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Carbonic anhydrase and cardiac pH regulation.

Membrane-bound carbonic anhydrase ( CA) has recently been identified in mammalian cardiac tissue. In this study, we have investigated the histochemical location and functional role of CA in the ferret heart. Heart sections stained by a modified Hansson's technique showed CA to be located on capillary endothelial membranes as well as on sarcolemmal membranes. In the Langendorff-perfused heart, washout of CO2 brought about by switching perfusion between 25 mM HCO3(-)-5% CO2-buffered solution and nominally HCO3(-)-CO2-free solution caused a transient rise in intracellular pH (pHi) measured by the chemical shift of 2-deoxy-D-glucose 6-phosphate with 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The initial rate of change of pHi, measured over the first 60-75 s of CO2 efflux, was significantly reduced from 0.41 +/- 0.03 pH units/min (n = 9) in control hearts to 0.28 +/- 0.02 pH units/min (n = 5) in the presence of the membrane-permeable CA inhibitor 6-ethoxzolamide (P < 0.05 compared with control) and to 0.22 +/- 0.04 pH units/min (n = 5) in the presence of the membrane-impermeable CA inhibitor CL-11,366 (P < 0.01 compared with control). After reperfusion of the ischemic myocardium, both CA inhibitors caused a significant slowing of initial rate of change in pH (and initial rate of recovery of contractile function) compared with control hearts. These results suggest that CA, by facilitating the hydration-dehydration of CO2-H2CO3, alters the relative concentrations of CO2 inside and outside the cells, thus enhancing the rate of CO2 transfer from the intracellular to extracellular compartments, which contributes significantly to pHi recovery after reperfusion of the ischemic myocardium.[1]

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  1. Carbonic anhydrase and cardiac pH regulation. Vandenberg, J.I., Carter, N.D., Bethell, H.W., Nogradi, A., Ridderstråle, Y., Metcalfe, J.C., Grace, A.A. Am. J. Physiol. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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