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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 266: C73-C80, 1994;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 1 C73-C80, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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pH, morphology, and diffusion in lateral intercellular spaces of epithelial cell monolayers

P. J. Harris, J. Y. Chatton, P. H. Tran, P. M. Bungay and K. R. Spring
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

The lateral intercellular spaces (LIS) of reabsorptive epithelia are the site of the proposed local osmotic gradient responsible for transepithelial transport. We developed techniques for loading the LIS of living cultured renal cells (MDCK and LLC-PK1) with the fluorescent dye 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), visualizing LIS geometry, measuring pH, and determining the BCECF diffusion coefficient within the LIS. The LIS pH was remarkably constant and differed substantially from that of the superfusate in both the presence and absence of HCO3 or CO2. The LIS of MDCK cells had a pH of 7.66 +/- 0.04 in bicarbonate-free solutions of pH 7.0, 7.4, or 7.8. In bicarbonate-containing solutions, MDCK LIS pH was acidic to the superfusate by 0.3-0.4 units. In the absence of bicarbonate, the LIS of LLC-PK1 cells was markedly acidic (6.83 +/- 0.05), becoming alkaline by approximately 0.25 units in the presence of bicarbonate. Gradients in pH or dye concentration were not detected within the LIS. The diffusion coefficient of BCECF within the LIS was approximately equal to that seen in free solution.


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