SIMILARITY OF EFFECTS OF VASOPRESSIN, ADENOSINE-3',5'-PHOSPHATE (CYCLIC AMP) AND THEOPHYLLINE ON TOAD BLADDER
SIMILARITY OF EFFECTS OF VASOPRESSIN, ADENOSINE-3',5'-PHOSPHATE (CYCLIC AMP) AND THEOPHYLLINE ON TOAD BLADDER
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DOI:
10.1172/jci104528
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
HANDLER, JS
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作者:
ORLOFF, J;HANDLER, JS
The effect of adenosine-3[image], 5[image]-phosphate (cyclic AMP), theophylline, and vasopressin on the permeability to water and the short circuit current (sodium transport) of toad bladder was investigated. The addition of each of these substances to the serosal surface of the isolated toad bladder sac uniformly increases the osmotic flow of water across the membrane. The increase in permeability provided by cyclic AMP and theophylline resembles in all respects that due to vasopressin. The change in permeability is reversible, is not produced by the addition of the test agent to the mucosal surface of the bladder and is associated with a rise in both short circuit current and potential difference across the membrane. N-ethylmaleimide, a sulfhydryl inhibitor, prevents the effect of cyclic AMP, theophylline, and vasopressin. Acidification of the bathing solutions, on the other hand, interferes with the action of vasopressin and theophylline, but not with that of cyclic AMP. In view of the known role of cyclic AMP in the action of other hormones, the marked similarity of effects of cyclic AMP, theophylline, and vasopressin in toad bladder is consistent with the view that vasopressin exerts its effect in toad bladder, and by analogy in kidney, by stimulating the production and accumulation of cyclic AMP in the receptor tissue. It is not known what physical and biochemical events are initiated by cyclic AMP which ultimately result in an alteration in membrane structure that permits the accelerated flow of water along an osmotic gradient.