ISSN:
1432-1424
Schlagwort(e):
Key words: Hydrochlorothiazide — SITS — Intracellular Cl− activity — Intracellular Na+ activity — Unidirectional Cl− influx — Cl− conductance
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Biologie
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
Notizen:
Abstract. Cl− apically enters the epithelium of rabbit gallbladder by a Na+-Cl− symport, sensitive to hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). Since HCTZ also activates an apical SITS-sensitive Cl− conductance (G Cl ), the symport inhibition might be merely due to a short circuit of the symport by G Cl rather than to a direct action of HCTZ on the symporter. To examine whether the symport is directly inhibited by HCTZ and whether the symporter belongs to the family of thiazide-sensitive cotransporters (TSC), radiochemical measurements of the apical Cl− uptake, electrophysiological determinations of intracellular Cl− and Na+ activities (a i,Cl and a i,Na ) with selective theta microelectrodes and molecular biology methods were used. The 36Cl− uptake proved to be a measurement of the apical unidirectional Cl− influx (J mc ) and of the symport only (without backflux components), with measuring times of 45 sec under all experiment conditions; its inhibition by HCTZ was unaffected by G Cl activation or abolition. After HCTZ treatment the decrease in a i,Cl (measured as the initial rate or in 3 min) was larger than the decrease in a i,Na . The difference was reduced to one third in a group of epithelia in which the elicited G Cl was reduced to one third; moreover it was abolished in any case when G Cl was abolished with 10−4 m SITS. The SITS-insensitive rate of a i,Cl decrease was equal to that of the a i,Na decrease in any case. Thus the a i,Cl decrease displays a component dependent on G Cl activation and a second component dependent on symport inhibition. Using the RT-PCR technique a cDNA fragment was obtained that was 99% identical to the corresponding region of the rabbit renal TSC isoform. The results indicate that in rabbit gallbladder epithelium HCTZ displays a dual action, namely G Cl activation and Na+-Cl− symport inhibition. This Na+-Cl− symporter is the first TSC found to be functionally expressed in a nonrenal or nonrenal-like epithelium.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00232001075
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