SODIUM-DEPENDENT BICARBONATE ABSORPTION BY CORTICAL THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF RAT-KIDNEY
SODIUM-DEPENDENT BICARBONATE ABSORPTION BY CORTICAL THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF RAT-KIDNEY
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.1985.248.6.f821
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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GOOD, DW
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GOOD, DW
In vitro microperfusion experiments were performed to investigate the mechanism of bicarbonate absorption in the cortical thick ascending limb of the rat. Tubules were perfused at 1.0-1.5 nl/min/mm and bicarbonate concentration was 25 mM in the perfusate and bath. Bicarbonate absorption rates were determined by microcalorimetry. Control tubules absorbed bicarbonate at a mean rate of 9.5 .+-. 0.6 pmol min/mm. The limiting luminal bicarbonate concentration was .apprx. 5 mM for tubules perfused at slow rates with 25 mM bicarbonate in the bath. Acetazolamide (10-4 M) in the bath reduced bicarbonate absorption by 76% without significant effect on transepithelial voltage. Removing Na from the perfusate and bath or removing K from the bath reduced bicarbonate absorption and transepithelial voltage to near zero. Adding amiloride (5 .times. 10-4 or 10-3 M) to the perfusate reduced bicarbonate absorption by 60-75% without detectable effect on transepithelial voltage. Adding furosemide (10-4 M) to the perfusate increased bicarbonate absorption significantly by 40-50% while decreasing transepithelial voltage from 17-1.8 mV. Thus, bicarbonate absorption by cortical thick ascending limbs requires carbonic anhydrase activity and Na transport but is not dependent on transepithelial voltage. Bicarbonate absorption is evidently mediated by apical membrane Na-H exchange.