Vibrio choleraeACE stimulates Ca2+-dependent Cl−/HCO3−secretion in T84 cells in vitro

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. C567-C577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Trucksis ◽  
Timothy L. Conn ◽  
Steven S. Wasserman ◽  
Cynthia L. Sears

ACE, accessory cholera enterotoxin, the third enterotoxin in Vibrio cholerae, has been reported to increase short-circuit current ( Isc) in rabbit ileum and to cause fluid secretion in ligated rabbit ileal loops. We studied the ACE-induced change in Iscand potential difference (PD) in T84 monolayers mounted in modified Ussing chambers, an in vitro model of a Cl−secretory cell. ACE added to the apical surface alone stimulated a rapid increase in Iscand PD that was concentration dependent and immediately reversed when the toxin was removed. Ion replacement studies established that the current was dependent on Cl−and HCO3−. ACE acted synergistically with the Ca2+-dependent acetylcholine analog, carbachol, to stimulate secretion in T84 monolayers. In contrast, the secretory response to cAMP or cGMP agonists was not enhanced by ACE. The ACE-stimulated secretion was dependent on extracellular and intracellular Ca2+but was not associated with an increase in intracellular cyclic nucleotides. We conclude that the mechanism of secretion by ACE involves Ca2+as a second messenger and that this toxin stimulates a novel Ca2+-dependent synergy.

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (2) ◽  
pp. G175-G183 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Smith ◽  
D. P. Montzka ◽  
G. P. McCafferty ◽  
M. A. Wasserman ◽  
J. D. Fondacaro

Effects of leukotrienes D4 and E4 (LTD4 and LTE4) on electrolyte transport were examined, employing stripped segments of rat and rabbit ileum mounted in Ussing chambers. Addition of LTD4 or LTE4 to the serosal but not the mucosal bathing solution elicited a transient increase in short-circuit current (Isc) with maximal responses seen at 10(-5) M and 10(-8) M in rat and rabbit respectively and a sustained decrease in transepithelial conductance (Gt) in the rat only. In the rat, Cl replacement, reduction of bathing solution [Ca2+] to 1 microM or pretreatment with 1 microM indomethacin or meclofenamic acid inhibited the LTD4- or LTE4-induced Isc changes with no effect on the decrease in Gt. LTD4 (10 microM) transiently increased net Cl secretion and produced a sustained decrease in both unidirectional and net Na transport and mucosal-to-serosal Cl flux in rat ileum. The decrease in unidirectional Na fluxes is accounted for predominantly by a change in the potential independent flux of Na. These results suggest that the increase in Isc in both rat and rabbit is mediated by arachidonic acid metabolites, whereas the decrease in Gt and net Na absorption in rat ileum is mediated by a cyclooxygenase-independent pathway.


1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (1) ◽  
pp. G103-G109 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. McCabe ◽  
P. L. Smith

Stripped rabbit colonic mucosa was studied in vitro in Ussing chambers to further investigate the role of Ca in regulating K and Cl secretion stimulated by the divalent cation ionophore A23187, prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), or 8-bromo-cAMP (8BrcAMP). To assess the effects of these secretagogues on the paracellular shunt permeability, we measured the Na concentration dependence of the serosal-to-mucosal Na flux in the absence or presence of these stimuli. Results from these studies reveal that changes in net K and Cl secretion produced by secretory stimuli cannot be accounted for by a change in shunt permeability. The possible involvement of Ca in the secretory response of the colon to these stimuli was investigated by measuring the changes in Cl and K transport elicited by A23187, PGE1, or 8BrcAMP in the absence or presence of trifluoperazine (10(-4) M) added to the serosal bathing solution. Trifluoperazine alone did not significantly alter basal Na or Cl fluxes or short-circuit current (Isc) but did decrease transepithelial conductance (Gt) and the serosal-to-mucosal K flux. Pretreatment of the tissues with trifluoperazine significantly reduced or abolished the changes in K fluxes elicited by A23187, 8BrcAMP, or PGE1 without altering the changes in Cl transport, Isc, and Gt. These results suggest that K secretion induced by these secretagogues involves an increase in intracellular Ca concentration and may be mediated by calmodulin.


