Mechanisms of sodium and chloride transport across equine tracheal epithelium

1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (6) ◽  
pp. L459-L467 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Tessier ◽  
T. R. Traynor ◽  
M. S. Kannan ◽  
S. M. O3'Grady

Equine tracheal epithelium, stripped of serosal muscle, mounted in Ussing chambers, and bathed in plasmalike Ringer solution generates a serosa-positive transepithelial potential of 10–22 mV and a short-circuit current (Isc) of 70–200 microA/cm2. Mucosal amiloride (10 microM) causes a 40–60% decrease in Isc and inhibits the net transepithelial Na flux by 95%. Substitution of Cl with gluconate resulted in a 30% decrease in basal Isc. Bicarbonate substitution with 20 mM N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid decreased the Isc by 21%. The Cl-dependent Isc was inhibited by serosal addition of 1 mM amiloride. Bicarbonate replacement or serosal amiloride (1 mM) inhibits the net Cl flux by 72 and 69%, respectively. Bicarbonate replacement significantly reduces the effects of serosal amiloride (1 mM) on Isc, indicating its effect is HCO3 dependent. Addition of 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP; 100 microM) causes a 40% increase in Isc. This effect is inhibited by subsequent addition of 10 microM serosal bumetanide. Bumetanide (10 microM) reduces net Cl secretion following stimulation with 8-BrcAMP (100 microM). Serosal addition of BaCl2 (1 mM) causes a reduction in Isc equal to that following Cl replacement in the presence or absence of 100 microM cAMP. These results suggest that 1) Na absorption depends on amiloride-inhibitable Na channels in the apical membrane, 2) Cl influx across the basolateral membrane occurs by both a Na-H/Cl-HCO3 parallel exchange mechanism under basal conditions and by a bumetanide-sensitive Na-(K?)-Cl cotransport system under cAMP-stimulated conditions, and 3) basal and cAMP-stimulated Cl secretion depends on Ba-sensitive K channels in the basolateral membrane.

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (1) ◽  
pp. C45-C51 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. O'Grady ◽  
P. J. Wolters

Porcine gallbladder, stripped of serosal muscle, mounted in Ussing chambers, and bathed in plasma-like Ringer solution generates a serosal positive transepithelial potential of 4-7 mV and a short-circuit current (Isc) of 50-120 microA/cm2. Substitution of Cl with gluconate or HCO3 with N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) results in a 50% decrease in Isc. Treatment with 1 mM amiloride (mucosal side) or 0.1 mM acetazolamide (both sides) causes 25-27% inhibition of the Isc. Mucosal addition of 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid inhibits the Isc by 17%. Serosal addition of 0.1 mM bumetanide inhibits the Isc by 28%. Amiloride (1 mM) inhibits the net transepithelial fluxes of Na and Cl by 55 and 41%, respectively. Substitution of Cl with gluconate inhibits the net Na flux by 50%, whereas substitution of HCO3 with HEPES inhibits 85-90% of the net Na flux and changes Cl absorption to net secretion. Based on these results, it is hypothesized that Na and Cl transport across the apical membrane is mediated by two pathways, Na-H/Cl-HCO3 exchange and Na-HCO3 cotransport. Partial recycling of Cl and HCO3 presumably occurs through a Cl conductive pathway and Cl-HCO3 exchange, respectively, in the apical membrane. This results in net Na absorption, which accounts for most of the Isc observed under basal conditions. The effect of bumetanide on the basolateral membrane and the fact that Cl secretion occurs when HCO3 is absent suggests that Cl secretion involves a basolateral NaCl or Na-K-Cl cotransport system arranged in series with a Cl conductive pathway in the apical membrane.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (6) ◽  
pp. L456-L461 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Tessier ◽  
T. R. Traynor ◽  
M. S. Kannan ◽  
S. M. O'Grady

