AJP - GI Fuel your research with LabChart
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (September 21, 2001). doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00223.2001
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
282/2/G211    most recent
00223.2001v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Phillipson, M.
Right arrow Articles by Holm, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Phillipson, M.
Right arrow Articles by Holm, L.

Articles in PresS, published online ahead of print September 21, 2001
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 10.1152/ajpgi.00223.2001
Submitted on May 30, 2001
Accepted on September 16, 2001

The importance of mucus layers and bicarbonate transport in preservation of gastric juxtamucosal pH

Mia Phillipson1*, Christer Atuma1, Johanna Henriksnas1, and Lena Holm1

1 Division of Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Mia.Phillipson{at}physiology.uu.se.

Mucus thickness is suggested to be related to mucosal protection. We therefore investigated the importance of the removable mucous layer and epithelial bicarbonate transport in preservation of the gastric juxtamucosal pH (pHjm) during luminal acid. Anesthetized rats were prepared for intravital microscopy of the gastric mucosa and pHjm was measured with pH-sensitive microelectrodes. The mucus was either left intact (IM) or removed (MR) down to the firmly attached mucous layer, when HCl, pH1, was applied luminally. Removal of the loosely adherent mucous layer did not influence the pHjm during luminal acid (Pentagastrin: IM/MR 7.03±0.09/6.82±0.19; Pentagastrin+Indomethacin: IM/MR 6.89±.020/6.95±0.27; Ranitidine: IM/MR 2.38±0.64/2.97±0.62), unless prostaglandin synthesis and acid secretion were inhibited (Ranitidine+Indomethacin: IM/MR 2.03±0.37/1.66±0.18). Neutral pHjm is maintained during endogenous acid secretion and luminal pH1, unless DIDS was applied luminally, which resulted in a substantially decreased pHjm (1.37±0.21). Neutral pHjm is maintained by a DIDS-sensitive bicarbonate transport over the surface epithelium. The loosely adherent mucous layer only contributes in maintaining pHjm during luminal pH1 if acid secretion and prostaglandin synthesis are inhibited.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.Home page
J. Petersson, M. Phillipson, E. A. Jansson, A. Patzak, J. O. Lundberg, and L. Holm
Dietary nitrate increases gastric mucosal blood flow and mucosal defense
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, March 1, 2007; 292(3): G718 - G724.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.Home page
J. Henriksnas, M. Phillipson, M. Storm, L. Engstrand, M. Soleimani, and L. Holm
Impaired mucus-bicarbonate barrier in Helicobacter pylori-infected mice
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, September 1, 2006; 291(3): G396 - G403.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol.Home page
J. Xu, J. Henriksnas, S. Barone, D. Witte, G. E. Shull, J. G. Forte, L. Holm, and M. Soleimani
SLC26A9 is expressed in gastric surface epithelial cells, mediates Cl-/HCO3- exchange, and is inhibited by NH4+ (Report)
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, August 1, 2005; 289(2): C493 - C505.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol.Home page
A. Allen and G. Flemstrom
Gastroduodenal mucus bicarbonate barrier: protection against acid and pepsin
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, January 1, 2005; 288(1): C1 - C19.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.Home page
J. Xu, S. Barone, S. Petrovic, Z. Wang, U. Seidler, B. Riederer, K. Ramaswamy, P. K. Dudeja, G. E. Shull, and M. Soleimani
Identification of an apical Cl-/HCO3- exchanger in gastric surface mucous and duodenal villus cells
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, December 1, 2003; 285(6): G1225 - G1234.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
GutHome page
D Pantoflickova, D R Scott, G Sachs, G Dorta, and A L Blum
13C urea breath test (UBT) in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori: why does it work better with acid test meals?
Gut, July 1, 2003; 52(7): 933 - 937.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.Home page
M. Phillipson, J. Henriksnas, M. Holstad, S. Sandler, and L. Holm
Inducible nitric oxide synthase is involved in acid-induced gastric hyperemia in rats and mice
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, June 9, 2003; 285(1): G154 - G162.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Appl. Physiol.Home page
I. M. P. Joseph, Y. Zavros, J. L. Merchant, and D. Kirschner
A model for integrative study of human gastric acid secretion
J Appl Physiol, April 1, 2003; 94(4): 1602 - 1618.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH
Visit Other APS Journals Online
Copyright © 1979 by the American Physiological Society.