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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178
Fluid secretion and intracellular pH were measured in isolated
mosquito Malpighian tubules to determine the presence of
Na+/H+ exchange. Rates of fluid secretion by
individual Malpighian tubules in vitro were inhibited by 78% of
control in the presence of 100 µM
5-(N-ethyl-n-isopropyl)-amiloride (EIPA), a
specific inhibitor of Na+/H+ exchange.
Steady-state intracellular pH was measured microfluorometrically by
using 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein in individual Malpighian tubules. Bathing the Malpighian tubules in 0 mM
extracellular Na+ or in the presence of 100 µM EIPA
reduced the steady-state intracellular pH by 0.5 pH units. Stimulation
of the Na+/H+ exchanger by using the
NH4Cl pulse technique resulted in a rate of recovery from
the NH4Cl-induced acute acid load of 8.7 ± 1.0 × 10
3 pH/s. The rates of recovery of intracellular pH
after the acute acid load in the absence of extracellular
Na+ or in the presence of 100 µM EIPA were 0.7 ± 0.6 and
0.3 ± 0.3 × 10
3 pH/s, respectively.
These results indicate that mosquito Malpighian tubules possess a
Na+/H+ exchanger.
Aedes aegypti; microfluorescence; intracellular pH; 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein; amiloride
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