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2-adrenergic receptors
1 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 432 Vestibular Neurobiology, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France; and 2 Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
The ductal
epithelium of the semicircular canal forms much of the boundary between
the K+-rich luminal fluid and the Na+-rich
abluminal fluid. We sought to determine whether the net ion flux
producing the apical-to-basal short-circuit current
(Isc) in primary cultures was due to anion
secretion and/or cation absorption and under control of receptor
agonists. Net fluxes of 22Na, 86Rb, and
36Cl demonstrated a basal-to-apical Cl
secretion that was stimulated by isoproterenol. Isoproterenol and
norepinephrine increased Isc with an
EC50 of 3 and 15 nM, respectively, and isoproterenol
increased tissue cAMP of native canals with an EC50 of 5 nM. Agonists for adenosine, histamine, and vasopressin receptors had no
effect on Isc. Isoproterenol stimulation of
Isc and cAMP was inhibited by ICI-118551
(IC50 = 6 µM for Isc) but not
by CGP-20712A (1 µM) in primary cultures, and similar results were
found in native epithelium. Isc was partially inhibited by basolateral Ba2+ (IC50 = 0.27 mM) and ouabain, whereas responses to genistein, glibenclamide, and
DIDS did not fully fit the profile for CFTR. Our findings show that the
canal epithelium contributes to endolymph homeostasis by secretion of
Cl
under
2-adrenergic control with cAMP as
second messenger, a process that parallels the adrenergic control of
K+ secretion by vestibular dark cells. The current work
points to one possible etiology of endolymphatic hydrops in Meniere's
disease and may provide a basis for intervention.
anion secretion; vestibular labyrinth; receptors; endolymph
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