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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 1566, Issue 1-2, Pages 162-168Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(02)00598-9
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ENaC; Na+ channel; cystic fibrosis regulator; pancreas; pancreatic duct; steroid hormone
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Many epithelia express specific Na+ channels (ENaC) together with the cystic fibrosis regulator (CFTR) Cl channels, Pancreatic ducts secrete HCO3--rich fluid and express CFTR. However, the question whether they possess ENaC has not been consistently addressed, The aim of the present study was to investigate if pancreatic ducts express functional ENaC. Membrane voltages (V) of ducts isolated from rat pancreas were measured with microelectrodes or whole-cell patch-clamp technique, Amiloride and benzamil given from bath or luminal sides did not hyperpolarize V Lowering of extracellular Na+ concentrations had effects that were not consistent with it simple Na+ conductance, but rather with a Na+/Ca2+ exchange, Acute or long-lasting treatment of pancreatic ducts with mineralocorticoids had no effect on V of unstimulated or secretin-stimulated preparations, Furthermore, pre-treatment of animals with glucocoticoids had no effect oil pancreatic fluid secretion evoked from ducts, or from acini. Hence, our study shows that pancreas especially pancreatic ducts do not express functional ENaC, (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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