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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 253: F1273-F1282, 1987;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 253, Issue 6 1273-F1282, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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The collecting tubule of Amphiuma. II. Effects of potassium adaptation

J. D. Horisberger, M. Hunter, B. Stanton and G. Giebisch
Department of Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Electrophysiological and transport properties were studied in isolated and perfused Amphiuma collecting tubules from two groups of animals, one exposed to a high sodium (NA), the other to a high potassium (KA) environment (both conditions known to modulate blood aldosterone levels). The transepithelial lumen-negative potential was significantly larger (-38 +/- 5 mV) in tubules from KA animals than from NA animals (-15 +/- 3 mV). In addition, we observed an increase in the apical amiloride-sensitive sodium conductance and stimulation of the transepithelial sodium current. Although no measurable potassium conductance was found in the apical cell membrane in either group, a potassium selectivity of the paracellular transport pathway was observed in the KA animals. Net potassium secretion was demonstrated in KA tubules (helium-glow photometry and [3H]inulin analysis). Potassium secretion was abolished by luminal amiloride but imposition of a bath-to-lumen potassium gradient induced potassium secretion. We conclude that in contrast to the mammalian cortical collecting tubule in which potassium secretion is largely transcellular, potassium secretion in the Amphiuma collecting tubule is by diffusion through the paracellular pathway.


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