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  • Title: Bioelectric properties and ion transport of excised rabbit trachea.
    Author: Jarnigan F, Davis JD, Bromberg PA, Gatzy JT, Boucher RC.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol; 1983 Dec; 55(6):1884-92. PubMed ID: 6319342.
    Abstract:
    Bioelectric properties and 22Na+ and 36Cl- isotopic flows across rabbit trachea, an airway epithelium without submucosal glands, were measured in vitro. One hundred twenty-two excised tracheas exhibited a mean transepithelial electric potential difference (PD) of 12 mV (lumen negative), a conductance (G) of 8.5 mS X cm-2, and a short-circuit current (Isc) of 90 microA X cm-2. G remained stable for more than 3 h, but Isc and PD fell slowly (10%/h). G was inversely correlated with PD, but Isc and G were not correlated. Na+ was absorbed under both open-circuit (1.7 mueq. cm-2 X h-1) and short-circuit (2.2 mueq X cm-2 X h-1) conditions. Net Na+ transport accounted for 70% of Isc of the short-circuited trachea. Net Cl- flow in the absorptive direction approximated that of Na+ under open-circuit conditions (1.6 mueq X cm-2 X h-1). Under short-circuit conditions the small net flow of Cl- in the direction of secretion (0.4 mueq X cm-2 X h-1) was not significant. Both unidirectional Cl- fluxes were correlated with G; [14C]-mannitol permeability and Na+ flows were weakly or not correlated with G. We found no evidence of net HCO-3 or proton transport. Acetylcholine (10(-4) M), phenylephrine (10(-5) M), or isoproterenol (10(-5) M) induced no change in bioelectric properties or ion flows. We conclude that the rabbit trachea is primarily a Na+ absorbing epithelium. The absence of a correlation between mannitol permeability and G suggests that much of the Cl- conductance is transcellular. Whereas insensitivity of rabbit trachea to cholinergic and alpha-adrenergic agents is compatible with the absence of glands, the lack of response to beta-adrenergic agonists denotes a species difference (compared with canine trachea) in airway-surface epithelial cell function.
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