title: Electrical properties of the intestinal mucosa of the chicken and the effects of luminal glucose.
abstract: Transmural potential difference (PD), short-circuit current (Isc), and electrical resistance (R) were measured in the isolated mucosa of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, proximal cecum, and rectum in order to characterize the electrical properties of the chicken small and large intestine. The chicken intestine was classified into three categories, regarding its electrical characteristics: 1) the duodenum, with four to five times higher R than the other segments and the lowest PD; 2) the group formed by the jejunum, the ileum, and the proximal cecum, with high PD and low R; 3) the rectum, with low PD and low R. In all segments, the addition of D-glucose into the luminal side stimulates Isc, and this effect can be reversed by phloridzin, indicating that the glucose-induced Isc increase is due to Na+-D-glucose co-transport. The effect of glucose is maximal in the rectum, with a fivefold Isc increase, suggesting that this segment may have an important role in the absorption of Na+ as well as of nutrients co-transported with Na+.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Fisiologia-Divisió IV, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. camat@farmacia.far.ub.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amat
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Piqueras
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Planas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moretó
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D005947:Glucose