AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 239, Issue 3 151-G160, Copyright © 1980 by American Physiological Society

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Ba2+ inhibition of electrogenic Cl- secretion in vitro frog and piglet gastric mucosa

W. L. McLennan, T. E. Machen and T. Zeuthen

Gastric mucosae from frogs and newborn pigs were used for in vitro investigation of the effects of Ba2+ (10 microM to 7 mM) on transepithelial potential difference (PD), resistance and conductance (G), short-circuit current (Isc), H+ secretion, and transepithelial fluxes of 36Cl-. Ba2+ in the serosal, but not the mucosal, solution of both preparations caused PD, G, Isc, and Cl- secretion (JnetCl, Isc conditions) to decrease, while H+ secretion remained constant. Because the oxyntic cells were most likely the site of action for Ba2+, these cells must have the capacity to secrete Cl- in excess of H+ ions. The inhibitory effect of Ba2+ was not due to competition in the serosal membrane by Ba2+ for surface charges, Ca2+ sites, Na+ sites, or Cl- sites. When [K+] in both the mucosal and serosal solutions or in just the serosal solution ([K+]s) alone was increased to 10 mM, the inhibitory effects of low [Ba2+] were reduced; however, at higher [Ba2+], Isc was stimulated. At least part of the Ba2+ effect seems to be due to blockage of K+ channels in the serosal membrane of oxyntic cells. High [K+]s also caused decreased PD and Isc (but increased G) with no change in H+ secretion. It is proposed that during Isc conditions, JnetCl involves a neutral Na+-dependent accumulation of Cl- within oxyntic cells and a passive, conductive efflux fromthe cells into the mucosal solution. Ba2+ and high [K+] may alter this transport by depolarizing and, under certain conditions, hyperpolarizing intracellular voltage.

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