2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (5) ◽  
pp. G814-G821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bi-Guang Tuo ◽  
Jimmy Y. C. Chow ◽  
Kim E. Barrett ◽  
Jon I. Isenberg

PKC has been shown to regulate epithelial Cl- secretion in a variety of models. However, the role of PKC in duodenal mucosal bicarbonate secretion is less clear. We aimed to investigate the role of PKC in regulation of duodenal mucosal bicarbonate secretion. Bicarbonate secretion by murine duodenal mucosa was examined in vitro in Ussing chambers using a pH-stat technique. PKC isoform expression and activity were assessed by Western blotting and in vitro kinase assays, respectively. PMA (an activator of PKC) alone had no effect on duodenal bicarbonate secretion or short-circuit current ( Isc). When PMA and dibutyryl-cAMP (db-cAMP) were added simultaneously, PMA failed to alter db-cAMP-stimulated duodenal bicarbonate secretion or Isc ( P > 0.05). However, a 1-h preincubation with PMA potentiated db-cAMP-stimulated duodenal bicarbonate secretion and Isc in a concentration-dependent manner (from 10-8 to 10-5M) ( P < 0.05). PMA preincubation had no effects on carbachol- or heat-stable toxin-stimulated bicarbonate secretion. Western blot analysis revealed that PKCα, -γ, -ϵ, -θ, -μ, and -ι/λ were expressed in murine duodenal mucosa. Ro 31–8220 (an inhibitor active against PKCϵ, -α, -β, and -γ), but not Gö 6983 (an inhibitor active against PKCα, -γ, -β, and -δ), reversed the potentiating effect of PMA on db-cAMP-stimulated bicarbonate secretion. PMA also time- and concentration-dependently increased the activity of PKCϵ, an effect that was prevented by Ro 31–8220 but not Gö 6983. These results demonstrate that activation of PKC potentiates cAMP-stimulated duodenal bicarbonate secretion, whereas it does not modify basal secretion. The effect of PKC on cAMP-stimulated bicarbonate secretion is mediated by the PKCϵ isoform.


2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (6) ◽  
pp. F1337-F1350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren P. Wallace ◽  
Marcy Christensen ◽  
Gail Reif ◽  
Franck Belibi ◽  
Brantley Thrasher ◽  
...  

Inner medullary collecting ducts (IMCD) are the final nephron segments through which urine flows. To investigate epithelial ion transport in human IMCD, we established primary cell cultures from initial (hIMCDi) and terminal (hIMCDt) inner medullary regions of human kidneys. AVP, PGE2, and forskolin increased cAMP in both hIMCDi and hIMCDt cells. The effects of AVP and PGE2 were greatest in hIMCDi; however, forskolin increased cAMP to the same extent in hIMCDi and hIMCDt. Basal short-circuit current ( I SC) of hIMCDi monolayers was 1.4 ± 0.5 μA/cm2 and was inhibited by benzamil, a Na+ channel blocker. 8-Bromo-cAMP, AVP, PGE2, and forskolin increased I SC; the current was reduced by blocking PKA, apical Cl− channels, basolateral NKCC1 (a Na+-K+-2Cl−cotransporter), and basolateral Cl−/HCO[Formula: see text]exchangers. In fluid transport studies, hIMCDi monolayers absorbed fluid in the basal state and forskolin reversed net fluid transport to secretion. In hIMCDt monolayers, basal current was not different from zero and cAMP had no effect on I SC. We conclude that AVP and PGE2stimulate cAMP-dependent Cl− secretion by hIMCDi cells, but not hIMCDt cells, in vitro. We suggest that salt secretion at specialized sites along human collecting ducts may be important in the formation of the final urine.


