title: Transfer of Cl- across placenta of anesthetized rat.
abstract: The mechanisms of Cl- transfer across the rat placenta have been investigated. Clearance across the intact placenta from mother to fetus (m-->f) of 51Cr-EDTA (paracellular diffusion marker) and 36Cl- (Kmf) was 1.9 +/- 0.1 and 37.3 +/- 4.1 microliters/min, respectively (mean +/- SE, n = 10), the large difference indicating that most m-->f transfer of Cl- is transcellular. The clearance of 36Cl- across the dually perfused placenta in m-->f and fetal-to-maternal directions was symmetrical and highly sensitive to the anion-exchange inhibitor 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (0.1 mM). The Kmf of 36Cl- was not inhibited by anoxia and had a low temperature quotient (Q10 between 32 and 37 degrees C was 1.52). The m --> f transfer of Cl- seemed to be fully saturated at physiological concentrations of Cl-. 36Cl- could be displaced from the transporter on the maternal side by other anions with the following order of affinity: Cl- approximately NO3- > Br- > lactate- >> gluconate. It is concluded that most of the Cl- transfer across the rat placenta is effected by an anion exchanger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stulc
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stulcová
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Sibley
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002034:Bumetanide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002712:Chlorides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D002034:Bumetanide; D000086:Acetazolamide; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid