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. 1990 Feb;421:475–483. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp017956

Urinary and proximal tubule acidification during reduction of renal blood flow in the rat.

F Jaramillo-Juárez 1, M M Aires 1, G Malnic 1
PMCID: PMC1190096  PMID: 2348400

Abstract

1. The effects of reduction in renal blood flow (RBF) on urinary acidification and proximal tubule H+ ion secretion were studied after partial aortic clamping in rats. 2. Acute reduction of the renal perfusion pressure (from 109 +/- 3.88 to 77.4 +/- 1.05 mmHg) decreased both inulin and PAH (p-aminohippurate) clearances to about one-third of their control values. Absolute levels of urinary sodium excretion also decreased markedly, but fractional sodium excretion did not change significantly. 3. Urine pH and bicarbonate levels were not affected, but titratable acidity increased significantly from 0.12 +/- 0.011 to 0.25 +/- 0.042 muequiv min-1 ml-1 glomerular filtration rate (GFR). During aortic clamping, cortical PCO2 as determined by means of Severinghaus microelectrodes was reduced by a mean value of 7.0 +/- 1.5 mmHg. 4. Proximal tubule acidification kinetics were studied by stationary microperfusion techniques in which the time course of pH changes was monitored by pH microelectrodes. Steady-state pH fell from a mean control value of 6.77 +/- 0.03 to 6.65 +/- 0.02, and stationary bicarbonate concentrations from 4.70 +/- 0.27 to 2.84 +/- 0.18 mM. Acidification half-time decreased from 5.07 +/- 0.30 to 4.39 +/- 0.19 s, and net bicarbonate reabsorption increased from 1.63 +/- 0.14 to 1.99 +/- 0.12 nmol cm-2 s-1, these changes being statistically significant. 5. The experiments demonstrate that both overall acid excretion and proximal acid secretion are not compromised by a large decrease of RBF to about one-third of the control value; titratable acid excretion and proximal net bicarbonate reabsorption were even moderately increased under these conditions.

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