Effects of bile salts on energy metabolism and acid secretion by the isolated toad gastric mucosa.

The effects of bile salts on energy metabolism and acid secretion were investigated in the amphibian gastric mucosa in vitro. Serosal exposure to deoxycholate (0.2-2 mM), cholate (2-8 mM), or taurocholate (4-80 mM), at pH 7.4, decreased acid secretion depending on the concentration and time of exposure. Mucosal application of cholate and taurocholate at pH 5.6 caused a more pronounced reduction in the apparent rate of acid secretion. Oxygen uptake and substrate oxidations were significantly inhibited by bile salts in a dose-dependent manner. At pH 7.4, 1 mM deoxycholate inhibited the respiration by 49% and the rates of oxidation by 51%, 52%, 78%, 74%, and 54% of control values, for glucose, pyruvate, succinate, acetate, and butyrate, respectively. Cholate and taurocholate were found to be less potent than deoxycholate. Tissue adenosine triphosphate concentration was decreased by 13%, 57%, and 67% with 0.5, 1, and 2 mM deoxycholate, respectively. We believe the impairment of energy metabolism could be involved in the mechanism of bile salt injury to the gastric mucosa.