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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 256: R1184-R1191, 1989;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 256, Issue 6 1184-R1191, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanism of ion transport by avian salt gland primary cell cultures

R. J. Lowy, D. C. Dawson and S. A. Ernst
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109.

Confluent sheets formed from primary culture of avian salt gland secretory cells exhibit a short-circuit current (Isc) in response to cholinergic and beta-adrenergic stimulation [Lowy, R. J., D. C. Dawson, and S. A. Ernst. Am J. Physiol. 249 (Cell Physiol. 18): C41-C47, 1985]. To establish the ionic basis for the Isc, transmural fluxes of 22Na and 36Cl were measured. Under short-circuit conditions there was little net flux of either ion in the absence of agonists. Addition of carbachol elevated net serosal-to-mucosal Cl flux to 1.71 mu eq.h-1.cm-2, whereas a smaller increase to 0.85 mu eq.h-1.cm-2 occurred with isoproterenol. Neither agonist altered net Na flux. The stimulated Isc accounted for 70% of the net Cl flux induced by carbachol and nearly 100% of that induced by isoproterenol. Replacement of Cl by gluconate or Na by choline abolished (carbachol) or greatly reduced (isoproterenol) the Isc, which could be restored in a dose-dependent fashion by ion restitution. Active ion transport was preferentially inhibited by basal (vs. apical) addition of ouabain, furosemide, or barium. The results provide evidence that cholinergic and beta-adrenergic agonists elicit active transmural Cl secretion. They further suggest that transport is dependent on the Na+-K+-adenosine-triphosphatase, a Na-Cl cotransport process, and a basal K conductance, all features of a secondary active Cl secretory mechanism.


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