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Title: Exchange of potassium and strontium in adult bone. [Dogs]

Journal Article · · Am. J. Physiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5172863

The kinetics of exchange of strontium (/sup 85/Sr) and potassium (/sup 42/K) were studied in the midtibial cortical bone of 37 adult dogs. After injection of these two tracer cations and tracer-labeled albumin into the tibial nutrient artery, two types of observations were made: 1) collection of sequential venous samples to provide the outflow indicator-dilution curves and to calculate the extraction and retention at early times; and 2) detection of energy-selected gamma emissions via a detector over the tibia to give the time course of content of /sup 42/K and /sup 85/Sr in the tibia. Extractions of K/sup +/ and Sr/sup 2 +/ were 50 and 60% during a single transcapillary passage. More Sr/sup 2 +/ than K/sup +/ was retained in the first minutes. Their rates of washout over a 3-h period were similar. The interpretation is that the rate of uptake at extravascular sites is faster for Sr/sup 2 +/ than for K/sup +/, as is the rate of release, and that the extravascular volume of distribution for Sr/sup 2 +/ (adsorption sites in the interstitium or on bone) is much larger than that for K/sup +/ (intracellular).

Research Organization:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
OSTI ID:
5172863
Journal Information:
Am. J. Physiol.; (United States), Vol. 242:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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