Effects of corticosteroids on short-circuit current across the cecum of the domestic fowl,Gallus domesticus |
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Authors: | B R Grubb P J Bentley |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 27606 Raleigh, NC, USA;(2) Present address: University of North Carolina, 724 Burnett-Womack Bldg-CB7020, 27599-7020 Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Both avian corticosteroid hormones, aldosterone and corticosterone, increased short-circuit current across the wall of the ceca of the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) in vitro. About 80% of this short-circuit current was inhibited by the Na-channel blocking drug amiloride. Corticosterone was about ten times less potent than aldosterone in increasing short-circuit current and it exerted a similar maximal effect. Cortisol (an endogenous corticosteroid hormone in mammals but not birds) was about ten times less potent than corticosterone and this difference appeared to reflect the presence of the 17-OH group in cortisol. Carbenoxolene, which inhibits 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, increased the effect of corticosterone. This effect is consistent with inhibition of the metabolism of corticosterone to 11-dehydrocorticosterone. The latter was found to be about 100 times less potent than corticosterone. The effects of both aldosterone and corticosterone (also dexamethasone) were abolished by the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist spironolactone. The results suggest that corticosterone has an effect similar to aldosterone but in vivo its action may be depressed by the activity of 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. The sensitivity of the cecal preparations to corticosterone indicates that this hormone could contribute to the regulation of transcecal Na transport (absorption) in vivo.Abbreviations 11-HSD
11-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
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sc
short-circuit current
- KRB
Krebs bicarbonate solution |
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Keywords: | Amiloride Aldosterone Carbenoxolone 11-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase" target="_blank">gif" alt="beta" align="MIDDLE" BORDER="0">-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Domestic fowl Gallus domesticus |
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