title: Adaptation to respiratory acidosis in the turtle bladder.
abstract: The effect of in vivo respiratory acidosis for 4 and 48 hr was examined in the turtle bladder by placing turtles in hypercapnic chambers. Blood pH was significantly lowered and pCO2 was significantly elevated over control values both 4 and 48 hr, while blood bicarbonate was only increased after 48 hr. In vitro rates for H+ secretion determined by the reverse short-circuit current were significantly greater in bladders from 48 hr of respiratory acidosis than those of controls (27.3 +/- 2.7 vs 20.6 +/- 1.7 microA, P less than 0.05). In vitro rates for HCO3- secretion determined by pH stat were not altered. Fluorescence microscopy was used to study cell morphology. The number of carbonic anhydrase cells (corrected for the total number of cells) as determined by four different fluorescence stains (6-carboxyfluorescein, rhodamine 123, acridine orange, and 3,3'-diethyloxacarbocyaninine iodide) was increased both after 4 and 48 hr of respiratory acidosis. However, the number of HCO3(-)-secreting (beta subtype) carbonic anhydrase cells, determined by a probe for the anion exchanger, NBD-taurine, was not increased. In vitro 1% CO2 for 4 hr also resulted in an increase in H+ secretion and in the number of 6-carboxyfluorescein-positive cells, both of which could be blocked with SITS pretreatment. We conclude that CO2 changes the mucosal cells more toward the carbonic anhydrase phenotype, and that if NBD-taurine accurately identifies the beta cells, that the adaptation produces or recruits more alpha-carbonic anhydrase cells.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kniaz
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Arruda
mesh_terms: D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000032:analysis; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D014426:Turtles; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases