ISSN:
1432-2013
Keywords:
Proximal tubule
;
Micropuncture
;
Carbonic anhydrase
;
Benzolamide
;
Acidification
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Luminal pH in early and late proximal tubules was recorded continuously with antimony microelectrodes before and during carbonic anhydrase inhibition. Following i.v. application of benzolamide (25 μmol/kg BW), luminal pH decreased almost immediately in early proximal tubules (ΔpH −0.42±0.06 SEM), but increased in late proximal tubules (ΔpH +0.27±0.06). Urinary pH increased (ΔpH +1.6±0.16) after a delay of some 30 s. Similar results, i.e. decrease of pH in early and increase of pH in late proximal tubules, were obtained, when benzolamide containing solutions were microinfused into early proximal tubules or superfused on the nephron surface. In contrast, luminal pH decreased in late proximal tubules, when benzolamide was microinfused into the same nephron segment. The decrease of luminal pH indicates inhibition of luminally active carbonic anhydrase, leading to delayed buffering of secreted hydrogen ions. The increase of luminal pH in late proximal tubules may be attributed to several factors including increased delivery of bicarbonate, impaired bicarbonate exit at the antiluminal membrane and decreased hydrogen ion formation in the tubular cell due to inhibition of cellular carbonic anhydrase.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00584146
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