1975 ◽  
Vol 228 (6) ◽  
pp. 1808-1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
HN Nellans ◽  
RA Frizzell ◽  
SG Schultz

Acetazolamide (8 mM) aboishes active Cl absorption and inhibits but does not abolish active Na absorption by stripped, short-circuited rabbit ileum. These effects are not accompanied by significant changes in the transmural electrical potential difference or short-circuit current. Studies of the undirectional influxes of Na andCl indicate that acetazolamide inhibits the neutral, coupled NaCl influx process at the mucosal membranes. This action appears to explain the observed effect of acetazolamide on active, transepithelial Na and Cl transport. Acetazolamide did not significantly inhibit either spontaneous or theophylline-induced Cl secretion by this preparation, suggesting that the theophylline-induced secretion may not simply be due tothe unmasking of a preexisting efflux process when the neutral influx mechanism is inhibited by theophylline. Finally, inhibition of the neutral NaCl influx process by acetazolamide does not appear to be attributable to an inhibition of endogenous HCO3production or an elevation in intracellular cyclic-AMP levels. Instead, it appearstheat the effect of acetazolamide is due to a direct interaction with a membrane component involved in the coupled influx process.


1989 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Moriarty ◽  
N. B. Higgs ◽  
M. Woodford ◽  
L. A. Turnberg

1. Cholera toxin stimulates intestinal secretion in vitro by activation of mucosal adenylate cyclase. However, it has been proposed that cholera toxin promotes secretion in vivo mainly through an indirect mechanism involving enteric neural reflexes. 2. We examined this hypothesis further by studying the influence of neuronal blockade on cholera toxin-induced changes in fluid transport across rabbit ileum in vitro. Mucosa, stripped of muscle layers, was mounted in flux chambers and luminal application of crude cholera toxin (2 μg/ml) caused a delayed but sustained rise in the short-circuit current, electrical potential difference and Cl− secretion. Pretreatment with the nerve-blocking drug, tetrodotoxin (5 × 10−6 mol/l serosal side), failed to influence the secretory response to cholera toxin, and addition of tetrodotoxin at the peak response to cholera toxin also had no effect. 3. That tetrodotoxin could block neurally mediated secretagogues was confirmed by the demonstration that the electrical responses to neurotensin (10−7 mol/l and 10−8 mol/l) were blocked by tetrodotoxin (5 × 10−6 mol/l). Furthermore, the response to cholera toxin of segments of ileum, which included the myenteric, submucosal and mucosal nerve plexuses, was not inhibited by tetrodotoxin. 4. We conclude that cholera toxin-induced secretion in rabbit ileum in vitro is not mediated via a neurological mechanism.


1983 ◽  
Vol 245 (4) ◽  
pp. G562-G567 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Sellin ◽  
R. C. DeSoignie

The effect of glucocorticoids on intestinal ion transport was studied in ileum in vitro from control and methylprednisolone (MP)-treated (40 mg im for 2 days) rabbits under the following conditions: a) basal rates of Na and Cl transport, b) the response to an individual absorptive stimulus (alanine, glucose, or epinephrine), and c) the response to a combination of the three absorptive stimuli. The results indicate that MP 1) increases basal absorption of Na and Cl and secretion of bicarbonate (as measured by residual ion flux), 2) does not alter the specific transport pathways stimulated by maximal doses of alanine, glucose, or epinephrine, but 3) significantly increases the absorptive capacity of ileum. After addition of combined alanine, glucose, and epinephrine, MP-treated ileum absorbed 15.8 mueq X cm-2 X h-1 Na (vs. 6.6 in controls, P less than 0.001) and 9.5 mueq X cm-2 X h-1 Cl (vs. 4.1 in controls, P less than 0.005). Additionally MP did not alter the Na dependence of either the short-circuit current or Cl absorption found in controls, although there appears to be a portion of residual ion flux insensitive to epinephrine inhibition. These data suggest that the MP-induced increase in absorptive capacity is due to an increase in a postapical transport step, most probably the Na pump.


