PH REGULATION IN SINGLE GLOMERULAR MESANGIAL CELLS .1. ACID EXTRUSION IN ABSENCE AND PRESENCE OF HCO-3-
PH REGULATION IN SINGLE GLOMERULAR MESANGIAL CELLS .1. ACID EXTRUSION IN ABSENCE AND PRESENCE OF HCO-3-
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.1988.255.6.c844
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发表时间:
1988-12-01
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BORON, WF
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作者:
BOYARSKY, G;GANZ, MB;BORON, WF
We have developed a technique to measure the fluorescence of a pH-sensitive dye (2,7-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein) in single glomerular mesangial cells in culture. The intracellular fluorescence excitation ratio of the dye was calibrated using the nigericin-high-K+ approach. In the absence of CO2-HCO3-, mesangial cells that are acid loaded by an NH4+ prepulse exhibit a spontaneous intracellular pH (pHi) recovery that is blocked either by ethylisopropylamiloride (EIPA) or removal of external Na+. This pHi recovery most probably reflects the activity of a Na+-H+ exchanger. When the cells are switched from a N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N''-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES)-buffered solution to one containing CO2-HCO3-, there is an abrupt acidification due to CO2 entry, which is followed by a spontaneous recovery of pHi to a steady-state value higher than that prevailing in HEPES. Both the rate of recovery and the higher steady-state pHi imply that the application of CO2-HCO3- introduces an increase in net acid extrusion from the cell. One third of total net acid extrusion in CO2-HCO3- is EIPA sensitive and most likely is mediated by the Na+-H+ exchanger. The remaining two thirds of acid extrusion could be caused by a decrease in the background acid-loading rate and/or the introduction of a new, HCO3--dependent acid-extrusion mechanism. The HCO3--induced alkalinization cannot be accounted for by a HCO3--induced reduction in the acid-loading rate. The latter can be estimated by applying EIPA in the absence of HCO3- and observing the rate of pHi decline. We found that this acid-loading rate is only about one fifth as great as the total net acid extrusion rate in the presence of HCO3-. Indeed, two thirds of net acid extrusion in HCO3- is blocked by 4-acetamido-4''-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2''-disulfonic acid (SITS), an inhibitor of HCO3--dependent transport. Furthermore, the effects of EIPA and SITs were additive. Thus, in the presence of CO2-HCO3-, a SITS-sensitive-HCO3--dependent transporter is the dominant mechanism of acid extrusion. This mechanism also accounts for the increase in steady-state pHi on addition of CO2-HCO3-.