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. 1964 Jan 1;47(3):567–584. doi: 10.1085/jgp.47.3.567

Ion Transport in Isolated Rabbit Ileum

I. Short-circuit current and Na fluxes

Stanley G Schultz 1, Ralph Zalusky 1
PMCID: PMC2195387  PMID: 14100970

Abstract

The transmural potential difference, short-circuit current, and Na fluxes have been investigated in an in vitro preparation of isolated rabbit ileum. When the tissue is perfused with a physiological buffer, the serosal surface is electrically positive with respect to the mucosal surface and the initial potential difference in the presence of glucose averages 9 mv. Unidirectional and net Na fluxes have been determined under a variety of conditions, and in each instance, most if not all of the simultaneously measured short-circuit current could be attributed to the active transport of Na from mucosa to serosa. Active Na transport is dependent upon the presence of intact aerobic metabolic pathways and is inhibited by low concentrations of ouabain in the serosal medium. A method is described for determining whether a unidirectional ionic flux is the result of passive diffusion alone, in the presence of active transport of that ion in the opposite direction. Using this method we have demonstrated that the serosa-to-mucosa flux of Na may be attributed to passive diffusion with no evidence for the presence of carrier-mediated exchange diffusion or the influence of solvent-drag.

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