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Glutamine transport in renal basolateral vesicles from dogs with metabolic acidosis

D. W. Windus, D. E. Cohn, S. Klahr and M. R. Hammerman

To determine whether the increased ammonia production per nephron in chronic metabolic acidosis is accompanied by augmented L-glutamine transport across the basolateral membrane of the renal cortical cell and consequent increased availability of this ammoniagenic amino acid, we measured L-[3H]glutamine transport in basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMV) isolated from kidneys of normal and acidotic dogs. Na+ -dependent electrogenic transport of L-[3H]glutamine was demonstrated in BLMV from kidneys of normal dogs that exhibited saturability over the concentration range of 25 microM to 2 mM L-glutamine. The apparent Km was 416 +/- 114 microM and Vmax was 536 +/- 129 pmol X mg protein-1 X 15 s-1. The initial rate of Na+ -dependent L-[3H]glutamine transport was increased in BLMV from kidneys of acidotic dogs, as reflected by an increased apparent Vmax. We conclude that an adaptation resulting in greater uptake of L-glutamine across the basolateral membrane of the renal cortical cell may underlie, in part, the increased rate of ammonia production per nephron seen in chronic metabolic acidosis.

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