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Electrophysiological analysis of sodium-transport in the colon of the frog (Rana esculenta)

Modulation of apical membrane properties by antidiuretic hormone

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Sodium transport and apical bioelectrical membrane properties were investigated in frog colonic epithelium in the absence and presence of the antidiuretic hormone arginine-vasotocin (AVT). Apical Na-permeability and intracellular Na-activity were evaluated by analysis of current-voltage relationships in the serosally K-depolarized tissue. Tissue- and apical membrane capacitance were measured by voltages step analysis. The frog colon was found to be a tight epithelium with a transepithelial resistance of 2.63±0.25 kω·μF (n=17). 85–90% of short circuit current (11.2±1.1 μA·μF·l−1;n=17) was related to electrogenic Na-transport from mucosa to serosa. Graded doses of amiloride (<50 μmol·l−1) induced Michaelis-Menten-type inhibition kinetics. Serosal addition of 10−6 mol·l−1 AVT induced a significant increase in sodium current (25%), apical sodium permeability (19%) and tissue capacitance (4.3%) whereas intracellular Na-activity remained unchanged. There was a good correlation between increased Na-current and apical Na-permeability. No correlation was found between Na-current and membrane capacitance. Our results demonstrate that in contrast to other species the amphibian colon shows a natriferic reaction to AVT. We suggest that the regulation of Na-transport in frog colon is similar to that in the toad urinary bladder. It is caused by an activation of preexisting apical Na-channels and not by fusion of subapical cytoplasmic vesicles with the apical membrane.

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Krattenmacher, R., Clauss, W. Electrophysiological analysis of sodium-transport in the colon of the frog (Rana esculenta). Pflugers Arch. 411, 606–612 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580855

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