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  • Title: Low oxygen cost of carbonic anhydrase-dependent sodium reabsorption in the dog kidney.
    Author: Ostensen J, Stokke ES, Hartmann A, Wensell K, Kiil F.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Scand; 1989 Oct; 137(2):189-98. PubMed ID: 2515751.
    Abstract:
    To examine the oxygen requirement of carbonic anhydrase-dependent sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule, 18 anaesthetized dogs were studied under conditions of saturated distal NaCl reabsorption; the latter was accomplished by volume expansion (all groups) combined with infusion of loop diuretics (groups 1 and 3). Acetazolamide reduced HCO3- reabsorption by 602 +/- 32 mumol min-1 (55%, group 1) and by 777 +/- 103 mumol min-1 (66%, group 2). This was accompanied with a reduction in sodium reabsorption and oxygen consumption in a molar delta Na/delta O2 ratio of about 45 in both groups of dogs. The delta HCO3/delta O2 ratio averaged 16 +/- 1, which was not significantly different from the theoretical value of 18 expected for transcellular sodium transport by Na+, K+-ATPase. Mannitol (group 3) reduced NaCl reabsorption by 37 +/- 2% without affecting NaHCO3 reabsorption or oxygen consumption significantly. We conclude that carbonic anhydrase-dependent NaCl reabsorption in the proximal tubules is passive, and that NaHCO3 reabsorption is the only important active sodium transport which is sensitive to inhibition of carbonic anhydrase.
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