CORTISOL DIRECTLY STIMULATES DIFFERENTIATION OF CHLORIDE CELLS IN TILAPIA OPERCULAR MEMBRANE
CORTISOL DIRECTLY STIMULATES DIFFERENTIATION OF CHLORIDE CELLS IN TILAPIA OPERCULAR MEMBRANE
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.1990.259.4.r857
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发表时间:
1990-10-01
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MCCORMICK, SD
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MCCORMICK, SD
Opercular membranes from freshwater tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) were maintained in vitro for 4 days and exposed to several concentrations of cortisol (0, 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10 .mu.g/ml). Chloride cell size, number, and Na+-K+-ATPase content were examined using a fluorescent mitochondrial dye (dimethylaminostyrylethylpyridiniumiodine), a fluorescent analogue of ouabain (anthroylouabain) that binds specifically to Na+-K+-ATPase, and a cytological stain specific for plasma and tubular membranes. In the absence of cortisol, chloride cell density of the freshwater tilapia opercular membrane decreased (from initial levels of 6,114 .+-. 451 to 18 .+-. 9 cells/cm2) and was restored by cortisol in a dose-dependent manner. Chloride cell height 95.5 .+-. 0.3 .mu.m initially and 7.8 .+-. 0.5 .mu.m after 4 days in vitro) increased twofold (13.1 .+-. 0.7 .mu.m) after exposure to 1 .mu.g/ml cortisol. Initially and after 4 days in control medium, there was no detectable staining with anthroylouabain; exposure to 1 .mu.g/ml cortisol resulted in the appearance of numerous anthroylouabain-positive chloride cells. Without cortisol, Na+-K+-ATPase activity of the opercular membrane remained constant through 4 days of culture (0.4-0.6 .mu.mol ADP.cntdot.mg protein-1.cntdot.h-1); addition of cortisol caused a dose-dependent increase to a maximum of 1.2 .+-. 0.1 .mu.mol Pi.cntdot.mg protein-1.cntdot.h-1. In vitro cortisol also maintained the size, density, and appearance of chloride cells from opercular membrane of seawater-adpated tilapia. The results indicate that in vitro cortisol exposure causes morphological and biochemical differentiation of the seawater form of the chloride cell.