A critical analysis of carbonic anhydrase function, respiratory gas exchange, and the acid-base control of secretion in the rectal gland of Squalus acanthias. Shuttleworth, T. J., Thompson, J., Munger, R. S., & Wood, C. M. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(23):4701–4716, December, 2006.
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We compared in vivo responses of rectal gland secretion to carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibition (10(-4) mol l(-1) acetazolamide) in volume-loaded dogfish with in vitro responses in an isolated-perfused gland stimulated with 5 10(-6) mol l(-1) forskolin and removed from systemic influences. We also measured respiratory gas exchange in the perfused gland, described the acid-base status of the secreted fluid, and determined the relative importance of various extracellular and intracellular acid-base parameters in controlling rectal gland secretion in vitro. In vivo, acetazolamide inhibited Cl- secretion and decreased pHi in the rectal gland, but interpretation was confounded by an accompanying systemic respiratory acidosis, which would also have contributed to the inhibition. In the perfused gland, M-CO2 and M-O2 increased in linear relation to increases in Cl- secretion rate. CA inhibition (10(-4) mol l(-1) acetazolamide) had no effect on Cl- secretion rate or pHi in the perfused gland, in contrast to in vivo, but caused a transitory 30% inhibition of M-CO2 (relative to stable M-O2) and elevation in secretion P-CO2 effects, which peaked at 2 h and attenuated by 3.5 - 4 h. Secretion was inhibited by acidosis and stimulated by alkalosis; the relationship between relative Cl- secretion rate and pHe was almost identical to that seen in vivo. Experimental manipulations of perfusate pH, P-CO2 and H-CO3 concentration, together with measurements of pHi, demonstrated that these responses were most strongly correlated with changes in pHe, and were not related to changes in P-CO2, extracellular H-CO3(-), or intracellular H-CO3(-) levels, though changes in pHi may also have played a role. The acid-base status of the secreted fluid varied with that of the perfusate, secretion pH remaining about 0.3 - 0.5 units lower, and changing in concert with pHe rather than pHi; secretion H-CO3(-) concentrations remained low, even in the face of greatly elevated perfusate H-CO3(-) concentrations. We conclude that pH effects on rectal gland secretion rate are adaptive, that CA functions to catalyze the hydration of C-O2, thereby maintaining a gradient for diffusive efflux of C-O2 from the working cells, and that differences in response to CA inhibition likely reflect the higher perfusion-to-secretion ratio in vitro than in vivo.
@article{shuttleworth_critical_2006,
	title = {A critical analysis of carbonic anhydrase function, respiratory gas exchange, and the acid-base control of secretion in the rectal gland of {Squalus} acanthias},
	volume = {209},
	shorttitle = {A critical analysis of carbonic anhydrase function, respiratory gas exchange, and the acid-base control of secretion in the rectal gland of {Squalus} acanthias},
	doi = {10.1242/jeb.02564},
	abstract = {We compared in vivo responses of rectal gland secretion to carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibition (10(-4) mol l(-1) acetazolamide) in volume-loaded dogfish with in vitro responses in an isolated-perfused gland stimulated with 5 10(-6) mol l(-1) forskolin and removed from systemic influences. We also measured respiratory gas exchange in the perfused gland, described the acid-base status of the secreted fluid, and determined the relative importance of various extracellular and intracellular acid-base parameters in controlling rectal gland secretion in vitro. In vivo, acetazolamide inhibited Cl- secretion and decreased pHi in the rectal gland, but interpretation was confounded by an accompanying systemic respiratory acidosis, which would also have contributed to the inhibition. In the perfused gland, M-CO2 and M-O2 increased in linear relation to increases in Cl- secretion rate. CA inhibition (10(-4) mol l(-1) acetazolamide) had no effect on Cl- secretion rate or pHi in the perfused gland, in contrast to in vivo, but caused a transitory 30\% inhibition of M-CO2 (relative to stable M-O2) and elevation in secretion P-CO2 effects, which peaked at 2 h and attenuated by 3.5 - 4 h. Secretion was inhibited by acidosis and stimulated by alkalosis; the relationship between relative Cl- secretion rate and pHe was almost identical to that seen in vivo. Experimental manipulations of perfusate pH, P-CO2 and H-CO3 concentration, together with measurements of pHi, demonstrated that these responses were most strongly correlated with changes in pHe, and were not related to changes in P-CO2, extracellular H-CO3(-), or intracellular H-CO3(-) levels, though changes in pHi may also have played a role. The acid-base status of the secreted fluid varied with that of the perfusate, secretion pH remaining about 0.3 - 0.5 units lower, and changing in concert with pHe rather than pHi; secretion H-CO3(-) concentrations remained low, even in the face of greatly elevated perfusate H-CO3(-) concentrations. We conclude that pH effects on rectal gland secretion rate are adaptive, that CA functions to catalyze the hydration of C-O2, thereby maintaining a gradient for diffusive efflux of C-O2 from the working cells, and that differences in response to CA inhibition likely reflect the higher perfusion-to-secretion ratio in vitro than in vivo.},
	number = {23},
	journal = {Journal of Experimental Biology},
	author = {Shuttleworth, T. J. and Thompson, J. and Munger, R. S. and Wood, C. M.},
	month = dec,
	year = {2006},
	pages = {4701--4716},
}

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