When the equine tracheal epithelium is mounted in Ussing chambers and bathed in plasma-like Ringer solution, the tissue generates a lumen-negative transepithelial potential (PD) of 22 mV and a short-circuit current (Isc) of 70-200 microA/cm2. Mucosal addition of 10 microM histamine produces a transient increase in the Isc followed by a return to baseline or below. Mucosal addition of 2 microM diphenhydramine inhibits the Isc response to mucosal histamine, whereas 100 microM mucosal cimetidine produces no effect. The average initial increases in Isc over time for mucosal vs. serosal histamine addition are significantly different (17.32 +/- 2.8 and 3.76 +/- 0.69 microA/min, respectively). Pretreatment with mucosal amiloride significantly prolongs the effect of mucosal histamine on Isc over a 20-min period from 4.73 +/- 0.33 to 15.48 +/- 3.16 microA. When Cl is replaced by gluconate, mucosal histamine addition results in a gradual decrease in Isc and significantly reduces the effect of mucosal amiloride on Isc from 80.8% to 54.9%. Mucosal histamine inhibits the net transepithelial Na flux by 42% and stimulates the secretion of Cl by 106%. Subsequent addition of serosal bumetanide decreases net Cl secretion by 70% These results suggest that histamine stimulates bumetanide-sensitive Cl secretion and inhibits amiloride-sensitive Na absorption; these effects are mediated by H1 receptors at the apical membrane surface


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (3) ◽  
pp. C486-C494 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Mandel ◽  
J. A. McRoberts ◽  
G. Beuerlein ◽  
E. S. Foster ◽  
K. Dharmsathaphorn

Addition of either 10(-8) M vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) or 10(-6) M A23187 to T84 cell monolayers, grown on permeable supports and mounted in Ussing chambers, stimulated net Cl- secretion. The effect of 10(-6) M A23187 on Cl- flux was consistently smaller than that observed with 10(-8) M VIP. In both cases the increase in net Cl- secretion accounted for the entire change in the observed short-circuit current (Isc). Since Cl- enters the cells through a basolaterally localized Na+-K+-Cl(-)-cotransport system (J. Clin. Invest. 75: 462, 1985), the fate of K+, which is cotransported with Cl- during VIP, and A23187-mediated Cl- secretion was explored. Unidirectional and net transepithelial 42K+ flux rates were negligible compared with 36Cl- flux rates (less than 4% of Cl- flux), indicating that little K+ was secreted along with Cl-. K+ recycling across the basolateral membrane was suggested from experiments in which 86Rb+ efflux (as a tracer for K+) was measured across the apical and basolateral membranes of 86Rb+ -preloaded monolayers under voltage-clamped conditions. In the absence of secretagogues, 86Rb+ efflux was 10-fold higher across the basolateral membrane than across the apical membrane. 86Rb+ efflux across the basolateral membrane was accelerated two- to threefold by addition of either VIP or A23187. In each case accelerated efflux was inhibited by 5 mM Ba2+. Cl- secretion induced by VIP or A23187 was also inhibited by serosal addition of Ba2+.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (4) ◽  
pp. C750-C755 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Traynor ◽  
S. M. O'Grady

Porcine distal colon epithelium was mounted in Ussing chambers and bathed with porcine Ringer solution. The serosal addition of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP; 50 nM) or atriopeptin III (AP-III; 500 nM) produced significant increases (50-75 microA/cm2) in short-circuit current (Isc). These increases in Isc were not inhibited by pretreatment with tetrodotoxin (TTX) or 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA). Analysis of concentration-response relationships revealed that BNP was 5.8-fold more potent than AP-III in stimulating the Isc. BNP and AP-III significantly increased the serosal-to-mucosal (S----M) Cl flux and reduced net Cl absorption by 38 and 41%, respectively. The BNP-stimulated S----M Cl flux was abolished when HCO3 was removed. In contrast, the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-stimulated S----M Cl flux was not affected by HCO3 replacement. In addition to their effects on Cl transport, BNP and AP-III increased net Rb secretion by 79 and 58%, respectively. BNP-stimulated Rb secretion was reduced by 76% after HCO3 replacement. These results indicate that natriuretic peptides stimulate K- and HCO3-dependent Cl secretion which is not present under basal conditions or after VIP stimulation. The difference in potency between BNP and AP-III suggests that ANP-B receptors may mediate their effects on ion transport in the porcine colon.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (4) ◽  
pp. L290-L295 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Fong ◽  
A. C. Chao ◽  
J. H. Widdicombe

