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  • Title: Intracellular microelectrode characterization of the rabbit cortical collecting duct.
    Author: Koeppen BM, Biagi BA, Giebisch GH.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1983 Jan; 244(1):F35-47. PubMed ID: 6295184.
    Abstract:
    Cortical collecting ducts of the rabbit were perfused in vitro and the intracellular potential (Vbl) was measured with KCl-filled microelectrodes. The ratio of apical to basolateral membrane resistance (Ra/Rbl) was estimated from the voltage divider ratio using cable analysis. In control tubules Vbl averaged--84.0 +/- 2.5 mV and Ra/Rbl was 0.83 +/- 0.11. Pretreatment of the rabbits with mineralocorticoid caused Vbl to hyperpolarize to--105.8 +/- 3.1 mV and Ra/Rbl to decrease slightly to 0.62 +/- 0.10. A 10-fold increase of the luminal [K+] caused a 40.6 +/- 3.1 mV depolarization of Vbl in control tubules and a 33.0 +/- 4.2 mV depolarization in tubules from DOCA-pretreated rabbits. Concurrently, Ra/Rbl decreased in both groups, consistent with the existence of a conductive K+ channel at the apical cell membrane. This apical K+ channel was not sensitive to amiloride but was blocked by Ba2+. Conductive movement of Na+ across the apical membrane was also apparent in that Ra/Rbl increased with amiloride from 0.61 +/- 0.10 to 1.45 +/- 0.28. A 10-fold increase in the bath [K+] caused a 28.6 +/- 3.8 and a 49.4 +/- 4.4 mV depolarization of Vbl in tubules obtained from control and DOCA-pretreated rabbits, respectively. In both groups Ra/Rbl increased, suggesting that the basolateral cell membrane also contains a conductive K+ channel. Taken together the results support a model in which the transepithelial reabsorption of Na+ and the transepithelial secretion of K+ are driven by the Na+-K+-ATPase located in the basolateral cell membrane, with passive movement of these ions occurring through separate conductive pathways in the apical cell membrane.
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