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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 262: F878-F884, 1992;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 262, Issue 5 878-F884, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Growth hormone regulates ammoniagenesis in canine renal proximal tubule segments

M. C. Chobanian, C. M. Julin, K. H. Molteni and P. C. Brazy
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison 53792.

To determine whether growth hormone (GH) directly affects ammoniagenesis in the renal proximal tubule, ammonia production was measured in suspensions of isolated canine renal proximal tubule segments (IPTs) incubated with 2.5 mM L-glutamine and varying concentrations of human growth hormone (hGH). Ammonia production from IPTs significantly increased by nearly threefold in the presence of hGH (10(-6) M) at 60 min. This increase was dose dependent, with as little as 10(-9) M hGH significantly stimulating ammonia production. In addition, hGH enhanced glucose production when lactate, alanine, and succinate replaced L-glutamine as substrate. hGH significantly stimulated ammonia production when IPTs were incubated at alkalotic and neutral pH. The effect of hGH was lost at acidic pH. When hGH was added to IPTs incubated under Na(+)-equilibrated conditions, ammonia production was not different from control. hGH stimulated ouabain-sensitive Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) activity by 8.1 +/- 1.1% in basolateral membranes isolated from IPTs. hGH stimulation of proximal tubule ammonia production from L-glutamine occurs at physiological concentrations of hGH and when the extracellular-to-intracellular Na+ gradient favors L-glutamine transport. This effect is associated with an increase in basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. The data suggest a role for hGH in the regulation of renal acid-base metabolism under physiological conditions in which increased net acid excretion is important.


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