Metabolic acidosis stimulates bicarbonate reabsorption in the early proximal tubule.
Metabolic acidosis stimulates bicarbonate reabsorption in the early proximal tubule.
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10.1152/ajprenal.1989.257.1.f35
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1989-07
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R. Santella;F. Gennari;D. A. Maddox
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R. Santella;F. Gennari;D. A. Maddox
The early proximal tubule is the major site for renal bicarbonate reabsorption but little is known about the influence of acidosis on transport in this segment. This study examined early proximal bicarbonate reabsorption in rats with chronic metabolic acidosis (MA) (induced by NH4Cl administration). Rats were studied by free-flow micropuncture techniques, after varying degrees of plasma volume expansion to vary the filtered load of bicarbonate (FLHCO3). At FLHCO3 less than 700 pmol/min, both control and acidotic animals reabsorbed greater than 80% of the filtered load by 2 mm from Bowman's space. At higher FLHCO3 (700-1,100 pmol/min), reabsorption in the early proximal tubule was significantly greater in MA rats vs. control (633 +/- 26 vs. 449 +/- 24 pmol/min, between 1 and 2 mm from Bowman's space, P less than 0.001). This MA-induced stimulation of early proximal bicarbonate reabsorption was completely reversed by restoring systemic pH to normal either by acute hypocapnia or alkali infusion. Thus bicarbonate reabsorption in the early proximal tubule correlated closely with changes in systemic pH in rats with MA when bicarbonate delivery was increased by plasma expansion. The mechanism of this effect remains to be determined.