Aldosterone regulation of active sodium chloride transport in the lizard colon (Gallotia galloti) |
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Authors: | Mario Díaz Antonio Lorenzo |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratorio de Fisiología Animal, Departmento de Biología Animal, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
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Abstract: | Summary Bioelectrical parameters and unidirectional sodium and chloride fluxes were measured under voltageclamp conditions in groups of lizards submitted to single or chronic aldosterone treatment. Both acute (AT) and chronic (CT) treatment induced significant increases in the short-circuit current (I
sc), as well as in the mucosa-to-serosa (J
m-s
Na
) and net sodium flux (J
net
Na
). In AT tissues, aldosterone did not change net chloride flux (J
net
Cl
) but did so in CT tissues. Amiloride reduced the aldosterone-increased I
sc in AT and CT tissues, inhibited J
net
Na
in AT tissues and abolished it in CT colons. J
net
Cl
was also reduced by the diuretic in the group of AT colons, whereas no changes were observed in the CT tissues. Addition of luminal DIDS reduced Na+ absorption and totally inhibited Cl- absorption in the AT tissues, but did not change I
sc. However, in CT tissues neither Na+ nor Cl- transport were affected by DIDS. A good relationship between I
sc and J
m-s
Na
was apparent after DIDS treatment in AT tissues. In this group, simultaneous addition of DIDS and amiloride totally abolished J
net
Na
and reduced I
sc to untreated control values. Addition of serosal ouabain abolished I
sc and Na+ absorption in AT and CT colons, but Cl- absorption was only altered in AT tissues. These results support the hypothesis that aldosterone induces an electrogenic, amiloride-sensitive sodium absorption, and in a dose-dependent fashion suppresses electroneutral NaCl absorption in the lizard colon.Abbreviations AT
acutely treated
- CT
chronically treated animals
- DIDS
4-4-diisothiocyanatostibene-2-2-disulfonic acid
- DMSO
dimethylsulphoxide
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G
t
tissue conductance
-
I
sc
short circuit current
- PD
transepithelial potential difference
- SITS
4-acetamido-4-isothiocyanatostilbene-2-2-disulfonic acid
- UC
untreated controls
Preliminary results of this paper were presented at the X
th meeting of the European Intestinal Transport Group (EITG), Askov Hojskole, Denmark, 16–19 September 1990 |
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Keywords: | Aldosterone Electroneutral sodium chloride transport Electrogenic sodium absorption lizard Gallotia galloti |
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