title: Effects of acid-base variables on in vitro hepatic metabolism in rainbow trout.
abstract: The effects of hypercapnia (1% CO2), and the independent effects of changes in extracellular pH (pHe), PCO2 and [HCO3-] on intracellular pH (measured by the DMO method) and lactate metabolism (measured by utilization of 14C-labelled lactate), were examined in rainbow trout hepatocytes in vitro. Simulated uncompensated hypercapnia (high PCO2, low pHe, moderately increased [HCO3-] led to a substantial depression in the production of CO2 (44%) and glucose (51%) from lactate. In simulated compensated hypercapnia (high PCO2, normal pHe, high [HCO3-], metabolism was still significantly inhibited (18-33%). Subsequent multifactorial design experiments determined that variations in PCO2, pH and [HCO3-] independently affected metabolism; increased PCO2 and decreased pH inhibited metabolism, but increased [HCO3-] stimulated metabolism. These results are interpreted in terms of the effects of acid-base variables on enzymatic and transport pathways, and the possible causes of decreased hepatic glycogen stores during in vivo hypercapnia are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000494:pharmacology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014337:Trout
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D007773:Lactates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide