Effects of respiratory acidosis on HCO3- transport by rabbit collecting tubules

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (4) ◽  
pp. F656-F665 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. McKinney ◽  
K. K. Davidson

These studies were performed to determine whether in vitro elevation of bath PCO2 with associated reduction in pH (acute respiratory acidosis) affected bicarbonate transport by isolated perfused rabbit cortical collecting tubules (CCT) and collecting tubules from the outer (OMCTos) and inner (OMCTis) stripes of the outer medulla. When the PCO2 was elevated and pH reduced from approximately 7.4 to 7.0 the rate of total CO2 absorption increased to 252% of that observed at pH 7.4 in CCT, 146% in OMCTos, and 150% in OMCTis. In OMCTis, pretreatment with colchicine inhibited the stimulation of total CO2 absorption associated with respiratory acidosis, whereas lumicolchicine did not. Similar inhibition was observed in the presence of maptam and a low calcium concentration and in the presence of a calmodulin inhibitor. No differences were observed in apical or basolateral membrane morphometry of principal or intercalated cells between control tubules and those subjected to respiratory acidosis. The results indicate that acute respiratory acidosis stimulates acidification by the rabbit distal nephron in vitro through a process(es) that, at least in OMCTis, evidently involves the cell cytoskeleton and changes in cell calcium and calmodulin activities.

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (5) ◽  
pp. F816-F822 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. McKinney ◽  
K. K. Davidson

The purpose of this study is to characterize the features of bicarbonate (total CO2) transport in isolated perfused collecting tubules obtained from the outer stripe of the outer medulla (OMCTos) of rabbit kidneys. Under control conditions (25 mM HCO3- in the perfusate and bath), all OMCTos studied absorbed total CO2 at a mean rate of 8.61 +/- 0.44 pmol.mm-1.min-1. Ouabain (10(-4) M in the bath) did not affect the rate of total CO2 absorption (JtCO2). Addition of the diethylstilbene 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) in a concentration of 10(-4) M or replacement of bath chloride by gluconate reduced JtCO2 by approximately 50%, whereas replacement of luminal chloride increased JtCO2 by 40%. The carbonic anhydrase inhibitors acetazolamide and ethoxyzolamide in concentrations of 10(-4) M had little effect on JtCO2. In a concentration of 10(-3) M, acetazolamide reduced JtCO2 by only 31%. OMCTos obtained from rabbits with ammonium chloride-induced metabolic acidosis did not have increased rates of total CO2 absorption compared with the control, but treatment of animals with mineralocorticoids increased JtCO2. These results indicate that OMCTos are capable of significant bicarbonate absorption in vitro. This absorption 1) is independent of sodium transport, 2) appears to require, at least in large part, HCO3- or OH- -Cl- exchange across the basolateral cell membrane of acid-secreting cells, 3) is much more resistant to inhibition by carbonic anhydrase inhibitors than reported previously for other rabbit nephron segments, and 4) is stimulated by prior mineralocorticoid treatment of animals but not by prior metabolic acidosis in vivo.


1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (3) ◽  
pp. F509-F516 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. McKinney ◽  
K. K. Davidson

These studies evaluated the effect of decreased dietary potassium and increased dietary protein content in rabbits on systemic acid-base parameters, urine pH, and segmental renal tubular bicarbonate handling in vitro. Animals fed a potassium-deficient high-protein diet (KD) for 2 wk developed metabolic acidosis (arterial blood pH 7.31 vs. 7.43) and excreted a more acid urine than control animals fed a diet with normal amounts of potassium and protein; whereas, animals fed the same potassium deficient diet to which supplemental potassium was added (KD + K+) excreted an even more acid urine and had a blood pH of 7.36. In superficial proximal convoluted and straight tubules, there were no differences in rates of fluid and total CO2 absorption between control and KD tubules. Cortical collecting tubules obtained from KD and KD + K+ animals absorbed, and control tubules secreted total CO2 in vitro. With an ambient potassium concentration of 2.5 mM, collecting tubules obtained from the inner stripe of the outer medulla of KD animals absorbed significantly less total CO2 than control tubules. The same tendency was observed in collecting tubules from the outer stripe of the outer medulla. Plasma aldosterone levels fell with development of potassium depletion. Administration of deoxycorticosterone for 1 day to KD animals was associated with a lower urine pH and higher arterial blood pH than in untreated KD animals and with increased total CO2 absorption by both cortical collecting tubules and tubules from the inner stripe of the outer medulla.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (4) ◽  
pp. F760-F764 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Hurst ◽  
J. S. Beck ◽  
R. Laprade ◽  
J. Y. Lapointe

In several epithelial and nonepithelial tissues a functional link between the basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase) and a basolateral K+ conductance has been established. However, the nature of this link is unclear. We have previously identified a K+ channel on the basolateral membrane of the proximal convoluted tubule perfused in vitro, the activity of which is increased by stimulation of Na+ transport [J. S. Beck, A. M. Hurst, J.-Y. Lapointe, and R. Laprade. Am. J. Physiol. 264 (Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol. 33): F496-F501, 1993]. In the present study we investigate whether basolateral membrane K+ channel activity is tightly coupled to Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. In cell-attached patches (150 mM K+ pipette), following stimulation of channel activity by addition of Na(+)-cotransported solutes to the tubule lumen, mean channel open probability (NPo) was reduced from 0.35 +/- 0.09 to 0.14 +/- 0.06 (n = 7, P < 0.05) by blocking the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase with 100 microM strophanthidin. In excised patches the channel was reversibly blocked by 2 mM ATP from the cytosolic face of the patch, such that NPo fell to 20.1 +/- 7.0% (n = 5, P < 0.001) of control and recovered to 52.2 +/- 11.2% (n = 5, P < 0.05) after washout of ATP. Diazoxide, a putative opener of ATP-sensitive K+ channels, when added to the bathing solution of an unstimulated tubule (microperfused in the absence of Na(+)-cotransported solutes), increased NPo from 0.046 +/- 0.035 to 0.44 +/- 0.2 (n = 6, P < 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (1) ◽  
pp. F15-F20 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Laski ◽  
N. A. Kurtzman

To examine the effects of respiratory acidosis in vivo on the adaptation of acidification in the collecting tubule, New Zealand White rabbits were exposed to a 6.7% CO2-93.3% O2 gas mixture in an environmental chamber for 0, 6, 24, or 48 h before obtaining collecting tubules for in vitro study. These collecting tubules were then perfused and bathed in vitro in identical Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solutions. After 1 h equilibration total CO2 flux (JtCO2) was measured. The urine pH of the rabbits fell, whereas the blood bicarbonate rose as CO2 exposure time increased. In cortical collecting tubules, JtCO2 in vitro correlated with length of animal exposure to hypercarbia (y = 1.14174 + 0.1437x, r = 0.57, P = 0.002), and with the blood bicarbonate of the animal (y = 26.8471 + 0.0858x, r = 0.59, P less than 0.05). In vitro JtCO2 in medullary collecting tubules from rabbits that had been in hypercarbic atmosphere for 48 h (23.2 +/- 4.9 pmol.mm-1.min-1) did not differ from JtCO2 in control tubules (25.0 +/- 3.2 pmol.mm-1.min-1, not significant). Thus the cortical collecting tubule exhibits an adaptive increase in JtCO2 in response to hypercarbia, whereas the medullary collecting tubule does not.


1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. F492-F499 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Tannen ◽  
B. Hamid

To examine whether chronic respiratory acidosis results in adaptive changes in renal acidification, rats were housed for 3 days in an environmental chamber with an ambient CO2 content of 10% and their kidneys were perfused in vitro according to two protocols. To assess hydrogen ion secretory capacity of the distal nephron, perfusions were carried out with a low bicarbonate concentration, in the absence of ammoniagenic substrate, and with saturating quantities of the buffer creatinine. Under these conditions, the titration of creatinine at a pH less than 6.0 (TA pH 6.0) reflects the H+ secretory capacity of a discrete functional segment of the distal nephron. Kidneys from rats with chronic respiratory acidosis exhibited a significantly lower urine pH and higher rate of TA pH 6.0 than controls perfused in this fashion, indicative of an adaptive increase in the distal nephron capacity for proton transport. This adaptation was comparable with that reported previously for rats exposed to chronic metabolic acidosis. Furthermore, evidence of adaptation persisted in the presence of amiloride (10(-5) M), suggesting that it reflects, at least in part, a sodium-independent mechanism of proton transport. Hydrogen ion secretion by the proximal nephron was assessed by performing standard bicarbonate titration curves with kidneys from rats with chronic respiratory acidosis, chronic metabolic acidosis, and controls using a perfusate equilibrated with 95% O2/5% CO2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. F552-F564
Author(s):  
A. Vandewalle ◽  
F. Cluzeaud ◽  
M. Chavance ◽  
J. P. Bonvalet

In previous studies we showed that in vitro uridine incorporation along the renal tubule is heterogeneous and that DOCA induces a stimulation of RNA synthesis in distal cortical and medullary structures. The present work examines by autoradiography of isolated tubules and renal tissue sections the cellular heterogeneity of the connecting (CNT) and cortical collecting (CCT) tubules after in vivo injection of [3H]uridine in normal and DOCA-treated rabbits. Data confirmed the profile of uridine incorporation along the tubule, which was found in in vitro experiments, and the DOCA-induced stimulation of RNA synthesis. In microdissected CNT and CCT of control kidneys, statistical analysis of the distribution of labeling revealed the presence of two distinct cell populations: one with low labeling (2-3 silver grains per nucleus) and one with high labeling (10-13), which represent 64 and 36%, respectively (CNT), and 74 and 26%, respectively (CCT), of the whole population. Histological data showed that the respective proportions of intercalated cells (29% in CNT; 21% in CCT) and connecting tubule cells (65%) or principal cells (79%) are close to those of the populations with high or low labeling. In addition, autoradiographs on renal sections directly demonstrated that the labeling of intercalated cells (19.3 silver grains/100 micron2 nuclear surface in CNT; 14.7 in CCT) was three times higher than that of connecting (6.6) or principal (5.8) cells. In isolated CNT and CCT, DOCA induced similar absolute increases in the labeling of the two populations. However, the relative increase was more than two times higher in the population with low labeling (+131% in CNT, +210% in CCT) than in the one with high labeling (+71% and +98%). We conclude that cell population of the collecting cortical tubule (CNT and CCT) is heterogeneous with regard to uridine incorporation, reflecting RNA synthesis.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (4) ◽  
pp. F595-F601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Fujii ◽  
A. I. Katz

To evaluate the mechanism of increased Na+-K+ pump turnover rate that characterizes the early cortical collecting tubule (CCT) response to K+ loading [Y. Fujii, S. K. Mujais, and A. I. Katz. Am. J. Physiol. 256 (Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol. 25): F279-F284, 1989.], we measured ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake in microdissected rat CCT exposed acutely to elevated ambient K+ in vivo and in vitro. Tubules preincubated in 10 mM K+ had higher 86Rb+ uptake than when preincubated in 5 mM K+ (25.9 +/- 1.2 vs. 18.9 +/- 0.7 pmol.mm-1.min-1, P less than 0.001). KCl infusion (5 mumol.100 g-1.min-1 x 60 min) increased 86Rb+ uptake from 19.2 +/- 1.0 to 31.2 +/- 1.4 pmol.mm-1.min-1, P less than 0.001; the increment was preserved in tubules subsequently treated with monensin or nystatin in vitro, suggesting that pump stimulation was not mediated by increased cell Na+. This conclusion was confirmed in separate experiments in which the effect of K+ on 86Rb+ uptake was not altered by concurrent preincubation with amiloride. Studies with CCT from isolated perfused kidneys and from adrenalectomized animals revealed that stimulation of 86Rb+ uptake by a K+ load occurs rapidly (less than or equal to 5 min) and is independent of hormonal factors. Increased external K+ produces a rapid rise in K+-transporting capacity (turnover rate) of the Na+-K+ pump in CCT. This phenomenon probably represents a direct effect on K+ on the pump and is an important component of the early renal response to increased K+ secretory load.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (1) ◽  
pp. F114-F120 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhou ◽  
C. S. Wingo

These studies examine the effect of ambient PCO2 on net bicarbonate (total CO2) absorption by the in vitro perfused cortical collecting duct (CCD) from K-replete rabbits and the mechanism responsible for this effect. Exposure to 10% CO2 increased net bicarbonate flux (total CO2 flux, JtCO2) by 1.8-fold (P < 0.005), and this effect was inhibited by luminal 10 microM Sch-28080, an H-K-adenosinetriphosphatase (H-K-ATPase) inhibitor. In contrast, exposure to 10% CO2 significantly decreased Rb efflux, and this decrement in Rb efflux was blocked by luminal 2 mM Ba, a K channel blocker. Thus transepithelial tracer Rb flux did not increase upon exposure to 10% CO2 as we have observed in this segment under K-restricted conditions. The observation that 10% CO2 increased net bicarbonate absorption without a change in absorptive Rb flux suggested that 10% CO2 increased apical K recycling. To test this hypothesis, we examined whether luminal Ba inhibited the stimulation of luminal acidification induced by 10% CO2. If apical K exit were necessary for full activation of proton secretion, then inhibiting K exit should indirectly affect the stimulation of JtCO2 by 10% CO2. In fact, the effect of 10% CO2 on JtCO2 in the presence of 2 mM luminal Ba was quantitatively indistinguishable from the effect of 10% CO2 on JtCO2 in the presence of 10 microM luminal Sch-28080.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (3) ◽  
pp. F432-F439 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Wall

We have shown that NH4+ and K+ compete for extracellular binding on the Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase) in the rat terminal inner medullary collecting duct (tIMCD). The present study explored whether the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase modulates transepithelial net acid flux [JH+ = total CO2 absorption (JtCO2) + total ammonia secretion (JtAM)]. Tubules from the tIMCD were dissected from deoxycorticosterone (DOC)-treated rats and perfused in vitro. Perfusate and bath were identical physiological saline solutions containing 25 mM NaHCO3 + 6 mM NH4Cl or were NH4Cl or were NH4Cl free. With NH4+ present, the fall in total CO2 from perfusate to collected fluid (delta tCO2, 2.5 +/- 0.4 mM; n = 6) was accompanied by an increase in collected total ammonia concentration (0.2 +/- 0.1 mM). However, in the absence of NH4Cl, delta tCO2 was only 0.9 +/- 0.2 mM (P < 0.05, n = 5). To determine the mechanism of this NH4Cl-induced increase in net acid secretion, the effect of Na+ pump inhibition on net acid secretion was explored. With NH4Cl present, JCO2 was 3.8 +/- 0.5 pmol.mm-1.min-1 (ouabain absent) but declined to 1.6 +/- 0.3 pmol.mm-1.min-1 with ouabain addition to the bath (n = 7, P < 0.05). Furthermore, in the presence of NH4Cl, intracellular pH (pHi) increased from 7.05 +/- 0.02 to 7.15 +/- 0.02 (P < 0.05, n = 5) with ouabain addition and returned to 7.06 +/- 0.03 (P < 0.05) with ouabain removal. However, in the absence of NH4Cl, ouabain failed to reduce JtCO2 (P = NS, n = 5), and an increase in pHi was not observed (n = 4, P = NS). In conclusion, NH4+ augments net acid secretion likely by serving as a proton source for bicarbonate absorption and titration of other luminal buffers. This ammonium pathway is dependent on the basolateral membrane Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (3) ◽  
pp. F400-F410 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Breton ◽  
J. S. Beck ◽  
R. Laprade

The effect of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) was examined on the electrophysiological properties of nonperfused proximal convoluted tubule in vitro. In 5 mM bath K+, the basolateral membrane potential (Vbl) was -66 +/- 1 mV (n = 26). Low bath K+ (0.1 mM) led to a transient hyperpolarization of Vbl followed by a sustained decrease to reach -48.6 +/- 5.0 mV. Return to 5 mM bath K+ produced a rapid and transient Vbl hyperpolarization of 24.6 +/- 1.4 mV (n = 5). This hyperpolarization was completely blocked by 100 microM strophanthidin (n = 4), demonstrating that the hyperpolarization was caused by reactivation of the Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase). Addition of 1 microM forskolin (forsk) + 100 microM 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP (cp-cAMP) significantly increased this hyperpolarization to 30.8 +/- 10 mV (P < 0.005, n = 5). In a separate series of experiments, addition of 1 microM forsk + 100 microM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine increased this hyperpolarization from 21.7 +/- 2.8 to 27.1 +/- 1.6 mV (P < 0.05, n = 5), which excludes any nonspecific effect of cp-cAMP. Forsk + cp-cAMP decreased the apparent partial conductance to Cl- (tCl) from 0.049 +/- 0.003 to 0.031 +/- 0.007 (P < 0.06, n = 6), decreased that to K+ (tK) from 0.56 +/- 0.05 to 0.43 +/- 0.03 (P < 0.05, n = 6), slightly decreased that mediated by the Na-HCO3 cotransporter (tNaHCO3) from 0.26 +/- 0.03 to 0.21 +/- 0.05, and had no effect on the absolute conductance mediated by the Na-HCO3 cotransporter. Forsk + cp-cAMP had no effect on tK when determined using bath K+ steps from 15 to 45 mM (tK = 0.84 +/- 0.02, n = 5) instead of K+ steps from 5 to 15 mM as previously done, and did not affect the value of tK measured in the presence of strophanthidin (tK = 0.41 +/- 0.03, n = 5). These results demonstrate that the decrease of tK by forsk + cp-cAMP observed using K+ steps from 5 to 15 mM is due to modulation by these agents of the stimulated hyperpolarizing Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase current produced by the bath K+ steps. Consequently, the increased Vbl initial recovery from low bath potassium observed when intracellular cAMP is increased could not be the result of modulation of passive basolateral membrane properties and represents a stimulation of the pump current. The present work thus demonstrates that the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase is stimulated by cAMP.


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