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. 1978 Apr;61(4):981–986. doi: 10.1172/JCI109023

Inhibition of the Bicarbonate Exit Step in Urinary Acidification by a Disulfonic Stilbene

Loren H Cohen 1, Allan Mueller 1, Philip R Steinmetz 1
PMCID: PMC372616  PMID: 26696

Abstract

Acidification of the luminal solution by the isolated turtle bladder involves H+ secretion by a pump at the luminal membrane. The OH− dissociated in this process reacts with CO2 and forms HCO3− which moves passively out of the cell across the serosal cell membrane. In the present study, this exit step for HCO3− was inhibited by serosal addition of the disulfonic stilbene, SITS, an agent which is thought to bind to a transport protein at the serosal cell membrane. 90 min after serosal addition of 0.5 mM SITS, H+ secretion decreased by > 80%. In contrast, luminal addition of SITS had no effect. During inhibition of H+ secretion by serosal SITS, overall cell pH, measured by the 5, 5-dimethyl-2, 3-oxazolidinedione method, increased from 7.48±0.03 to 7.61±0.02. This increase of 0.13±0.02 pH U was associated with a much larger regional pH increase as judged from the decrement in the attainable pH gradient across the epithelium. After serosal SITS, this gradient was reduced from 2.88±0.06 to 2.09±0.11 pH U. In the absence of evidence for increased H+ permeability or a change in the force of the H+ pump, the gradient decrement of 0.79±0.08 U reflects a similar pH increment on the cytoplasmic side of the pump.

SITS inhibits the exit of bicarbonate across the serosal cell membrane and, thereby, creates a compartment of high alkalinity in series with the pump. The increased electrochemical gradient across the active transport pathway is the primary factor in the inhibition of urinary acidification.

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