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Original Article

Effect of Bicarbonate, Acetate, and Citrate on Water and Sodium Movement in Normal and Cholera Toxin-Treated Rat Small Intestine

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Pages 1-8 | Received 22 Aug 1988, Accepted 08 Sep 1988, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Rolston DDK, Kelly MJ, Borodo MM, Dawson AM, Farthing MJG. Effect of bicarbonate, acetate, and citrate on water and sodium movement in normal and cholera toxin-treated rat small intestine. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989, 24, 1–8

Bicarbonate, citrate, or acetate are commonly included in oral rehydration solutions to correct acidosis and possibly because of their ability to promote water and sodium absorption. We have investigated the effect of these anions on water and sodium transport in normal and also in secreting (cholera toxin-treated) rat small intestine using a single-pass perfusion technique. in normal jejunum bicarbonate and acetate produced net absorption, and citrate net secretion of both water and sodium. in normal ileum all anions produced net absorption of water and sodium. in the secreting jejunum, however, bicarbonate had no effect on water and sodium secretion, whereas acetate and citrate actually enhanced the secretory state for both water and sodium. None of these anions had any effect on water and sodium secretion in the ileum. These observations suggest that normal and secreting intestine are qualitatively different with regard to handling of these organic anions. the addition, therefore, of bicarbonate, acetate, or citrate to oral rehydration solutions may have no beneficial effect with regard to the promotion of water and sodium absorption in the secreting intestine during acute diarrhoeal states and could actually he deleterious.

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