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Effect of luminal angiotensin II on ammonia production and secretion by mouse proximal tubules

G. T. Nagami
Department of Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Los Angeles 90073, USA.

Angiotensin II is an important regulator of acid-base and ammonia metabolism in the proximal tubule. Because angiotensin II receptors exist on the apical membrane and because luminal fluid angiotensin II concentrations may be substantial, the effects of luminal angiotensin II on ammonia production rates and net luminal total ammonia (tNH3) secretion rates were examined in dissected mouse S2 proximal tubule segments. Ammonia production rates reflected the total release of ammonia via the basolateral and luminal aspects of the tubule, whereas net luminal secretion rates reflected the rates at which ammonia left the tubule via the luminal fluid leaving the distal end of the perfused segment. The results demonstrated that 1) luminal angiotensin II affected tNH3 production in a concentration-dependent fashion, 2) luminal angiotensin II at concentrations that stimulated tNH3 production could counteract the effect of inhibitory basolateral concentrations of angiotensin II, 3) the stimulation of tNH3 production and the rise in intracellular calcium concentration induced by 10(-10) M luminal angiotensin II were blocked by the addition of an angiotensin II receptor inhibitor, saralasin, or the calcium channel blocker nifedipine to the luminal perfusion solution, and 4) in contrast to basolateral angiotensin II, which inhibited net luminal tNH3 secretion, luminal angiotensin II stimulated amiloride-sensitive net luminal tNH3 secretion in parallel with stimulation of luminal fluid acidification. Thus luminal angiotensin II at physiological and superphysiological concentrations has important effects on ammonia production and transport in the proximal tubule that in some ways differ from the effects of basolateral angiotensin II.

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