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Testosterone modulates renal ammonia metabolism

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 318, 期 4, 页码 F922-F935

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AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00560.2019

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acid-base; ammonia; androgen receptor; sex differences; testosterone

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  1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease [R01-DK-045788, R01-DK-107798, 5-T32-DK-104721, K08-DK-120873]

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There are substantial sex differences in renal structure and ammonia metabolism that correlate with differences in expression of proteins involved in ammonia generation and transport. This study determined the role of testis -derived testosterone in these differences. We studied 4-mo-old male C57BL/6 mice 4 and 8 wk after either bilateral orchiectomy (ORCH) or sham-operated control surgery and determined the effect of testosterone replacement to reverse the effects of ORCH. Finally, we determined the cellular expression of androgen receptor (AR), testosterone's canonical target receptor. ORCH decreased kidney and proximal tubule size, and testosterone replacement reversed this effect. ORCH increased ammonia excretion in a testosterone -dependent fashion; this occurred despite similar food intake, which is the primary component of endogenous acid production. ORCH increased expression of both phosphoenolpyruvate, a major ammonia -generating protein, and Na+K -20. cotransporter, which mediates thick ascending limb ammonia reabsorption; these changes were reversed with testosterone replacement. Orchiectomy also decreased expression of Na'/H+ exchanger isoform 3, which mediates proximal tubule ammonia secretion, in a testosterone -dependent pattern. Finally, ARs are expressed throughout the proximal tubule in both the male and female kidney. Testosterone, possibly acting through ARs, has dramatic effects on kidney and proximal tubule size and decreases ammonia excretion through its effects on several key proteins involved in ammonia metabolism.

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