Regulated anion secretion in cultured epithelia from Sertoli cells of immature rats.
1. Cultured epithelia of Sertoli cells from prepubertal rats were grown on Matrigel-coated millipore filters for short-circuit current (Isc) measurements. Under basal conditions, these epithelia exhibited a 'zero' transepithelial potential difference, a 'zero' short-circuit current and a transepithelial resistance of 60 Omega cm2. 2. Forskolin (100 microM) and 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP (cpt-cAMP) (100 microM) added to the apical side stimulated the Isc (forskolin, peak DeltaIsc = 1.32 +/- 0.16 microA cm-1; cpt-cAMP, peak DeltaIsc = 0.88 +/- 0.16 microA cm-2). 3. ATP (100 microM) added apically elicited a Isc response (peak DeltaIsc = 6.45 +/- 0. 28 microA cm-2) which was similar in magnitude to that of 1 microM thapsigargin (peak DeltaIsc = 6.09 +/- 0.44 microA cm-2). The potency of the responses to other nucleotides: UTP >= ATP > ADP >> AMP = adenosine indicates the involvement of a mixture of P2Y receptors. 4. Removal of extracellular Cl- and HCO3- reduced the Isc response to ATP by 70 % and 40 %, respectively. Removal of K+ had no effect, whereas removal of Na+ attenuated the Isc response. 5. The response to ATP was insensitive to agents known to block anion secretion (except apical diphenylamine-2-carboxylate (DPC) and DIDS). The resistance to perturbation by pharmacological agents may be a unique property of the seminiferous epithelium. 6. Whole-cell current recordings in cultured rat Sertoli cells demonstrated a DIDS-sensitive outwardly rectifying Cl- conductance with activating and inactivating characteristics at depolarizing and hyperpolarizing voltages, respectively. 7. The stimulation of electrogenic ion transport by ATP may be part of a complex mechanism regulating fluid secretion by the testis. Cultured Sertoli cell epithelia are shown to provide a useful model to investigate transepithelial transport in the seminiferous epithelium.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China.
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D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000838:Anions / Q000378:metabolism; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000378:metabolism; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
D000838:Anions; D001639:Bicarbonates; D002712:Chlorides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D013873:Thionucleotides; D005576:Colforsin; C015929:8-((4-chlorophenyl)thio)cyclic-3',5'-AMP; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP