Permeability to water in a tight epithelium: possible modulating action of gap junctions

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Gabriel OrceAlejandra Bellomio

Abstract

Osmotic water flow (Jw) across tight distal nephron epithelial membranes increases upon exposure to vasopressin: following binding of the hormone to its receptors, intracellular cyclic AMP concentration increases, leading to insertion of aquaporins in the apical membrane. The involvement of intercellular communication in the process, however, has not been adequately explored. Octanol, 1.2 x 10(-3) M, a gap junction inhibitor, significantly reduced Jw (expressed as mg.20 min(-1)) in isolated toad urinary bladders (a model of the distal nephron) subjected to a transepithelial osmotic gradient and exposed to agents mimicking the vasopressin-triggered mechanism: oxytocin, 50 mIU.mL(-1) (from 185.3 +/- 28.0, P < 0.001, to 69.0 +/- 23.6, P < 0.05; Pdiff < 0.01, n = 6), and cyclic AMP, 2.5 x 10(-3) M (from 98.0 +/- 32.6, P < 0.02, to 31.0 +/- 13.9, NS; Pdiff < 0.05, n = 12), without altering the effect of nystatin, 450 U.mL(-1), which increases Jw via a mechanism unrelated to apical aquaporin insertion (163.2 +/- 16.3, P < 0.001, in controls vs. 150.3 +/- 10.4, P < 0.001, in octanol-treated bladders; Pdiff: NS, n = 6). Another gap junction blocker, carbenoxolone, 2.0 x 10(-4) M (CBX), exerted similar effects on the responses to oxytoc...Continue Reading

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May 26, 2011·Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology·G OrceY Chanampa
Feb 1, 2008·Experimental Eye Research·Oscar A CandiaLawrence J Alvarez
Feb 3, 2007·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology·Masakazu SuzukiShigeyasu Tanaka

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