title: Mechanism of ion transport by avian salt gland primary cell cultures.
abstract: Confluent sheets formed from primary culture of avian salt gland secretory cells exhibit a short-circuit current (Isc) in response to cholinergic and beta-adrenergic stimulation [Lowy, R. J., D. C. Dawson, and S. A. Ernst. Am J. Physiol. 249 (Cell Physiol. 18): C41-C47, 1985]. To establish the ionic basis for the Isc, transmural fluxes of 22Na and 36Cl were measured. Under short-circuit conditions there was little net flux of either ion in the absence of agonists. Addition of carbachol elevated net serosal-to-mucosal Cl flux to 1.71 mu eq.h-1.cm-2, whereas a smaller increase to 0.85 mu eq.h-1.cm-2 occurred with isoproterenol. Neither agonist altered net Na flux. The stimulated Isc accounted for 70% of the net Cl flux induced by carbachol and nearly 100% of that induced by isoproterenol. Replacement of Cl by gluconate or Na by choline abolished (carbachol) or greatly reduced (isoproterenol) the Isc, which could be restored in a dose-dependent fashion by ion restitution. Active ion transport was preferentially inhibited by basal (vs. apical) addition of ouabain, furosemide, or barium. The results provide evidence that cholinergic and beta-adrenergic agonists elicit active transmural Cl secretion. They further suggest that transport is dependent on the Na+-K+-adenosine-triphosphatase, a Na-Cl cotransport process, and a basal K conductance, all features of a secondary active Cl secretory mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lowy
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D004372:Ducks; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005665:Furosemide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007477:Ions; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012491:Salt Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D007477:Ions; D005665:Furosemide; D002217:Carbachol; D012964:Sodium; D013806:Theophylline; D007545:Isoproterenol