of acidosis-induced increases in calcium on PTH secretion in acute metabolic and respiratory acidosis in the dog. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 286: E780 -E785, 2004. First published January 13, 2004 10.1152/ajpendo.00473.2003.-Recently, we showed that both acute metabolic acidosis and respiratory acidosis stimulate parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion in the dog. To evaluate the specific effect of acidosis, ionized calcium (iCa) was clamped at a normal value. Because iCa values normally increase during acute acidosis, we now have studied the PTH response to acute metabolic and respiratory acidosis in dogs in which the iCa concentration was allowed to increase (nonclamped) compared with dogs with a normal iCa concentration (clamped). Five groups of dogs were studied: control, metabolic (clamped and nonclamped), and respiratory (clamped and nonclamped) acidosis. Metabolic (HCl infusion) and respiratory (hypoventilation) acidosis was progressively induced during 60 min. In the two clamped groups, iCa was maintained at a normal value with an EDTA infusion. Both metabolic and respiratory acidosis increased (P Ͻ 0.05) iCa values in nonclamped groups. In metabolic acidosis, the increase in iCa was progressive and greater (P Ͻ 0.05) than in respiratory acidosis, in which iCa increased by 0.04 mM and then remained constant despite further pH reductions. The increase in PTH values was greater (P Ͻ 0.05) in clamped than in nonclamped groups (metabolic and respiratory acidosis). In the nonclamped metabolic acidosis group, PTH values first increased and then decreased from peak values when iCa increased by Ͼ0.1 mM. In the nonclamped respiratory acidosis group, PTH values exceeded (P Ͻ 0.05) baseline values only after iCa values stopped increasing at a pH of 7.30. For the same increase in iCa in the nonclamped groups, PTH values increased more in metabolic acidosis. In conclusion, 1) both metabolic acidosis and respiratory acidosis stimulate PTH secretion; 2) the physiological increase in the iCa concentration during the induction of metabolic and respiratory acidosis reduces the magnitude of the PTH increase; 3) in metabolic acidosis, the increase in the iCa concentration can be of sufficient magnitude to reverse the increase in PTH values; and 4) for the same degree of acidosis-induced hypercalcemia, the increase in PTH values is greater in metabolic than in respiratory acidosis.hypercalcemia; metabolic acidosis; parathyroid hormone; respiratory acidosis BESIDES ITS WELL-KNOWN EFFECT on calcium homeostasis, parathyroid hormone (PTH) has also been associated with changes in the acid-base status. In 1970, Wills (26) suggested that PTH-induced bone resorption mobilized phosphate to act as a buffer to neutralize acidosis. In subsequent studies, PTH administration has been shown to increase net acid excretion (14, 24) and induce metabolic alkalosis in dogs and humans by both renal and extrarenal mechanisms (15-17). Because PTH appears to have a role in acid-base homeostasis, it would seem reasonable that acid-base disorders may...