1. The relationship between extracellular pH (pHe), intracellular pH (pHi) and lactate uptake was studied in the isolated perfused rat liver during simulated metabolic acidosis.

2. pHi fell to a considerably less extent than pHe when the latter was decreased from pH 7·4 to 6·7.

3. The liver took up lactate when pHi was greater than 7·0; at lower values of pHi lactate output occurred.

4. The relevance of these observations to the control of hepatic pHi and lactate metabolism is discussed.

Keywords:
lactate, acidosis, intracellular pH, hepatic metabolism, pyruvate carboxylase, lactic acidosis
© 1973 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society
1973
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