Effects of Acute Acid-Base Changes on in vivo Total Ammonia Synthesis in the Rat1

Author(s):  
Robert G. Narins ◽  
Michael Emmett ◽  
Joel Rascoff ◽  
Edward R. Jones ◽  
Arnold S. Relman
2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. G255-G264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise S. Demitrack ◽  
Manoocher Soleimani ◽  
Marshall H. Montrose

Gastric surface pH (pHo) transiently increases in response to focal epithelial damage. The sources of that increase, either from paracellular leakage of interstitial fluid or transcellular acid/base fluxes, have not been determined. Using in vivo microscopy approaches we measured pHowith Cl-NERF, tissue permeability with intravenous fluorescent-dextrans to label interstitial fluid (paracellular leakage), and gastric epithelial intracellular pH (pHi) with SNARF-5F (cellular acid/base fluxes). In response to two-photon photodamage, we found that cell-impermeant dyes entered damaged cells from luminal or tissue compartments, suggesting a possible slow transcellular, but not paracellular, route for increased permeability after damage. Regarding cytosolic acid/base status, we found that damaged cells acidified (6.63 ± 0.03) after photodamage, compared with healthy surface cells both near (7.12 ± 0.06) and far (7.07 ± 0.04) from damage ( P < 0.05). This damaged cell acidification was further attenuated with 20 μM intravenous EIPA (6.34 ± 0.05, P < 0.05) but unchanged by addition of 0.5 mM luminal H2DIDS (6.64 ± 0.08, P > 0.05). Raising luminal pH did not realkalinize damaged cells, suggesting that the mechanism of acidification is not attributable to leakiness to luminal protons. Inhibition of apical HCO3−secretion with 0.5 mM luminal H2DIDS or genetic deletion of the solute-like carrier 26A9 (SLC26A9) Cl−/HCO3−exchanger blocked the pHoincrease normally observed in control animals but did not compromise repair of damaged tissue. Addition of exogenous PGE2significantly increased pHoin wild-type, but not SLC26A9 knockout, animals, suggesting that prostaglandin-stimulated HCO3−secretion is fully mediated by SLC26A9. We conclude that cellular HCO3−secretion, likely through SLC26A9, is the dominant mechanism whereby surface pH transiently increases in response to photodamage.


1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (4) ◽  
pp. R441-R451 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Heisler

The contributions of transmembrane and transepithelial ion transfer processes and of nonbicarbonate buffering to the in vivo acid-base regulation have been evaluated. Model calculations were performed utilizing experimental data on transepithelial transfer of ions relevant for the acid-base regulation, the intracellular buffering properties of fish tissues, and the behavior of intracellular and extracellular pH and bicarbonate concentration with changes of temperature. The results of these studies indicate that the changes in the pK values of physiological nonbicarbonate buffers with changes in temperature support the adjustment of pH to lower values with rising temperature; however, transmembrane and transepithelial ion transfer mechanisms determine the acid-base regulation of intracellular and extracellular compartments.


2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (4) ◽  
pp. R870-R876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Cooper ◽  
Jonathan M. Whittamore ◽  
Rod W. Wilson

Marine teleost fish continuously ingest seawater to prevent dehydration and their intestines absorb fluid by mechanisms linked to three separate driving forces: 1) cotransport of NaCl from the gut fluid; 2) bicarbonate (HCO3−) secretion and Cl− absorption via Cl−/HCO3− exchange fueled by metabolic CO2; and 3) alkaline precipitation of Ca2+ as insoluble CaCO3, which aids H2O absorption). The latter two processes involve high rates of epithelial HCO3− secretion stimulated by intestinal Ca2+ and can drive a major portion of water absorption. At higher salinities and ambient Ca2+ concentrations the osmoregulatory role of intestinal HCO3− secretion is amplified, but this has repercussions for other physiological processes, in particular, respiratory gas transport (as it is fueled by metabolic CO2) and acid-base regulation (as intestinal cells must export H+ into the blood to balance apical HCO3− secretion). The flounder intestine was perfused in vivo with salines containing 10, 40, or 90 mM Ca2+. Increasing the luminal Ca2+ concentration caused a large elevation in intestinal HCO3− production and excretion. Additionally, blood pH decreased (−0.13 pH units) and plasma partial pressure of CO2 (Pco2) levels were elevated (+1.16 mmHg) at the highest Ca perfusate level after 3 days of perfusion. Increasing the perfusate [Ca2+] also produced proportional increases in net acid excretion via the gills. When the net intestinal flux of all ions across the intestine was calculated, there was a greater absorption of anions than cations. This missing cation flux was assumed to be protons, which vary with an almost 1:1 relationship with net acid excretion via the gill. This study illustrates the intimate link between intestinal HCO3− production and osmoregulation with acid-base balance and respiratory gas exchange and the specific controlling role of ingested Ca2+ independent of any other ion or overall osmolality in marine teleost fish.


2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (16) ◽  
pp. 2417-2428 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.O. Portner ◽  
C. Bock ◽  
A. Reipschlager

Extracellular acidosis has been demonstrated to play a key role in the process of metabolic depression under long-term environmental stress, exemplified in the marine invertebrate Sipunculus nudus. These findings led to the hypothesis that acid-base regulation is associated with a visible cost depending on the rate and mode of H(+)-equivalent ion exchange. To test this hypothesis, the effects of different ion-transport inhibitors on the rate of pH recovery during hypercapnia, on energy turnover and on steady-state acid-base variables were studied in isolated body wall musculature of the marine worm Sipunculus nudus under control conditions (pHe 7.90) and during steady-state extracellular acidosis (pHe 7.50 or 7.20) by in vivo (31)P-NMR and oxygen consumption analyses. During acute hypercapnia (2 % CO(2)), recovery of pHi was delayed at pHe 7.5 compared with pHe 7.9. Inhibition of the Na(+)/H(+)-exchanger by 5-(N,N-dimethyl)-amiloride (DMA) at pHe 7.5 delayed recovery even further. This effect was much smaller at pHe 7.9. Inhibition of anion exchange by the addition of the transport inhibitor 4, 4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2′-disulphonic acid (DIDS) prevented pH recovery at pHe 7.5 and delayed recovery at pHe 7.9, in accordance with an effect on Na(+)-dependent Cl(−)/HCO(3)(−) exchange. The effects of ouabain, DIDS and DMA on metabolic rate were reduced at low pHe, thereby supporting the conclusion that acidosis caused the ATP demand of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase to fall. This reduction occurred via an inhibiting effect on both Na(+)/H(+)- and Na(+)-dependent Cl(−)/HCO(3)(−) (i.e. Na(+)/H(+)/Cl(−)/HCO(3)(−)) exchange in accordance with a reduction in the ATP demand for acid-base regulation during metabolic depression. Considering the ATP stoichiometries of the two exchangers, metabolic depression may be supported by the predominant use of Na(+)/H(+)/Cl(−)/HCO(3)(−) exchange under conditions of extracellular acidosis.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 654-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Brill ◽  
Peter G. Bushnell ◽  
David R. Jones ◽  
Manabu Shimizu

In most fishes, blood acid–base regulation following a temperature change involves active adjustments of gill ion-exchange rates which take hours or days to complete. Previous studies have shown that isolated blood from skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and albacore, Thunnus alalunga, had rates of pH change with temperature (in the open system) equivalent to those necessary to retain net protein charge in vivo (≈ −0.016 ΔpH∙ °C−1). It was postulated that this is due to protons leaving the hemoglobin combining with plasma bicarbonate [Formula: see text], which is removed as gaseous CO2, and that this ability evolved so that tunas need not adjust gill ion-exchange rates to regulate blood pH appropriately following ambient temperature changes. We reexamined this phenomenon using blood and separated plasma from yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares. Unlike previous studies, our CO2 levels (0.5 and 1.5% CO2) span those seen in yellowfin tuna arterial and venous blood. Various bicarbonate concentrations [Formula: see text] were obtained by collecting blood from fully rested as well as vigorously exercised fish. We use our in vitro data to calculate basic physiochemical parameters for yellowfin tuna blood: nonbicarbonate buffering (β), the apparent first dissociation constant of carbonic acid (pKapp), and CO2 solubility (αCO2). We also determined the effects of acute temperature change on arterial pH, [Formula: see text], and partial pressures of O2 and CO2in vivo. The pH shift of yellowfin tuna blood subjected to a closed-system temperature change did not differ from previous studies of other teleosts (≈ −0.016 ΔpH∙ °C−1). The pH shift in blood subjected to open-system temperature change was Pco2 dependent and lower than that in skipjack tuna or albacore blood in vitro, but identical with that seen in yellowfin tuna blood in vivo. However, pH adjustments in vivo were caused by changes in both [Formula: see text] and Pco2. The exact mechanisms responsible for these changes remain to be elucidated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-143
Author(s):  
Sonny Lesmana Surya ◽  
Yudi Hadinata

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) merupakan alat penunjang fungsi sirkulasi dan pernapasan pasien yang biasa digunakan ketika menjalani pembedahan jantung atau pembuluh darah besar. Selama prosedur CPB, kondisi hipotermia dipertahankan untuk menurunkan kebutuhan oksigen dan laju metabolisme. Kondisi hipotermia akan mempengaruhi keseimbangan asam-basa pada tubuh. Manajemen asam-basa selama prosedur CPB dicapai dengan menggunakan metode a-stat atau pH-stat. Pada metode a-stat, manajemen asam-basa dilakukan dengan menjaga pHa 7.4 dan PaCO2 40 mmHg pada suhu 37oC tanpa penambahan CO2 oksigen untuk menjaga total CO2 tetap konstan. Sedangkan, pada metode pH-stat, diberikan CO2 oksigen untuk menjaga PaCO2 40 mmHg dan pHa 7.4 secara in vivo. Masih banyak perdebatan terkait waktu penerapan masing-masing metode. Pada level mikrosirkulasi, manajemen a-stat terbukti memberikan keuntungan pada otak dan mengurangi insidensi postoperative cerebral dysfunction. Sedangkan, metode pH-stat dilaporkan meningkatkan risiko emboli otak, sehingga tidak disarankan untuk pasien yang memiliki risiko tinggi gangguan aliran darah otak. Namun, terdapat pula laporan yang menyatakan pH-stat bermanfaat pada operasi bedah jantung anak. Berdasarkan hal itu, usia pasien dapat menentukan waktu penggunaan metode a-stat dan pH-stat. Satu indikasi primer penggunaan pH-stat adalah selama proses pendinginan saat deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), sedangkan metode a-stat lebih baik digunakan selama selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) dan rewarming.


1991 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE K. IWAMA ◽  
NORBERT HEISLER

Acid-base regulation in rainbow trout acclimated to about 3, 100 and 500 mmol l−1 Na+ and Cl−, at constant water [HCO3−], was assessed during 24h of exposure to 1% CO2 and during recovery. The respiratory acidosis induced by a rise in plasma PCOCO2 to about 1.15kPa (8.5mmHg, 3mmol l−1), 1.33kPa (10mmHg, 100 mmol l−1) or 1.5 kPa (11.2 mmHg, 500 mmol l−1) was partially compensated for by accumulation of plasma HCO3−. The degree of pH compensation depended on the salinity of the environmental water, being about 61, 82 and 88% at 3, 100 and 300 mmol l−1 Na+ and Cl−, respectively. [HCO3−] in animals acclimated to 100 and 500 mmol l−1 rose to higher values than that in fish at 3 mmol l−1. Plasma [Cl−] decreased during hypercapnia as compared to control concentrations in all groups of fish. Plasma [Na+] rose during the first 8 h of hypercapnia in fish acclimated to all three salinities, but recovered towards control values during the remainder of hypercapnia. The rise in plasma [HCO3−] was significantly related to the fall in plasma [Cl−], whereas the changes in plasma [Na+] were unaffected by simultaneous changes in plasma [HCO3−]. Time courses of changes in plasma [Na+] and total ammonia concentration, [Tamm], were similar but in opposite directions. The transepithelial potential (TEP) of blood relative to water was negative, close to zero and positive, averaging −21, −5.8 and +6.2 mV for fish acclimated to 3, 100 and 300 mmol l−1 Na+, respectively. After initiation of hypercapnia, which caused a quite heterogeneous response among groups, a clear trend towards depolarization was observed during the remainder of hypercapnia. These results confirm the role of active HCO3−/Cl− exchange processes for the compensation of extracellular pH during respiratory acidoses in fish.


1957 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-637
Author(s):  
Herbert P Jacobi ◽  
Anthony J Barak ◽  
Meyer Beber

Abstract The Co2 combining power bears a variable relationship to the in vivo plasma bicarbonate concentration, depending upon the type and severity of acid-base distortion. In respiratory alkalosis and metabolic acidosis the Co2 combining power will usually be greater than the in vivo plasma bicarbonate concentration; whereas, in respiratory acidosis and metabolic alkalosis the Co2 combining power will usually be less. Co2 content, on the other hand, will always parallel the in vivo plasma bicarbonate concentration quite closely, being only slightly greater. These facts, together with other considerations which are discussed, recommend the abandonment of the determination of CO2 combining power.


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