Rapid Action of Aldosterone on Protein Levels of Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers and Protein Kinase C Beta Isoforms in Rat Kidney

Table 1

Blood and urine chemistry in experimental groups.

	Sham	Aldo
Plasma aldosterone (pmol/L)	1315.11 ± 10.22	6234.33 ± 92.88
Plasma sodium (mmol/L)	141.32 ± 1.48	142.17 ± 6.32
Plasma potassium (mmol/L)	3.53 ± 0.22	3.58 ± 0.26
Plasma chloride (mmol/L)	102.64 ± 1.34	102.31 ± 2.91
Plasma bicarbonate (mmol/L)	24.71 ± 1.14	24.29 ± 1.58
Plasma creatinine (mg/dL)	0.24 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.02
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	19.22 ± 1.64	20.48 ± 3.28
Ratio of plasma sodium to potassium	41.27 ± 3.64	39.87 ± 2.94
Ratio of urinary sodium to potassium	0.32 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.02

Data are expressed as means ± SD, ; compared with the sham group.