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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS
1Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 2Department of Physical Therapy, Shu-Zen College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, and 3Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; and 4Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Submitted 13 June 2005 ; accepted in final form 5 September 2005
The mammalian kidney excretes its metabolic acid load through the proton-transporting cells, intercalated cells, in the distal nephron and collecting duct. Fish excrete acid through external organs, gill, or skin; however, the cellular function is still controversial. In this study, molecular and electrophysiological approaches were used to identify a novel cell type secreting acid in skin of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae. Among keratinocytes covering the larval surface, novel proton-secreting ionocytes, proton pump (H+-ATPase)-rich cells, were identified to generate strong outward H+ flux. The present work demonstrates for the first time, with a noninvasive technique, H+-secreting cells in an intact animal model, the zebrafish, showing it to be a suitable model in which to study the functions of vertebrate transporting epithelia in vivo.
hydrogen-adenosinetriphosphatase; ionocytes; epithelial transport; ion-selective electrode
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