AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 1 71-G82, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Aldosterone-induced apical Na+ and K+ conductances are located predominantly in surface cells in rat distal colon

R. B. Lomax, C. M. McNicholas, M. Lombes and G. I. Sandle
Epithelial Membrane Research Centre, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom.

Aldosterone is a major regulator of Na(+)-absorptive and K(+)-secretory processes in the distal segment of mammalian colon. In this study, the distribution of aldosterone-sensitive cell types in isolated rat distal colon was determined using site-directed intracellular microelectrodes, specific Na(+)- and K(+)-channel blockers, and aldosterone-receptor binding techniques. Electrophysiological data indicated that aldosterone induced parallel apical membrane Na+ and K+ conductances, mainly in surface cells and to a significantly lesser degree in crypt cells. Scatchard analyses of aldosterone-receptor binding in cytosolic fractions revealed the maximum number of specific binding sites in whole mucosal homogenate and in the upper one-third and lower two-thirds of isolated crypt units to be 74.9 +/- 2.0, 59.8 +/- 2.4, and 59.3 +/- 3.2 fmol/mg protein, respectively, indicating the presence of aldosterone receptors in the crypt cell population. We conclude that in rat distal colon aldosterone-induced Na+ and K+ conductances (and by inference, electrogenic Na(+)-absorptive and K(+)-secretory processes) are located predominantly in the surface cell population and to a lesser extent in crypt cells, which also contain aldosterone receptors. This spectrum of aldosterone-induced Na+ and K+ conductances may reflect varying stages of differentiation along the surface cell-crypt cell axis.

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