title: Critical role of bicarbonate in calcium release from bone.
abstract: Calcium release from cultured bone is pH dependent; net calcium flux (JCa) from bone increases with decreasing pH. At a similar decrement in pH there is greater JCa when acidosis is produced by a low medium bicarbonate concentration ([HCO3-]), a model of metabolic acidosis (Met), compared with an increased medium PCO2, a model of respiratory acidosis (Resp). To separate the role of [HCO3-] from that of pH in inducing JCa we cultured calvariae for 3 h under three different neutral (pH approximately 7.4) isohydric environments [control (Ctl), fully compensated Met (C-Met), or fully compensated Resp (C-Resp)] and two different acid (pH approximately 7.1) isohydric environments (Met or Resp). During neutral pH (Ctl, C-Met, and C-Resp) there was JCa from bone during C-Met (decreased [HCO3-]), no net flux during Ctl (normal [HCO3-]), and JCa into bone during C-Resp (increased [HCO3-]); and JCa was correlated inversely with [HCO3-] (r = -0.824, n = 36, P less than 0.001). During acid pH there was greater JCa from bone during Met (decreased [HCO3-]) than during Resp (normal [HCO3-]); and JCa was again correlated inversely with [HCO3-] (r = -0.848, n = 22, P less than 0.001). JCa from bone during Met and Resp was greater than C-Met and C-Resp, respectively. The addition of the osteoclastic inhibitor salmon calcitonin did not alter the relative JCa results. Thus at a constant pH the magnitude of JCa from cultured neonatal mouse calvariae appears dependent on the [HCO3-]; the lower the [HCO3-], the greater the calcium efflux.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bushinsky
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Sessler
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002118:Calcium