AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 2 218-F226, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanism of acidification along cortical distal tubule of the rat

R. Fernandez, M. J. Lopes, R. F. de Lira, W. F. Dantas, E. J. Cragoe Junior and G. Malnic
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The cellular mechanism of luminal acidification (bicarbonate reabsorption) was studied in cortical distal tubules of rat kidney. The stopped-flow microperfusion technique was applied to early distal (ED) and late distal (LD) segments, perfused with bicarbonate Ringer solution to which specific inhibitors were added, to measure bicarbonate reabsorption [HCO3 flux (JHCO3)]. pH and transepithelial potential difference (Vt) were recorded by double-barreled H+ exchange resin/reference (1 M KCl) electrodes. Amiloride increased stationary pH and reduced Vt in both early and late segments. Hexamethylene-amiloride (HMA), a specific Na(+)-H+ exchange blocker, reduced JHCO3 in both segments (ED by 43.6 and LD by 40.3%) without affecting Vt. Benzamil, an Na(+)-channel blocker, reduced Vt by 75.9 in ED and 74.9% in LD but had no significant effect on acidification in both segments. The specific inhibitor of H(+)-ATPase, bafilomycin A1, inhibited LD JHCO3 at a concentration of 2 x 10(-7) M by 49%, but ED was inhibited by 24% only at 2 x 10(-6) M. Sch-28080, an inhibitor of gastric H(+)-K(+)-ATPase, reduced JHCO3 by 35% in LD of K(+)-depleted rats but not in control rats and had no effect on ED. These data indicate that, in ED, bicarbonate reabsorption is mediated mostly by Na(+)-H+ exchange. In LD, there is evidence for contribution of Na(+)-H+ exchange, vacuolar H(+)-ATPase, and H(+)-K(+)-ATPase (in K(+)-depleted rats) to bicarbonate reabsorption.

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