Volume-sensitive Cl- current in bovine adrenocortical cells: comparison with the ACTH-induced Cl- current

The Journal of Membrane Biology
Sylvie Dupré-AucouturierA Bilbaut

Abstract

In a previous study performed on zona fasciculata (ZF) cells isolated from calf adrenal glands, we identified an ACTH-induced Cl- current involved in cell membrane depolarization. In the present work, we describe a volume-sensitive Cl- current and compare it with the ACTH-activated Cl- current. Experiments were performed using the whole-cell patch-clamp recording method, video microscopy and cortisol-secretion measurements. In current-clamp experiments, hypotonic solutions induced a membrane depolarization to -22 mV. This depolarization, correlated with an increase in the membrane conductance, was sensitive to different Cl- channel inhibitors. In voltage-clamp experiments, hypotonic solution induced a membrane current that slowly decayed and reversed at -21 mV. This ionic current displayed no time dependence and showed a slight outward rectification. It was blocked to variable extent by different conventional Cl- channel inhibitors. Under hypotonic conditions, membrane depolarizations were preceded by an increase in cell volume that was not detected under ACTH stimulation. It was concluded that hypotonic solution induced cell swelling, which activated a Cl- current involved in membrane depolarization. Although cell volume chang...Continue Reading

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