Proximal tubule specific knockout of the Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3: effects on bicarbonate absorption and ammonium excretion
Li H, Du Z, Barone S, Rubera I, McDonough A, Tauc M, Zahedi K, Wang T, Soleimani M. Proximal tubule specific knockout of the Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3: effects on bicarbonate absorption and ammonium excretion. Journal Of Molecular Medicine 2013, 91: 951-963. PMID: 23508938, PMCID: PMC3730089, DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1015-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKO miceMetabolic acidosisBicarbonate reabsorptionAcid loadNHE3 knockout miceProximal tubule NHE3Mild metabolic acidosisCre transgenic miceExchanger NHE3NH4Cl acid loadMicroperfusion studiesWT miceKnockout miceFloxed miceTransgenic micePathophysiologic statesExcretion rateBicarbonate absorptionNH4Cl loadingMutant miceVolume reabsorptionWestern blotMiceSpecific knockoutAbsorption defect