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  • Title: Effects of parathyroid hormone on H+ and NH+4 excretion in toad urinary bladder.
    Author: Frazier LW.
    Journal: J Membr Biol; 1976 Dec 28; 30(2):187-96. PubMed ID: 13223.
    Abstract:
    The urinary bladder of Bufo marinus excretes H+ and NH+4, and the H+ excretion is increased after the animal is placed in metabolic acidosis. The present study was done to determine if parathyroid hormone could stimulate the bladder to increase the excretion of H+ and/or NH+4. Parathyroid hormone added to the serosal solution in a final concentration of 10 mug/ml was found to increase H+ excretion by 50 per cent above the control hemibladders, while there was no effect on NH+4 excretion. Parathyroid hormone had no effect on H+ excretion when added to the mucosal solution. We also performed experiments utilizing theophylline and dibutyryl cyclic AMP which mimicked those of the parathyroid hormone experiments. A dose-response analysis was performed and the results indicate that 1 mug/ml of parathyroid hormone was the minimal effective dose. These results suggest that parathyroid hormone can stimulate H+ excretion in the toad urinary bladder and this effect seems to be mediated by cyclic AMP. In addition, it was found that parathyroid hormone has no effect on NH+4 excretion.
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