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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Papillary and surface micropuncture was used to assess the effects of a chronic metabolic acidosis on the renal tubular handling of ammonium by surface nephrons, juxtamedullary nephrons, and the terminal segment of collecting duct. Rats chronically fed ammonium chloride had an expected decline in arterial pH and bicarbonate concentration associated with a doubling in the amount of ammonium excreted and a decline in urine pH. The glomerular filtration rate and absolute delivery of water and sodium to micropuncture sites of surface and deep nephrons was not measurably altered. Ammonium delivery to the end of the proximal tubule increased from 853+/-102% to 1,197+/-142% (SE) of the filtered load of ammonium after the induction of metabolic acidosis. This increase was due to a rise in tubular fluid ammonium content from 2.31+/-0.23 to 4.06+/-0.28 mM/liter. After the induction of acidosis, absolute and fractional delivery of ammonium ion to the end of the distal tubule was less than to the end of the accessible portion of the proximal tubule. These findings indicate that ammonium is lost in the intervening segment.Ammonium handling by deep nephrons was profoundly affected by acid loading. Absolute delivery to the bend of the loop of Henle increased twofold while fractional delivery rose from 1,222+/-108% to 1,780+/-132% of the filtered ammonium. This was due to a marked increase in ammonia entry. During acidosis, ammonium delivery to the terminal segment of the collecting duct was doubled (709+/-137% in controls vs. 1,415+/-150% in acidosis, P < 0.005) but did not change between proximal and tip collecting duct sites. In both groups of animals delivery of ammonium to the terminal segment of the collecting duct was greater than to end distal tubular micropuncture sites suggesting that ammonia entry occurred between these two sites. The differences in delivery was greater after the induction of a metabolic acidosis (887+/-140% vs. 384+/-144%, P < 0.05). Thus, the present study indicates that deep nephrons contribute to the adaptive increase in ammonium excretion seen during the induction of metabolic acidosis. The data also suggest that ammonia leaves the nephrons at a site(s) along the loop of Henle to enter the collecting duct and that the induction of a metabolic acidosis enhances this reentry.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Ammonium handling by superficial and juxtamedullary nephrons in the rat. Evidence for an ammonia shunt between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't