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. 1985 Apr;361:19–33. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1985.sp015630

The secretory action of barium chloride in rat colon.

J Hardcastle, P T Hardcastle, J M Noble
PMCID: PMC1192844  PMID: 3989726

Abstract

BaCl2, applied serosally, caused a rise in the p.d. and short-circuit current (s.c.c), and a decrease in tissue resistance in stripped sheets of rat colon. This response was dose dependent. Mucosal application of BaCl2 was without effect. The BaCl2-induced rise in s.c.c. was inhibited by reducing the serosal Na+ concentration to 25 mM. Lowering the mucosal Na+ concentration was without effect. Ouabain (10(-3) M in serosal fluid) and furosemide (10(-3) M in serosal fluid) both reduced the rise in s.c.c. induced by BaCl2. Flux determinations indicated that BaCl2 inhibited Na+ absorption and stimulated Cl- secretion by the colon. In vivo, BaCl2 increased fluid accumulation within the colonic lumen, an effect that was associated with a rise in the transcolonic p.d. Increasing the serosal K+ concentration to 20 mM reduced the responses to BaCl2, acetylcholine and theophylline, and this could not be entirely accounted for by the concomitant reduction in the serosal Na+ concentration. As high serosal K+ did not mimic the secretory response it would appear that BaCl2 does not act by blocking K+ channels. The rise in s.c.c. induced by BaCl2 was not reduced by Ca2+-free conditions, but it was inhibited by 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8) and trifluoperazine. BaCl2 did not alter cyclic AMP production by colonic scrapes. It is concluded that BaCl2 induces colonic secretion by the release of intracellular Ca2+, which then combines with calmodulin to activate the secretory process.

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