title: Ba2+ and amiloride uncover or induce a pH-sensitive and a Na+ or non-selective cation conductance in transitional cells of the inner ear.
abstract: The membrane potential Vm the cytosolic pH (pHi), the transference numbers (t) for K+, Cl- and Na+/non-selective cation (NSC) and the pH-sensitivity of Vm were investigated in transitional cells from the vestibular labyrinth of the gerbil. Vm, pHi, tK+, tCl-, tNa+/NSC, and the pHi sensitivity of Vm were under control conditions were -92 +/- 1 mV (n = 89 cells), pHi 7.13 +/- 0.07 (n = 11 epithelia), 0.87 +/- 0.02 (n = 22), 0.02 +/- 0.01 (n = 19), 0.01 +/- 0.01 (n = 24) and -5 mV/pH unit (n = 13 cells/n = 11 epithelia), respectively. In the presence of 100 mumol/l Ba2+ the corresponding values were: -70 +/- 1 mV (n = 32), pHi 7.16 +/- 0.08 (n = 6), 0.31 +/- 0.05 (n = 4), 0.06 +/- 0.01 (n = 6), 0.20 +/- 0.03 (n = 10) and -16 mV/pH-unit (n = 15/n = 6). In the presence of 500 mumol/l amiloride the corresponding values were: -72 +/- 2 mV (n = 34), pHi 7.00 +/- 0.07 (n = 5), 0.50 +/- 0.04 (n = 6), 0.04 +/- 0.01 (n = 11), 0.28 +/- 0.04 (n = 9) and -26 mV/pH-unit (n = 20/n = 5). In the presence of 20 mmol/l propionate plus amiloride the corresponding values were: -61 +/- 2 mV (n = 27), pHi 6.72 +/- 0.06 (n = 5), 0.30 +/- 0.02 (n = 6), 0.06 +/- 0.01 (n = 5) and 0.40 +/- 0.02 (n = 8), respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Cell Physiology Laboratory, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68131.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wangemann
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiga
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005452:Fluoresceins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007474:Ion Exchange; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D011422:Propionates / Q000494:pharmacology; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D007473:Ion Channels; D011422:Propionates; D015222:Sodium Channels; C057433:2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester; D001464:Barium; D000584:Amiloride; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase