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Induction of intercalated cell changes in rat pups from acid- and alkali-loaded mothers. 1993

R Narbaitz, and V K Kapal, and D Z Levine

Department of Anatomy, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

We evaluated the effects of acid-base changes in pregnant and lactating dams on intercalated cell morphology and populations in newborn and 2-wk-old rats. Collecting ducts were studied with transmission electron microscopy with intercalated cells identified by the presence of 10-nm studs in the cytoplasmic face of apical membranes (A-type intercalated cells) or basolateral membranes (B-type intercalated cells). In newborn and 2-wk-old pups from dams with metabolic alkalosis, there was a significantly larger percentage of B-type intercalated cells and a smaller percentage of A-type intercalated cells. Acid loading with NH4Cl, however, did not produce an increase in the percentage of A-type intercalated cells, but reduced the percentage of B-type intercalated cells. We conclude that maternal metabolic alkalosis is associated with an increase in the percentage of B-type intercalated cells, suggesting that the initial differentiation of intercalated cells is responsive to maternal acid-base disturbances.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007685	Kidney Tubules, Collecting	Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved ends of the distal convoluted tubules. In the medulla the collecting tubules of each pyramid converge to join a central tube (duct of Bellini) which opens on the summit of the papilla.	Kidney Collecting Ducts,Kidney Collecting Duct,Collecting Duct, Kidney,Collecting Ducts, Kidney
D007774	Lactation	The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN.	Lactation, Prolonged,Milk Secretion,Lactations, Prolonged,Milk Secretions,Prolonged Lactation,Prolonged Lactations
D008854	Microscopy, Electron	Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.	Electron Microscopy
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011248	Pregnancy Complications	Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases.	Adverse Birth Outcomes,Complications, Pregnancy,Adverse Birth Outcome,Birth Outcome, Adverse,Complication, Pregnancy,Outcome, Adverse Birth,Pregnancy Complication
D002452	Cell Count	The number of CELLS of a specific kind, usually measured per unit volume or area of sample.	Cell Density,Cell Number,Cell Counts,Cell Densities,Cell Numbers,Count, Cell,Counts, Cell,Densities, Cell,Density, Cell,Number, Cell,Numbers, Cell
D005260	Female		Females
D000137	Acid-Base Imbalance	Disturbances in the ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM of the body.	Acid Base Imbalance,Acid-Base Imbalances,Imbalance, Acid-Base,Imbalances, Acid-Base
D000471	Alkalosis	A pathological condition that removes acid or adds base to the body fluids.	Alkaloses
D000643	Ammonium Chloride	An acidifying agent that has expectorant and diuretic effects. Also used in etching and batteries and as a flux in electroplating.	Sal Ammoniac,Ammoniac, Sal,Chloride, Ammonium