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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 261: F545-F553, 1991;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 3 545-F553, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Low-dose glucocorticoids maintain Na-H exchange in distal colon of adrenalectomized rats

C. P. Bastl, L. Bressler, G. Schulman, M. Mendez and E. J. Cragoe Jr
Department of Medicine, Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140.

With in vivo perfusion we demonstrated that physiological doses of glucocorticoids restore Na and Cl absorption in adrenalectomized rat colon. The absorption is spironolactone and amiloride resistant and is inhibited by the Na-H inhibitor, 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride (EIPA), suggesting that glucocorticoids modulate Na-H antiport. The present in vitro study examines pathways mediated by glucocorticoids in adrenalectomized rat distal colon and rectum. In vivo administration of 2.5 micrograms/100 g body wt dexamethasone did not alter serosal-to-mucosal flux or tissue electrical parameters but restored mucosal-to-serosal flux and net Na and Cl absorption within 2-3 h of administration to levels found in intact rat colon. Transport was not inhibited by 10(-5) M amiloride but was eliminated by 10(-5) M EIPA. After 26 h of dexamethasone, an amiloride-resistant short-circuit current was stimulated, accompanied by increased residual ion flux in rectum, but not distal colon, suggesting that a delayed or secondary effect of glucocorticoids is stimulation of electrogenic anion secretion. Thus adrenalectomy reduces net ion flux in distal colon by its effect on electroneutral mucosal-to-serosal NaCl flux. Small doses of glucocorticoids completely ameliorate this effect via stimulation of the Na-H antiport. Glucocorticoids maintain basal electroneutral NaCl absorption in distal rat colon.


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