BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Hypocitraturia has been associated with metabolic acidosis and mineral disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of urinary acidification defects underlying hypocitraturia. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective observational study included 67 patients (32 men), aged 40.7±15.1 years with hypocitraturia (<1.67 mmol/24-h) and nephrolithiasis,...

Abstract Fluorosis is the most widespread and serious endemic disease in abandoned Yellow River flooding delta of East China. One important causes fluorosis drinking high-fluorine groundwater. In this study, 313 groundwater samples were collected central part to address chemistry high-fluoride groundwater, 33 core from one borehole 150 m depth analyse vertical distribution characteristics total...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-dependent airway epithelial bicarbonate transport is hypothesized to participate in airway surface liquid pH regulation and contribute to lung defense. We measured pH and ionic composition in apical surface liquid (ASL) on polarized normal (NL) and CF primary bronchial epithelial cell cultures under basal conditions, after cAMP sti...

Sodium bicarbonate cotransport was studied in freshly dissociated Müller cells of the salamander retina. Variations in intracellular and extracellular pH evoked extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]o were recorded. Intracellular pH was measured by standard ratio imaging of the pH-sensitive dye BCECF, whereas extracellular pH was monitored by imaging BCECF fixed to coverslips under dissoci...

The effect of angiotensin on HCO3- absorption, fluid absorption, and Na+/K+ ATPase activity in isolated rat proximal straight tubules was investigated. During the control period, tubules absorbed fluid at 0.66 +/- 0.12 nL/mm.min and bicarbonate at 60.2 +/- 10.7 pmol/mm.min. After 10(-10) M angiotensin was added to the bath, tubules absorbed fluid at 0.93 +/- 0.19 nL/mm.min and bicarbonate at 77...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE to evaluate the clinical, hemodynamic, gas analysis and metabolic repercussions of high transient pressures of pneumoperitoneum for a short period of time to ensure greater security for introduction of the first trocar. METHODS sixty-seven patients undergoing laparoscopic procedures were studied and randomly distributed in P12 group: n=30 (intraperitoneal pressure [IP...

In contrast to other vertebrate hemoglobins (Hbs) whose high intrinsic O2 affinities are reduced by red cell allosteric effectors (mainly protons, CO2, organic phosphates, and chloride ions), crocodilian Hbs exhibit low sensitivity to organic phosphates and high sensitivity to bicarbonate (HCO3(-)), which is believed to augment Hb-O2 unloading during diving and postprandial alkaline tides when ...

Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is a source of the second messenger cyclic adenosine 3', 5' monophosphate (cAMP). sAC is directly regulated by bicarbonate (HCO(-) 3) ions. In living cells, HCO(-) 3 ions are in nearly instantaneous equilibrium with carbon dioxide (CO2) and pH due to the ubiquitous presence of carbonic anhydrases. Numerous biological processes are regulated by CO2, HCO(-) 3, and/o...

Regulation of pH is critical for physiological processes. Maintenance of acid-base homeostasis is tightly regulated by the renal and respiratory systems. However, fluctuations in extracellular pH are also sensed by other organ systems. Ion transporter activity to modify the amount of acid (H+ and CO2) and bicarbonate HCO3 is therefore actively maintained within the kidney and lung. This review ...

The term renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is applied to a group of transport defects in the reabsorption of bicarbonate (HCO3 ), the excretion of hydrogen ion (H ), or both. This condition was first described in 1935 (1), confirmed as a renal tubular disorder in 1946 (2), and designated “renal tubular acidosis” in 1951 (3). The RTA syndromes are characterized by a relatively normal GFR and a metabo...