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The effect of ethacrynic acid on fluid and electrolyte transport by the guinea pig gallbladder was investigated in vitro. 10−4M ethacrynic acid, applied to the serosal side, inhibited fluid and sodium chloride absorption. The reduction in salt absorption was accounted for by a 3 μEq/cm2h decrease in the unidirectional fluxes of Na and Cl from mucosa to serosa with no change in the fluxes from serosa to mucosa. Ethacrynic acid (10−4 M) had no effect on HCO3−Cl exchange, PGE1-induced fluid secretion and inulin permeability. At 10−3 M, ethacrynic acid markedly increased both the serosa to mucosa fluxes of Na and Cl, and the inulin permeability. Examination by light and electron microscopy of gallbladder tissue treated with 10−3 M ethacrynic acid revealed large intracellular vacuoles and occasionally ruptured apical cell membranes. Only slight morphological changes were seen by 10−4 M ethacrynic acid with no changes in the controls and ouabain treated gallbladders. The effects of ethacrynic acid are remarkably different from those of furosemide which has been previously shown to inhibit only the HCO3 secretion leaving fluid and NaCl absorption unchanged.
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This work was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft given to the Sonderforschungsbereich 160. “Eigenschaften biologischer Membranen”, Projekt C2
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Petersen, KU., Heintze, K., Busch, L.C. et al. Effects of ethacrynic acid on electrolyte and fluid transport by the guinea pig gallbladder. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 309, 287–294 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00504762
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