The effect of pH and hypoxia on function and intracellular pH of the rat diaphragm

Respiration Physiology
C D Shee, I R Cameron

Abstract

We studied the relationship between contractile function and intracellular pH (pHi) in the isolated rat diaphragm when superfusate PCO2 was changed during hyperoxia or hypoxia. Superfused diaphragm strips were field stimulated at 0.5 Herz, and twitch tension (TT) was recorded. The pHi was calculated from the volume distribution of a weak acid, dimethyl-oxazolidinedione. In hyperoxia, hypercapnic acidosis (pH 7.06-6.63) depressed diaphragm pHi and TT, whereas hypocapnic alkalosis (pH 7.82-8.15) increased pHi but did not significantly affect TT. TT was maximum at physiological pHi (7.06), but in hyperoxic hypercapnic muscles substantial force was still generated at pHi values as low as 6.44. Hypoxia (PO2 30-38 mm Hg) markedly reduced TT; this effect was slightly exacerbated by hypercapnia and attenuated by hypocapnia. Hypoxia lowered pHi by about 0.2 units, which was insufficient to account for the hypoxic contractile failure. Knowledge of the hyperoxic muscle TT/pHi relationship suggests that, in other contexts, caution should be exercised in attributing severe muscle fatigue or force loss to modest falls in pHi.

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