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Role of Na+ in the asymmetric paracellular transport of 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-Pro-L-Leu-Gly-L-Pro-D-Arg across rabbit colonic segments and Caco-2 cell monolayers.

W C Yen and V H Lee
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics October 1995, 275 (1) 114-119;
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This study was conducted to demonstrate that Na+ played a role in the paracellular transport of 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-Pro-L-Leu-Gly-L-Pro-D-Arg (Pz-peptide), a hydrophilic proline-containing pentapeptide, across the rabbit colonic mucosa and Caco-2 cell monolayers. Over the 1 to 5 mM concentration range, Pz-peptide transport was 25 to 180 times greater from the mucosal-to-serosal than from the opposite direction. This asymmetry in transport was consistent with the ability of Pz-peptide to lower the transepithelial electrical resistance of Caco-2 cell monolayers only from the mucosal side. Blockade of Na+ access to the apically located amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel in the lower intestinal segments by mucosal 10 microM amiloride, serosal 100 microM ouabain or removal of Na+ ions in the mucosal fluid dramatically reduced Pz-peptide transport to 5% of the control. Moreover, Pz-peptide transport across Caco-2 cell monolayers could be titrated against mucosal Na+ concentration. There was a small mucosal-to-serosal solvent drag effect induced by transepithelial Na+ flux stimulated by Pz-peptide in the colon, contributing in part to enhanced paracellular solute transport. Overall, the above findings are consistent with a scenario whereby Pz-peptide stimulates transepithelial Na+ flux across the colonic segments at the level of the amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel, thereby triggering yet to be identified intracellular biochemical changes that ultimately result in tight junctional opening and enhanced paracellular solute transport.

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Role of Na+ in the asymmetric paracellular transport of 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-Pro-L-Leu-Gly-L-Pro-D-Arg across rabbit colonic segments and Caco-2 cell monolayers.

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Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics October 1, 1995, 275 (1) 114-119;

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Role of Na+ in the asymmetric paracellular transport of 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-Pro-L-Leu-Gly-L-Pro-D-Arg across rabbit colonic segments and Caco-2 cell monolayers.

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Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics October 1, 1995, 275 (1) 114-119;
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