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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs alter chloride and fluid transport in bovine retinal pigment epithelium

S. Bialek, J. N. Quong, K. Yu and S. S. Miller
School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were added to the solutions bathing the apical membrane of bovine retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid explants. For example, niflumic acid (100 microM) depolarized the basolateral membrane voltage (VB) by approximately 12 mV, increased transepithelial potential by 4.5 mV, decreased intracellular Cl activity by 13 mM, decreased transepithelial resistance by 17 omega.cm2, and increased the ratio of apical to basolateral membrane resistance nearly threefold. All of these changes are consistent with an increase in basolateral membrane Cl conductance. In addition, niflumic acid caused intracellular Ca concentration to decrease by 16 nM and fluid transport rate to increase by 1.5 microliters.cm-2.h-1. Flufenamic acid, which is structurally very similar to niflumic acid, had the opposite effects on membrane voltage and resistance. Basal application of the Cl channel blocker 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid or current clamping VB to the reversal potential for Cl practically abolished the niflumic acid response. The niflumic acid results suggest that certain NSAIDs can directly alter Cl conductance in the bovine RPE, apparently independently of cyclooxygenase inhibition.

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