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COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of ion transport by pH and [HCO₃^–] in isolated gills of the crab Neohelice (Chasmagnathus) granulata

¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; ²Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York; ³Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ⁴Departamento Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and ⁵Asentamiento Universitario San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina

Submitted 16 July 2007 ; accepted in final form 7 January 2008

Posterior isolated gills of Neohelice (Chasmagnathus) granulatus were symmetrically perfused with hemolymph-like saline of varying [HCO₃^–] and pH. Elevating [HCO₃^–] in the saline from 2.5 to 12.5 mmol/l (pH 7.75 in both cases) induced a significant increase in the transepithelial potential difference (V_te), a measure of ion transport. The elevation in [HCO₃^–] also induced a switch from acid secretion (–43.7 ± 22.5 µequiv·kg^–1·h^–1) in controls to base secretion (84.7 ± 14.4 µequiv·kg^–1·h^–1). The HCO₃^–-induced V_te increase was inhibited by basolateral acetazolamide (200 µmol/l), amiloride (1 mmol/l), and ouabain (5 mmol/l) but not by bafilomycin (100 nmol/l). The V_te response to HCO₃^– did not take place in Cl^–-free conditions; however, it was unaffected by apical SITS (2 mmol/l) or DIDS (1 mmol/l). A decrease in pH from 7.75 to 7.45 pH units in the perfusate also induced a significant increase in V_te, which was matched by a net increase in acid secretion of 67.8 ± 18.4 µequiv kg^–1 h^–1. This stimulation was sensitive to basolateral acetazolamide, bafilomycin, DIDS, and Na⁺-free conditions, but it still took place in Cl^–-free saline. Therefore, the cellular response to low pH is different from the HCO₃^–-stimulated response. We also report V-H⁺-ATPase- and Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase-like immunoreactivity in gill sections for the first time in this crab. Our results suggest that carbonic anhydrase (CA), basolateral Na⁺/H⁺ exchangers and Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase and apical anion exchangers participate in the HCO₃^–-stimulated response, while CA, apical V-H⁺-ATPase and basolateral HCO₃^–-dependent cotransporters mediate the response to low pH.

acid/base regulation; HCO₃^– secretion; V-H⁺-ATPase; carbonic anhydrase; electrogenic Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger; amiloride; acetazolamide; bafilomycin