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J Appl Physiol 66: 2181-2188, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 5 2181-2188, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of hypercapnia on brain pHi and phosphate metabolite regulation by 31P-NMR

M. Nishimura, D. C. Johnson, B. M. Hitzig, P. Okunieff and H. Kazemi
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.

The ability of brain cells to regulate intracellular pH (pHi) and several phosphate metabolites was evaluated during 1 h of hypercapnia (inspiratory CO2 fraction of 0.10 and 0.05) in anesthetized rats by 31P high-field (145.6 MHz) nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Body temperature was maintained at 37 +/- 0.5 degrees C. Fully relaxed spectra were obtained for controls and 30-50 min after CO2 loading and CO2 withdrawal. Spectra were taken serially every 2.5 min after gas mixtures were changed. Brain pHi decreased 0.10 +/- 0.02 units [7.06 +/- 0.01 (SE)] to 6.96 +/- 0.01 (P less than 0.001) after 30-50 min of 10% CO2 breathing, and arterial pH decreased 0.24 +/- 0.01 units. Brain pHi decreased by 0.045 +/- 0.01 units (7.05 +/- 0.01 to 7.01 +/- 0.01, P less than 0.05) during 5% CO2 breathing. Brain pHi returned to control values after 30-50 min of CO2 washout in both groups. In three of six animals breathing 10% CO2, there was an undershoot in brain pHi by 0.07-0.09 units between 2.5 and 20 min of hypercapnia. Three animals exhibited an overshoot in pHi by 0.06-0.11 units between 7.5 and 17.5 min during CO2 washout. Phosphocreatine-to-Pi and Pi-to-beta-ATP ratios changed during hypercapnia and returned to base line after withdrawal of CO2. The findings of a smaller brain pHi change than arterial pH change and undershoots and overshoots in pHi support the view that pHi regulation involves active processes such as transmembrane ion transport.


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