Abstract
A membrane fraction, rich in basal-lateral plasma membranes, was prepared from the rectal gland of the spiny dogfish,Squalus acanthias, and the uptake of22Na into the plasma membrane vesicles was investigated by a rapid filtration technique. Sodium uptake was greatest in the presence of a chloride gradient directed into the vesicles; it was strikingly reduced when chloride was replaced with nitrate and was even slower with gluconate. If the membrane vesicles were pre-equilibrated with potassium chloride or potassium nitrate plus valinomycin, to minimize any electrical driving forces on sodium movement, the uptake of sodium was still greatest in the presence of chloride and remarkably decreased in the presence of nitrate. Furosemide, 10−3 and 10−4 M, decreased sodium uptake into the vesicles in a dose dependent manner only in the presence of chloride. Furthermore, saturation of sodium uptake by increasing sodium chloride concentrations was observed. The above results provide direct evidence for a coupling of sodium and chloride fluxes across the plasma membrane of the rectal gland via a cotransport system sensitive to furosemide. They support the hypothesis that chloride secretion of the rectal gland is a secondary active transport and is driven by the sodium gradient across the basal-lateral membranes of the cell.
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Abbreviations
- Dibutyryl cyclic AMP:
-
N6, O2′-dibutyryl adenosine 3′: 5′-cyclic monophosphoric acid, monosodium salt
- ATP:
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adenosine triphosphate, disodium salt
- Na:
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K-ATPase, sodiumpotassium stimulated adenosine triphosphatase
- Tris:
-
tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
- HEPES:
-
2-(N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazin-N'yl)ethanesulphonic acid
- EDTA:
-
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
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Eveloff, J., Kinne, R., Kinne-Saffran, E. et al. Coupled sodium and chloride transport into plasma membrane vesicles prepared from dogfish rectal gland. Pflugers Arch. 378, 87–92 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00584439
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