title: Characteristics of luminal bicarbonate secretion by rat cecum in vitro.
abstract: Under in vitro conditions the rat cecum transported HCO3- from the serosal to an unbuffered solution in contact with the mucosal side [Js----m = 7.12 +/- 0.18 mumol.cm-2.h-1 (n = 149)]. With reversed tissues, a significantly lower flux was obtained [Jm----s = 2.47 +/- 0.11 mumol.cm-2.h-1 (n = 42)]. Both fluxes were stable for several hours. Increasing the H+ gradient across the tissue for 60 min did not change either flux. Anoxia for 45 min reversibly reduced Js----m by 65 +/- 3% (n = 20) but had no effect on Jm----s. Both fluxes were linearly related to HCO3- concentration on the buffered side, but the slope for Js----m was 3.5 times that for Jm----s. When tissues were initially set up in HEPES buffer rather than HCO3-, Js----m was 0.12 +/- 0.05 mumol.cm-2.h-1 (n = 6), which is not significantly different from zero. Replacement of Na+ by choline reduced Js----m by 40 +/- 3% (n = 11) and ouabain (1 mM) by 24 +/- 3% (n = 5). Replacement of Cl- with isethionate or K+ with Na+ for 60 min did not alter Js----m. Serosal application of DIDS (0.5 mM) reduced Js----m by 24 +/- 6% (n = 6), but SITS (0.5 mM), furosemide (1 mM), acetazolamide (0.1 mM), amiloride (1 mM), and a proton pump inhibitor (Sch 28080, 50 microM) had no effect. Mucosal application of DIDS, furosemide, and amiloride had no effect on Js----m. Serosal tetrodotoxin (1 microM) and indomethacin (28 microM) were also without effect.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D002432:Cecum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D000860:Hypoxia; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000502:physiology*; D007477:Ions; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008353:Mannitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D007477:Ions; D008353:Mannitol; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D007213:Indomethacin