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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 260: C813-C823, 1991;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 4 C813-C823, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Cl- secretion by cultured shark rectal gland cells. I. Transepithelial transport

J. D. Valentich and J. N. Forrest Jr
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225.

To facilitate analysis of the regulation of epithelial Cl- transport by hormones, neurotransmitters, and autocrine mediators, we have developed a primary monolayer culture system for shark rectal gland (SRG) epithelial cells. Cultures exhibit vigorous transcellular Cl- secretion which can be measured using short-circuit current or 36Cl flux methods. Transport is markedly reduced by bumetanide or barium, inhibitors of Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl- cotransport and K+ channels, respectively. This indicates that Cl- secretion by SRG monolayers occurs by a mechanism similar to that described in numerous native Cl- secretory epithelia. Forskolin, 10 microM 2-chloroadenosine, or vasoactive intestinal peptide, potent secretagogues in the isolated perfused SRG, stimulate Cl- secretion by SRG cultures. Submicromolar concentrations of 2-chloroadenosine, which inhibit Cl- secretion in the native SRG, reduce forskolin-stimulated short-circuit current in SRG cultures. Somatostatin, another inhibitor of Cl- secretion by the native SRG, reduces forskolin-stimulated adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate accumulation in SRG cultures. These results demonstrate that SRG cultures are fully responsive to mediators which activate or inhibit secretion by the native epithelium.


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