title: An energy-dependent, sodium-independent component of active p-aminohippurate transport in rabbit renal cortex.
abstract: 1. The relation between the coupling of metabolic energy to renal p-aminohippurate (PAH) accumulation and Na+-K+ transport was studied in rabbit cortical slices. 2. Cyanide (CN-), 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) and fluoride (F-( at low-medium concentrations, giving rise to a slight decline of tissue ATP concentration, caused a reduction o PAH accumulation without significantly affecting intracellular Na+ and K+ concentrations. However, higher levels of the metabolic inhibitors also resulted in considerable inhibition of active Na+-K+ transport. 3. The rate of carrier-mediated PAH uptake was slow under anaerobic conditions, relative to that measured under aerobic conditions in Na+-depleted slices. In the latter case the maximal accumulation achieved was only 1.55 +/- 0.16. 4. The uptake rate of PAH under anaerobic conditions was not inhibited by the absence of Na+ or addition of metabolic inhibitors in the concentrations used under aerobic conditions. 5. It is concluded that although Na+ is required for the attainment of high accumulation ratios of PAH, oxidative metabolism stimulates PAH flux by a Na+-independent mechanism.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000332:Aerobiosis; D000618:Aminohippuric Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D003486:Cyanides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004140:Dinitrophenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009840:Oligomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000618:Aminohippuric Acids; D003486:Cyanides; D004140:Dinitrophenols; D009840:Oligomycins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D010130:p-Aminohippuric Acid