PMID: 3746669Sep 1, 1986Paper

Thiazide diuretics inhibit chloride absorption by rabbit distal colon

The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
P C FerriolaM E Duffey

Abstract

In order to investigate the cellular mechanisms of action of thiazide diuretics, the effect of diuretic and nondiuretic thiazide compounds on Cl- absorption across rabbit distal colon was assessed in tissues mounted in Ussing chambers. This epithelium absorbs Cl- via an active electroneutral transport process. Net 36Cl- absorption across short-circuited tissues was decreased 53, 36 and 20% after addition of 10(-4) M trichlormethiazide, bendroflumethiazide or hydrochlorothiazide, respectively, to the mucosal bathing solution. This inhibitory effect was a result of a decrease in the mucosa-to-serosa unidirectional Cl- flux (P less than .02). Neither the serosa-to-mucosa Cl- flux nor Isc was affected by the thiazides. Thiazide diuretics may exert their effect on Cl- transport across rabbit distal colon through inhibition of a Cl(-)-HCO-3 exchange mechanism. The nondiuretic thiazide, diazoxide, had no effect on Cl- transport. The similarity between the diuretic potency of these compounds and their potency as inhibitors of Cl- absorption by rabbit colon suggests that the thiazides have a similar mechanism of action in renal epithelia.

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