Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. A new syndrome. Their fur is a yellowish-brown with a white belly, while the tail has a noticeable white tip. Am J Physiol 304:F308F316, Wu Q, Moeller HB, Stevens DA, Sanchez-Hodge R, Childers G, Kortenoeven MLA, Cheng L, Rosenbaek LL, Rubel C, Patterson C, Pisitkun T, Schisler JC, Fenton RA (2018) CHIP regulates aquaporin-2 quality control and body water homeostasis. The young are born in a fur-lined nest in the burrows. Anat Rec 210:273277, Yang B, Bankir L (2005) Urea and urine concentrating ability: new insights from studies in mice. Am J Physiol 306:F664671, Christensen EI, Wagner CA, Kaissling B (2012) Uriniferous tubule: structural and functional organization. The ability of the kangaroo rat and other desert rodents to produce a hyper-concentrated urine is attributed to their possession of extremely long loops of Henle, which is often quoted as an extreme adaptation for life in parched deserts. The kidney thereby retains as much water as possible, minimising loss of water during water shortage. Students engage in individualized projects or team-based partnerships, and present research findings at local and national science conferences. [13] To conserve energy and water, they minimize their time away from their cool, dry burrows. Follow us on: [8] Desert kangaroo rats live in burrow systems under slight mounds of soil 6-9m across;[8] they sleep in a den, which is sealed off at extreme temperatures, during the day. Eur J Endocrinol 140:137139, Sakuma Y, Nonoguchi H, Takayama M, Yang T, Terada Y, Inoue T, Nakayama Y, Kohda Y, Sasaki S, Tomita K (2005) Differential effects of hyperosmolality on Na-K-ATPase and vasopressin-dependent cAMP generation in the medullary thick ascending limb and outer medullary collecting duct. The major function of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase is trans-porting across cell membranes [22]. Daily urine output at 10 was nearly nine times the output at 25. camel (which also concentrates its urine to survive without water).5 This means that the They have massive hind legs, that allow the Kangaroo Rat to jump nine feet at a time, allowing it to escape fast and sneaky animals. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Journal of Comparative Physiology B Bull Math Biol 56:491514, Jiang T, Li Y, Layton AT, Wang W, Sun Y, Li M, Zhou H, Yang B (2017) Generation and phenotypic analysis of mice lacking all urea transporters. Cell Physiol Biochem 44:515531, PubMed This suggests that the kangaroo rats amazing ability to Am J Physiol 274:C549C554, Chou CL, Nielsen S, Knepper MA (1993) Structural-functional correlation in chinchilla long loop of Henle thin limbs: a novel papillary subsegment. humidity of the burrow also reduces the amount of water lost through (kangaroo rats and pocket mice), pulmonary evaporative water loss is about 50% that of rat and mouse. Mol Cell Biol 25:73577363, Urity VB, Issaian T, Braun EJ, Dantzler WH, Pannabecker TL (2012) Architecture of kangaroo rat inner medulla: segmentation of descending thin limb of Henles loop. Therefore the number of nephrons must increase as body size increases, which in turn increases the relative amount of cortex (the area of the kidney where most of the nephron is located), at the expense of the medulla. However, the temperature of the exhaled air in kangaroo rats is lower than that of T b, and often close to T a (Figure 26). [14] So naturally small rodents can persist in much more water deficient environments than larger animals. The only The function of antidiuretic hormone in producing concentrated urine. There is no clear relationship between actual loop lengths and urine concentration in mammals. Am J Physiol 196:927936, Greger R, Velazquez H (1987) The cortical thick ascending limb and early distal convoluted tubule in the urinary concentrating mechanism. Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to arid areas of western North America. Am J Physiol 287:F767F774, Pannabecker TL, Dantzler WH (2006) Three-dimensional architecture of inner medullary vasa recta. To remove waste without losing water, many species have developed mechanisms to concentrate their urine. Its mean urine concentration on the seed diet was 2827 mOsm/l, which is lower than any previously reported for . Dipodomys microps Research has shown that the kangaroo rat produces the most concentrated urine of all mammals, and only passes a few drops per day. There are 59 species in the kangaroo-rat ; see Figure 20 in Section 2.3) depend on metabolic water as there is little or no water available in their diet of seeds. Tohoku J Exp Med 239:185192, Terris J, Ecelbarger CA, Marples D, Knepper MA, Nielsen S (1995) Distribution of aquaporin-4 water channel expression within rat kidney. Nawata, C.M., Pannabecker, T.L. (The Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus together are sometimes referred to as the Malpighian body.) [16] In the case of a snake, the desert kangaroo rat drums its feet and moves within striking distance of the snake and kicks sand in the air. For most biological systems the molarity and molality of a solution are nearly exactly equal. [6] They can quickly change direction between jumps. They have many more facial muscles than Cell Tissue Res 225:111127, Bagnasco SM, Peng T, Janech MG, Karakashian A, Sands JM (2001) Cloning and characterization of the human urea transporter UT-A1 and mapping of the human Slc14a2 gene. Dipodomys ingens Weve pioneered distance learning for over 50 years, bringing university to you wherever you are so you can fit study around your life. the kidney of the camel involved in urine concentration were outlined. The long tail is used as a counterbalance while the rat hops and leaps about. The thicker medulla of small desert rodents could therefore be viewed as a desert adaptation superimposed on a basic body-size-dependent pattern. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 10:135146, Perucca J, Bouby N, Valeix P, Bankir L (2007) Sex difference in urine concentration across differing ages, sodium intake, and level of kidney disease. [15] The desert kangaroo rat, living in a sand dune environment, has the highest level of food scarcity. Kangaroo rats have a promiscuous mating system. Am J Physiol 249:R643R666, Bardoux P, Ahloulay M, Le Maout S, Bankir L, Trinh-Trang-Tan M-M (2001) Aquaporin-2 and urea transporter-A1 are up-regulated in rats with type I diabetes mellitus. [10] To reduce loss of moisture through respiration when sleeping, a kangaroo rat buries its nose in its fur to accumulate a small pocket of moist air. Am J Physiol 200:11391146, Layton AT (2011) A mathematical model of the urine concentrating mechanism in the rat renal medulla: II. As the ascending limb is continually pumping sodium and chloride ions, the concentration difference between it and the interstitial fluid is maintained. The values on the left in Figure 30 are the osmolarity of the interstitial tissue. (Note: whereas osmolarity measures the number of osmotically active particles of a particular substance in a volume of fluid, osmolality measures the equivalent number in a mass weight of fluid. Cortical nephrons have short-reach loops that just penetrate the boundary between the inner and outer zones of the medulla. Am J Physiol 241:R3R16, Kriz W (1982) Structural organization of renal medullary circulation. Our studies of kangaroo rat kidney support this idea in several ways. The nephrons are concentrated in areas known as pyramids. On top of that, the average lifespan for a . Am J Physiol 246:F745F756, Hervy S, Thomas SR (2003) Inner medullary lactate production and urine-concentrating mechanism: a flat medullary model. The answer lies mainly in the rats kidneys. Kangaroo rats will store extra seeds in seed caches. Terms & Conditions. They are born blind and hairless. The presence of this enzyme has not Relatively small amounts of salt moving from the ascending limb to the interstitial tissues will cause osmotic movement of water out of the descending limb. Kangaroo rats are generally solitary animals with little social organization. Kangaroo rats are amazing creatures with incredible J Biol Chem 279:4804848054, Lassiter WE, Gottschalk CW, Mylle M (1961) Micropuncture study of net transtubular movement of water and urea in nondiuretic mammalian kidney. Am J Physiol 302:F1098F1103, Klein JD, Sands JM (2016) Urea transport and clinical potential of urearetics. Hoppe-Seylers Z Physiol Chem 276:145178, Lam AKM, Ko BCB, Tam S, Morris R, Yang JY, Chung SK, Chung SMS (2004) Osmotic response element-binding protein (OREBP) is an essential regulator of the urine concentrating mechanism. [4] Though kangaroo rats persist in a variety of soils,[5] desert kangaroo rats live exclusively in areas with loose sand, often dune terrain. Am J Physiol 295:F295F299, Boone M, Deen PMT (2008) Physiology and pathophysiology of the vasopressin-regulated renal water reabsorption. 4. Am J Physiol 301:F1251F1259, Lemley KV, Kriz W (1987) Cycles and separations: the histotopography of the urinary concentrating process. Much of the concentrating effect occurs in a region of the kidney known as the medulla. A capillary network surrounds the short-looped nephron. They have a large head and eyes, short forelimbs and long hind limbs, and a body Take a look at all Open University courses. is much longer than in humans and most other creatures. that ranges in length from 10 to 16 cm (4 to 6.5 in).2 They can jump up to 2.2 How animals interact with the environment is affected by their body size, 2.4 Behavioural strategies of evaporators, 3.2 Integration of anatomy and behaviour with biochemical and physiological strategies in evaders, 3.3 Integration of anatomical features and biochemical and physiological strategies in evaporators, 3.4 Integration of anatomical features and biochemical and physiological strategies in endurers, Animals at the extremes: the desert environment, Figure 26 Exhaled air temperatures of seven species of bird and the kangaroo rat at various ambient temperatures. Drawing on the data provided in Table 4, summarise the physiological strategy for water economy in the degu. When the body is dehydrated, the fluid in the lumen of nephrons is "concentrated" by profuse diffusion (or reabsorption) of water across the wall of the nephron to the body and retention of salts and metabolic byproducts in a minimal volume of water within the tubule lumen, which is subsequently excreted as urine. Anyone can learn for free on OpenLearn, but signing-up will give you access to your personal learning profile and record of achievements that you earn while you study. Dipodomys agilis [10] To help conserve water they produce very concentrated urine, via a process apparently associated with expression of aquaporin 1 along a longer than usual segment of the descending limb of the loop of Henle in the kidney.[12]. Dipodomys venustus. The ability of mammals to produce concentrated urine requires that the solute concentration of the inner medulla substantially exceeds that of the outer medulla. Am J Physiol 109:139154, Garg LC, Knepper MA, Burg MB (1981) Mineralocorticoid effects on Na-K-ATPase in individual nephron segments. [4] Groups of 6-12 widely spaced burrows may constitute a colony of this species, which is otherwise solitary. The line labelled human represents one individual only. [2] It is one of the large kangaroo rats, with a total length greater than 12 inches (300mm) and a mass greater than 3.2 ounces (91g). The first of which is they forage alone. [14] J Am Soc Nephrol 20:20182024, Wang Y, Klein JD, Froehlich O, Sands JM (2013) Role of protein kinase C- in hypertonicity-stimulated urea permeability in mouse inner medullary collecting ducts. Kangaroo rats are adapted to a bipedal gait with large, strong hind legs and big feet. Am J Physiol 281:F400F406, Bagnasco SM, Peng T, Nakayama Y, Sands JM (2000) Differential expression of individual UT-A urea transporter isoforms in rat kidney. of how human kidneys work.6 The kangaroo rats Loop of Henle is much longer than the inside of the nose, where it is reabsorbed back into the body.9 Air As such, our urine is quite dilute. Small mammals such as rodents and bats tend to have relatively thicker medullas than larger mammals, which can be correlated with their production of concentrated urine (Figure 31). Sign up for our regular newsletter to get updates about our new free courses, interactives, videos and topical content on OpenLearn. Kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp. Dipodomys compactus The kangaroo rat is a desert species, which, remarkably, drinks no free water and can produce urine that is twice as concentrated as that of the common laboratory rat and about 5 times that of humans. Their eyes are very large, while their ears are incredibly small. 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