Regulation of vocal fold transepithelial water fluxes
Regulation of vocal fold transepithelial water fluxes
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.2001.91.3.1401
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发表时间:
2001-09-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Yeates, DB
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作者:
Fisher, KV;Telser, A;Yeates, DB
Vocal fold hydration is critical to phonation. We hypothesized that the vocal fold generates bidirectional water fluxes, which are regulated by activity of the Na+-K+ ATPase. Western blots and immunohistochemistry demonstrated the presence of the alpha -subunit Na+-K+ -ATPase in the canine vocal fold (n = 11). Luminal cells, basal and adjacent one to two layers of suprabasal cells within stratified squamous epithelium, were immunopositive, as well as basolateral membranes of submucosal seromucous glands underlying transitional epithelia. Canine (n = 6) and ovine (n = 14) vocal fold mucosae exhibited transepithelial potential differences of 8.1 +/-2.8 and 9.3 +/-1.3 mV (lumen negative), respectively. The potential difference and short-circuit current (ovine = 31 +/-4 muA/cm(2); canine = 41 +/- 10 muA/cm(2)) were substantially reduced by luminal administration of 75 muM acetylstrophanthidin (P