Sodium Transport in the Toad Bladder: The Functional Organization of the Granular Cell: A Review

The isolated urinary bladder of the toad transports sodium actively across its epithelial layer and responds to the hormones vasopressin and aldosterone, properties which make it a useful model for the study of certain functions of the renal tubule. Sodium transport in the granular cells of the blad...

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Published in:Circulation research 1971-05, Vol.28 (5 Suppl II), p.14-20
Main Author: FRAZIER, HOWARD S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aldosterone - pharmacology
Aldosterone - physiology
Amphotericin B - pharmacology
Animals
Anura
Biological Transport
Cell Membrane Permeability
Electrophysiology
Epithelium - metabolism
In Vitro Techniques
Kidney - physiology
Kidney Tubules - physiology
Mucous Membrane - metabolism
Serous Membrane - metabolism
Sodium - metabolism
Urinary Bladder - anatomy & histology
Urinary Bladder - cytology
Urinary Bladder - metabolism
Urinary Bladder - physiology
Vasopressins - pharmacology
Vasopressins - physiology
Water - metabolism
Water-Electrolyte Balance
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Summary:The isolated urinary bladder of the toad transports sodium actively across its epithelial layer and responds to the hormones vasopressin and aldosterone, properties which make it a useful model for the study of certain functions of the renal tubule. Sodium transport in the granular cells of the bladder is thought to involve first an energetically passive but selective entry step at the mucosal surface, the rate of which is increased after vasopressin administration. The second step in transport is considered to be active extrusion of the ion across the serosal boundary of the cell.Recent evidence concerning the cellular pool of sodium and the site and mode of action of vasopressin suggests that this description is at best incomplete. No equally simple alternative hypothesis for the organization of sodium transport in this system is available at present.
ISSN:0009-7330
1524-4571
DOI:10.1161/01.res.28.5.ii-14