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Interdependence between sodium transport, external chloride, and sodium/calcium exchanger in the isolated skin of the Rana pipiens
Authors:Soto C  Aguilar G  Jiménez L
Institution:Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, C.P. 01170, México, D.F. Mexico. casoto@cueyatl.uam.mx
Abstract:The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, cytosolic calcium, and chloride to the transepithelial transport of sodium in isolated frog skin. Sodium transport was measured as amiloride-inhibitable short circuit current (SCC). We studied the effect of variations in the concentrations of external chloride and of the manipulation of calcium on sensitive amiloride SCC. Modifications in the movement of Ca2+ were induced by an ionophore, A23187, and a Ca2+ channel blocker, nifedipine. Calcium ionophore A23187 (5 and 20 microM), in a normal Ringer's solution, increased SCC and transepithelial potential difference (PD). In contrast, nifedipine (20 microM) reduced SCC and PD. The role of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger was studied using dichlorobenzamil (DCB, 50 microM) and quinacrine (1 mM), inhibitors of this exchanger. They selectively increased SCC and PD on the mucosal side of the skin, with no effect on the serosal side. This response occurred only in the presence of extracellular calcium. Replacement of NaCl by sodium methanesulfonate or the addition of furosemide (1 mM) at the serosal compartment, decreased basal SCC and PD and blocked the response to A23187 and the mucosal effect of DCB and quinacrine. These results suggest the presence of an Na+/Ca2+ exchanger located on the mucosal side of the frog skin, which participates in the transepithelial sodium transport. The action of this exchanger may be modulated by external chloride and calcium. J. Exp. Zool. 289:23-32, 2001.
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