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  • Title: Ion transport by rabbit colon. I. Active and passive components.
    Author: Frizzell RA, Koch MJ, Schultz SG.
    Journal: J Membr Biol; 1976; 27(3):297-316. PubMed ID: 181580.
    Abstract:
    Descending rabbit colon, stripped of muscularis externa, absorbs Na and Cl under short-circuit conditions and exhibits a residual ion flux, consistent with HCO3 secretion, whose magnitude is approximately equal to the rate of active Cl absorption. Net K transport was not observed under short-circuit conditions. The results of ion replacement studies and of treatment with ouabain or amiloride suggest that the short-circuit current ISC is determined solely by the rate of active Na transport and that the net movements of Cl and HCO3 are mediated by a Na-independent, electrically-neutral, anion exchange process. Cyclic AMP stimulates an electrogenic Cl secretion, abolishes HCO3 secretion but does not affect the rate of Na absorption under short-circuit conditions. Studies of the effect of transepithelial potential difference on the serosa-to-mucosa fluxes Jism of Na, K and Cl suggest that JNasm,JIsm and one-third of JCl-sm may be attributed to ionic diffusion. The permeabilities of the passive conductance pathway(s) are such that Pk:PNa:PCl= 1.0:0.07:0.11. Electrolyte transport by in vitro rabbit colon closely resembles that reported from in vivo studies of mammalian colon and thus may serve as a useful model for the further study of colonic ion transport mechanisms.
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