In confluent primary cultures of dog tracheal epithelium, we tested whether Cl entry across the basolateral membrane is by cotransport with K. Two approaches were taken. First, we measured the inhibition of short-circuit current (Isc) by the K channel inhibitor, Ba2+. Consistent with Na-K-2Cl cotransport, maximal doses of Ba2+ inhibited five-sixths of Isc in tissues previously stimulated to secrete Cl; only two-thirds of Isc should be sensitive to Ba2+ if NaCl cotransport is the entry mechanism. Second, we measured basolateral 86Rb uptake and demonstrated inhibition by bumetanide, an inhibitor of Na-K-2Cl cotransport in other tissues. The degree of inhibition by bumetanide was consistent with the levels of Cl secretion measured as Isc. Uptake of 86Rb was also reduced by removal of Na or Cl, and under these conditions Rb uptake was not further inhibited by bumetanide. These results suggest that the process responsible for Cl entry across the basolateral membrane of tracheal epithelium during Cl secretion is Na-K-2Cl rather than Na-Cl cotransport.


1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Al-Bazzaz ◽  
Q. Al-Awqati

Canine tracheal mucosae were dissected and mounted as flat sheets in Ussing chambers. Unidirectional isotope fluxes of 22Na and 36Cl were performed across paired mucosae from the same animal. The average spontaneous potential difference was 42 + 1.2 mV (mean +/- SE) lumen negative. The short-circuit current (SCC) 3.09 +/- 0.36 mueq/cm2.h was accounted for by a net Cl secretion of 2.46 +/- 0.26 mueq/cm2.h toward the mucosa and net Na absorption of 0.46 +/- 0.13 mueq/cm2.h toward submucosa. Removal of Cl depressed SCC but had no effect on unidirectional or net Na transport (n = 7). By contrast, removal of Na (n = 6) or the addition of ouabain (n = 7) abolished net Cl secretion and greatly reduced SCC. Theophylline (n = 6) added to the submucosal bath no significant effect on Na transport but stimulated SCC and Cl secretion, suggesting hormonal regulation of Cl transport. The results suggest that the active transport of Na and Cl in this epithelium occur by electrically conductive pathways, i.e., the transport is “electrogenic.” Further it appears that Na transport is independent of the presence of Cl but that Cl transport depends on some parameter of active Na transport.


1980 ◽  
Vol 238 (3) ◽  
pp. G208-G212
Author(s):  
Y. H. Tai ◽  
R. A. Decker

The short-circuit current (Isc), potential difference (PD), tissue conductance (Gt), and Na and Cl fluxes in the short-circuit state across rat ileum were studied in Ussing chambers using a variety of bathing solutions. In Ringer solution, Isc exceeded net Na absorption and net Cl secretion occurred. Addition of 10 mM glucose increased Isc, PD, Gt, and net Na absorption, which accounts for 70% of the increase in Isc. Removal of HCO3 from Ringer solution did not alter any parameters but increased net Cl secretion due to a decrease in mucosal-to-serosal Cl flux. Reduction by 50% of the [Cl] in HCO3-free solution decreased the net Cl secretion to the level in Ringer solution and increased net Na absorption. Removal of Cl decreased Isc to the value of the net Na absorption and decreased the Na influx across the mucosal membrane by 39%. Isc and PD were near zero and net Cl absorption was observed in a Na-free solution. These results are consistent with the transport mechanism that consists of 1) an electrogenic Na absorptive process that accounts for the Isc, 2) a neutral NaCl-coupled secretory process, and 3) a system by which HCO3- secretion exchanges for Cl- absorption.


