AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 267, Issue 4 1026-R1033, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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cGMP and Ca2+ regulation of ion transport across the isolated porcine distal colon epithelium

M. D. DuVall and S. M. O'Grady
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.

Intact epithelium from the porcine distal colon was stripped of serosal muscle and mounted in Ussing chambers to investigate the regulation of Na, Cl, and K transport by guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and elevations in intracellular [Ca2+]. Under voltage-clamped conditions cGMP (250 microM) produced an increase in tissue short-circuit current (Isc) that reached a maximal value within 10-20 min and remained elevated > 40 min. This response was associated with an inhibition of NaCl absorption and stimulation of Cl and K secretion. In the absence of Cl the Isc also slowly increased but returned to baseline values within 20 min. Bicarbonate removal from both serosal and mucosal solutions or serosal bumetanide (20 microM) reduced the effect of cGMP on Isc by approximately 40%. When performed simultaneously, these conditions reduced the cGMP response by approximately 60%. Transepithelial Na and Cl flux measurements indicated that serosal bumetanide blocked increased Cl secretion without effecting changes in NaCl absorption. In contrast, mucosal amiloride blocked the effects of cGMP on NaCl absorption but not Cl secretion. The cGMP Isc response was potentiated in the presence of 1 mM, but not 10 microM, amiloride. Moreover, 1 mM amiloride inhibited Isc under control conditions but was ineffective in the presence of cGMP. The Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin (3 microM) produced a transient increase in the Isc that was also associated with a decrease in transepithelial NaCl absorption and an increase in Cl and K secretion. In contrast to cGMP, the ionomycin Isc response was eliminated after Cl removal from the bath.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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