ISSN:
1432-2013
Keywords:
Frog Skin
;
Na Transport
;
Transport Pool
;
Tracer Wash Out
;
Ouabain
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The wash out kinetics of Na-24 out of the transport pool of the frog skin were followed simultaneously to the epithelial and corium side in control experiments and after inhibition of the Na transport with ouabain. A perfusion system was used which allowed changes of the perfusion chambers within 5 sec between labelling and tracer wash out. In the control, the Na of the transport pool is washed out with a half time of 2.9±0.3 min and 3.2±0.7 min to the corium and the epithelial side, respectively. After ouabain, the half times increased to 8.9±0.9 min and 8.6±1.1 min for the corium and the epithelial wash out. From this observation it is concluded that the transport Na is distributed in an intracellular compartment. The ratio of the two tracer effluxes from the transport pool to the corium and the epithelial sidej 23 * /j 21 * is 30±8 in the control and 4.9±2.0 after ouabain. The wash out to the epithelial side shows an additional fast component (half times 0.70±0.08 min in the control and 0.68±0.13 after ouabain) which is interpreted as wash out of an extracellular compartment. This view is supported by measurements of the wash out of Inulin C-14.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00586646
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