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (1) ◽  
pp. G118-G126 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Starlinger ◽  
M. J. Hollands ◽  
P. H. Rowe ◽  
J. B. Matthews ◽  
W. Silen

Omeprazole (10(-4) M) inhibited H+ secretion and increased potential difference (PD), resistance, and short-circuit current (Isc) in chambered bullfrog gastric mucosa, but the electrical changes developed only in tissues previously exposed to histamine. Net chloride transport (JnetCl) did not change after omeprazole under short-circuited conditions, and Isc increased to become equal to JnetCl. Under open-circuit conditions, JnetCl was reduced by 38%, the decrement attributable to the concomitant increase in PD, as evidenced by a linear relationship between JnetCl and PD in omeprazole-treated mucosae clamped to different PD (0-45 mV). The effect of omeprazole on PD and Isc could be blocked by metiamide and was absent in spontaneously resting tissues. HEPES nutrient solutions did not alter the electrical response or Cl- transport after omeprazole. In Na+-free solutions, omeprazole induced only a transient rise in PD and Isc. We conclude that omeprazole uncouples H+ and Cl- secretion. This Cl- secretion is electrogenic and dependent upon stimulation by histamine. Both Na+ and HCO3- seem to be involved in movement of Cl- across the basolateral membrane.


2005 ◽  
Vol 288 (4) ◽  
pp. G705-G717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-He Weng ◽  
Klaus W. Beyenbach ◽  
Andrea Quaroni

The development of a culture of the normal mammalian jejunum motivated this work. Isolated crypt cells of the dog jejunum were induced to form primary cultures on Snapwell filters. Up to seven subcultures were studied under the electron microscope and in Ussing chambers. Epithelial markers were identified by RT-PCR, Western blot, and immunofluorescent staining. Confluent monolayers exhibit a dense apical brush border, basolateral membrane infoldings, desmosomes, and tight junctions expressing zonula occludens-1, occludin-1, and claudin-3 and -4. In OptiMEM medium fortified with epidermal growth factor, hydrocortisone, and insulin, monolayer transepithelial voltage was −6.8 mV (apical side), transepithelial resistance was 1,050 Ω·cm2, and short-circuit current ( Isc) was 8.1 μA/cm2. Transcellular and paracellular resistances were estimated as 14.8 and 1.1 kΩ·cm2, respectively. Serosal ouabain reduced voltage and current toward zero, as did apical amiloride. The presence of mRNA of α-epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) was confirmed. Na-d-glucose cotransport was identified with an antibody to Na+-glucose cotransporter (SGLT) 1. The unidirectional mucosa-to-serosa Na+ flux (19 nmol·min−1·cm−2) was two times as large as the reverse flux, and net transepithelial Na+ flux was nearly double the amiloride-sensitive Isc. In plain Ringer solution, the amiloride-sensitive Isc went toward zero. Under these conditions plus mucosal amiloride, serosal dibutyryl-cAMP elicited a Cl−-dependent Isc consistent with the stimulation of transepithelial Cl− secretion. In conclusion, primary cultures and subcultures of the normal mammalian jejunum form polarized epithelial monolayers with 1) the properties of a leaky epithelium, 2) claudins specific to the jejunal tight junction, 3) transepithelial Na+ absorption mediated in part by SGLT1 and ENaC, and 4) electrogenic Cl− secretion activated by cAMP.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (6) ◽  
pp. R1533-R1541 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Clauss ◽  
V. Dantzer ◽  
E. Skadhauge

The regulation of Na and Cl transport in hen colon by mineralocorticoids was investigated with isolated epithelia in vitro by histological and electrophysiological techniques. The electrogenic transport of Na and Cl was measured in Ussing chambers by the short-circuit current technique and was identified by the specific inhibitors amiloride and bumetanide or by the secretagogue theophylline. Hens were maintained either on low (LS)- or on high-NaCl diets (HS), and the plasma aldosterone (PA) levels of these groups were measured with radioimmunoassay. A group of HS hens received injections of aldosterone at a 6-h schedule before experiments. A group of LS hens was resalinated, and experiments were carried out at a 24-h interval for up to 3 days after resalination. The LS diet stimulated PA levels ninefold, compared with HS hens. Na transport was modulated by the hormonal stimulus in a way that the apical Na entry switched from an electrogenic Na-amino acid-hexose cotransport system completely to an amiloride-sensitive Na channel. Electrogenic Cl secretion was induced by theophylline and was inhibited by bumetanide. NaCl deprivation, resalination or aldosterone injection modulated electrogenic Cl secretion in parallel between 7 (HS) and 14.4 mu eq.cm-2.h-1 (LS), with pronounced alteration in tissue conductance. These findings reveal a new action of aldosterone that, besides stimulating Na absorption, also directly or indirectly modulates Cl secretion.


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