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (1) ◽  
pp. G62-G69 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Clarke ◽  
R. A. Argenzio

In contrast to in vivo findings, the equine proximal colon fails to demonstrate significant net absorption of Na+ and Cl- under in vitro conditions. The present study was undertaken to determine if endogenous prostanoids are responsible for this apparent lack of ion transport. Proximal colonic tissues from ponies were preincubated in either normal Ringer solution or in Ringer containing 1 microM indomethacin and studied in Ussing chambers containing these solutions. Untreated colonic mucosa demonstrated negligible Na(+)-Cl- absorption in the basal state. In contrast, indomethacin-treated colon significantly absorbed Na+ and Cl-, primarily as the result of an equivalent increase in the mucosal-to-serosal flux of these ions. Preincubation of proximal colon in 0.1 mM ibuprofen-treated Ringer yielded similar results. Treatment of indomethacin colon with 1 mM mucosal amiloride eliminated net Na(+)-Cl- absorption without affecting the short-circuit current (Isc). The Isc in control tissue was significantly greater than in indomethacin-treated tissue and was reduced by 0.1 mM serosal furosemide. Serosal addition of 0.1 microM prostaglandin E2 or 10 mM serosal plus mucosal theophylline to indomethacin-treated tissues abolished net Na(+)-Cl- absorption and increased the Isc to levels indistinguishable from control. In contrast, control tissues were essentially unaffected by these secretagogues. These findings indicated that Na(+)-Cl- absorption in equine proximal colon was electroneutral (possibly involving Na(+)-H+ exchange) and that the tissue was capable of electrogenic Cl- secretion. However, under the in vitro conditions, basal ion transport was dominated by endogenous prostanoids that abolished Na(+)-Cl- absorption and elicited near-maximal electrogenic Cl- secretion.


1980 ◽  
Vol 239 (3) ◽  
pp. R285-R290
Author(s):  
E. Skadhauge ◽  
T. J. Dawson

The lower intestine (coprodeum and colon) of the Australian parrot, the galah, was mounted in Ussing chambers. Short-circuit current (SCC), electrical potential difference (PD), and unidirectional fluxes of Na and Cl were measured in birds that were fed mixed seeds or were NaCl loaded. The net Na transport of both coprodeum and colon was nearly equal to the SCC, and the flux ratio for Cl was unity. In birds which received mixed seeds, average coprodeal Na transport was 7.8 mu eq . cm-2 . h-1, and PD was 19 mV. The Km for Na was 5.7 meq/l. In colon, Na transport was reduced by 67% and PD by 70%. The ratio between unidirectional Na and Cl fluxes in the serosa-mucosa direction was 0.7. Salt loading suppressed coprodeal, but increased colonic Na transport. The coprodeal and colonic SCC and NA transport of birds receiving mixed seeds were inhibited by amiloride on the mucosal side. Colonic SCC of NaCl-loaded birds was only slightly reduced by amiloride (by 17%), but stimulated by amino acids (by 18%).


1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (1) ◽  
pp. G36-G41 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Guandalini ◽  
M. C. Rao ◽  
P. L. Smith ◽  
M. Field

Diarrheagenic strains of Escherichia coli have been shown to produce a heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) that simulates guanylate cyclase, increases short-circuit current (Isc), and inhibits active Cl absorption in the intestine. In rabbit ileum, the ion transport effects are smaller than those produced by cAMP-related agonists. Because ST may be a selective cGMP agonist, we further explored its mode of action in rabbit ileum. ST inhibits net Na and net Cl absorption. ST also inhibits the same fraction of Cl influx across the brush border that theophylline inhibits. At maximal doses, ST and 8-bromo-cGMP (8-Br-cGMP) had nearly equal, nonadditive effects of Isc that were about 66% of that produced by 8-Br-cAMP. ST increased mucosal cGMP concentration 16-fold, whereas epinephrine, an inhibitor of secretion, increased cGMP concentration by only 30%. This is insufficient to alter ion transport because doses of ST that increased cGMP concentration by 100% failed to alter Cl fluxes. Furthermore, epinephrine did not increase cGMP concentration in isolated enterocytes. We conclude that 1) cGMP mediates ST effects on ion transport, and 2) although ST and cAMP-related agonists have the same antiabsorptive effects, ST is less effective in stimulating electrogenic Cl secretion.


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