PRENATAL GLUCOCORTICOIDS STIMULATE NEONATAL JUXTAMEDULLARY PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE ACIDIFICATION
PRENATAL GLUCOCORTICOIDS STIMULATE NEONATAL JUXTAMEDULLARY PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE ACIDIFICATION
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.1991.261.5.f746
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发表时间:
1991-11-01
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QUIGLEY, R
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BAUM, M;QUIGLEY, R
The rate of neonatal proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) HCO3 absorption is lower than that of adult animals. The present in vitro microperfusion study examined whether prenatal dexamethasone (60-mu-g/kg daily to the doe for 3 days before delivery) would accelerate the maturation of neonatal juxtamedullary PCT acidification. Control neonates studied within 48 h of birth had a urine pH of 7.06 +/- 0.15 and a urine HCO3 concentration of 34.3 +/- 7.0 meq/l. Animals receiving dexamethasone had a urine pH of 6.47 +/- 0.11 and a urine HCO3 concentration of 10.1 +/- 4.0 meq/l, both of which were significantly lower than control (P < 0.01). In juxtamedullary PCTs perfused in vitro, volume absorption was 0.27 +/- 0.03 nl.mm-1.min-1 in controls and 0.39 +/- 0.02 nl. mm-1.min-1 in dexamethasone-treated animals (P < 0.05). HCO3 absorption was stimulated in the dexamethasone group (52.6 +/- 4.6 vs. 34.1 +/- 6.3 pmol.mm-1.min-1, P < 0.05); however, glucose transport was not significantly affected (24.8 +/- 1.3 in dexamethasone vs. 21.5 +/- 3.5 pmol.mm-1.min-1 in controls). Intracellular pH was measured using 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyflourescein to examine whether prenatal dexamethasone stimulated the apical Na+-H+ antiporter and the basolateral Na(HCO3)3 symporter. Apical Na+-H+ antiporter proton flux was 108.5 +/- 14.2 pmol.mm-1.min-1 in the control group and 250.7 +/- 31.3 pmol.mm-1.min-1 in the dexamethasone group (P < 0.001). Basolateral Na(HCO3)3 symporter proton flux was 106.1 +/- 10.0 pmol.mm-1.min-1 in control animals and 202.6 +/- 17.8 pmol.mm-1.min-1 in the dexamethasone group (P < 0.001). Thus prenatal dexamethasone stimulates juxtamedullary PCTHCO3 absorption in part by increasing apical Na+-H+ antiporter and basolateral Na(HCO3)3 symporter activity. These data are consistent with a role for glucocorticoids in proximal tubular maturation.