Ca2+-dependent, temperature-sensitive regulation of Na+ channels in tight epithelia. A study using membrane vesicles.
Na+ fluxes were measured in toad bladder microsomes. Under favorable conditions, 60-90% of the tracer uptake was blocked by amiloride (Ki = 2.3 X 10(-8) M), i.e. mediated by the apical Na+-specific channels. Vesicles derived from cells maintained at 0 degrees C exhibited relatively small amiloride-sensitive fluxes. However, incubating the scraped cells at 25 degrees C prior to homogenization induced a nearly 5-fold increase of the amiloride-blockable flux in vesicles. This activation was fairly slow (t 1/2 = 5-10 min), irreversible, and strongly dependent on the incubation temperature. On the other hand, the Na+-specific apical conductance measured in mounted bladders was only slightly affected by the incubation temperature. The above activation process could be observed only in Ca2+-free EGTA-containing solutions. Adding Ca2+ (1 mM) to the cell suspension and subsequently removing it before homogenization blocked almost completely the amiloride-sensitive tracer uptake in the vesicles. The data are compatible with the model that the epithelial Na+ channels are down-regulated by a Ca2+-dependent reaction. The incubation of scraped, somewhat permeabilized cells in a Ca2+-free solution releases channels from this down-regulation and increases the Na+ conductance in a temperature-dependent process. The regulation of channels appears to involve a cytoplasmic factor which induces a stable modification of the apical membrane, preserved by the isolated vesicle.
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D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002024:Bufo marinus; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects
D007473:Ion Channels; D000584:Amiloride; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium