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cAMP-dependent secretagogues stimulate the NaHCO3 cotransporter in the villous epithelium of the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

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In the ileum of the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, fluid secretion appears to be driven by electrogenic HCO3 − secretion. Consistent with this, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator is expressed in the apical membrane of the ileal epithelial cells and the pancreatic or secretory variant of the NaHCO3 cotransporter in the basolateral membrane. This suggests that in the possum ileum, electrogenic HCO3 − secretion is driven by basolateral NaHCO3 cotransporter (NBC) activity. To determine if the NBC contributes to HCO3 − secretion in the possum ileum, intracellular pH (pHi) measurements in isolated villi were used to demonstrate NBC activity in the ileal epithelial cells and investigate the effect of cAMP-dependent secretagogues. In CO2/HCO3 −-free solutions, recovery of the epithelial cells from an acid load was Na+-dependent and ≈80% inhibited by ethyl-isopropyl-amiloride (EIPA, 10 µmol L−1), indicative of the presence of an Na+/H+ exchanger, most likely NHE1. However, in the presence of CO2/HCO3 −, EIPA only inhibited ≈ 50% of the recovery, the remainder was inhibited by 4,4′-diisothiocyano-2,2′-stilbenedisulfonic acid (DIDS, 500 µmol L−1), indicative of NBC activity. Under steady-state conditions, NHE1 inhibition by EIPA had little effect on pHi in the presence or absence of secretagogues, but NBC inhibition with DIDS resulted in a rapid acidification of the cells, which was increased fivefold by secretagogues. These data demonstrate the functional activity of an NaHCO3 cotransporter in the ileal epithelial cells. Furthermore, the stimulation of NBC activity by secretagogues is consistent with the involvement of an NaHCO3 cotransporter in electrogenic HCO3 − secretion.

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This work was supported by a University of Otago Research Grant, and grants from the Foundation for Research Science and Technology, the Animal Health Board Inc., and the National Centre for Possum Biocontrol.

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Chao, PC., Butt, A.G. cAMP-dependent secretagogues stimulate the NaHCO3 cotransporter in the villous epithelium of the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula . J Comp Physiol B 187, 1019–1028 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-017-1063-z

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