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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 252: F645-F653, 1987;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 252, Issue 4 645-F653, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Transepithelial and intracellular potentials in isolated Malpighian tubules of tenebrionid beetle

S. W. Nicolson and L. C. Isaacson

Malpighian tubules of Onymacris plana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) have been isolated for measurement of transepithelial and intracellular potentials, before and during stimulation of fluid secretion. In a bathing medium resembling the hemolymph composition of the insect, the transepithelial potential (VT) was approximately 13 mV, lumen positive. VT was subject to drift and frequently showed super-imposed regular oscillations, which were apparently action potentials associated with contractions of muscle fibers running along the tubules. Although tubules of Onymacris are approximately 8 cm long, the basal membrane potential (Vb) did not vary with distance along the tubule, averaging -31 mV. Addition of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or diuretic hormone (DH) homogenate to the bathing medium had no effect on Vb, but opposing effects on VT: cAMP caused it to increase to 60 mV, whereas DH homogenate caused a rapid drop in VT to almost zero. Ion substitutions in the bathing medium showed that under control conditions beetle tubules possessed appreciable basal permeability to both K and Cl ions, with a 10-fold reduction in bath K concentration hyperpolarizing Vb by 54 mV. The basal K and Cl channels were partially blocked by barium and thiocyanate ions, respectively. Stimulation with cAMP increased the apical membrane potential (Va) and significantly reduced the Cl permeability of the basal membrane, whereas its Na permeability remained negligible.


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