title: Low-conductance anion channel activated by cAMP in teleost Cl- -secreting cells.
abstract: We studied characteristics and modulation of ion channels in primary cultures of opercular epithelium from the euryhaline marine killifish Fundulus heteroclitus. Primary cultures, 17-28 h old, retain mitochondria-rich Cl- cells identifiable by fluorescence microscopy. Cell-attached patches revealed frequent low-conductance 8.1 +/- 0.35 pS channels that usually became inactive on excision; high-conductance anion channels were not apparent. Ion substitution experiments demonstrated selectivity for Cl- over gluconate of 1:0.07. With addition of 1-isobutyl-3-methylxanthine (0.1 mM) and dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (1.0 mM) to the bath, incidence of the channel increased from 35.3 to 61.9% of total patches (n = 156 and 21, respectively), and incidence of patches with multiple copies of the channel increased markedly from 2.2 to 38.5%. Epithelial Cl- transport was inhibited by mucosally added diphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid (1.0 mM) but not by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (0.1-1.0 mM). The anion channel was absent from cultured killifish corneal epithelium, a tissue that lacks Cl- cells. We conclude that a low-conductance anion channel of Cl- cells, likely in the apical membrane, may account for adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-activated Cl- secretion by marine fish.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Midelfart
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000838:Anions / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004594:Electrophysiology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D007695:Killifishes / Q000502:physiology*; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides; D007473:Ion Channels; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates; C001209:fenamic acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid