Cation Transport by Slices from the Isolated Perfused Rat Liver

Abstract

Isolated livers from fed rats were perfused for 1 h with a medium consisting of Krebs–Ringer bicarbonate buffer with added albumin and glucose. Rates of perfusate and bile flow, differences in [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and pH, and glucose and potassium efflux were measured. Rewarmed slices of liver taken before the surgical preparation and before the perfusion were found to be able to reverse a cation shift imposed by cold incubation. Slices of liver taken after one perfusion were not able to effect this expected cation transport. It is proposed that the perfusate used was not ideal as evidenced by the altered membrane function of slices after perfusion.