PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - CHEN, THERESA S. T.
AU  - HUANG, K. C.
TI  - STRUCTURAL SPECIFICITY IN THE INTESTINAL TRANSPORT OF HEXOSES, TYROSINE DERIVATIVES AND ELECTROLYTES IN FRESHWATER CATFISH
DP  - 1972 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 777--783
VI  - 180
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/180/3/777.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/180/3/777.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1972 Mar 01; 180
AB  - With everted intestinal sacs the intestine of channel catfish was found to transport d-glucose and d-galactose from mucosal to serosal side against a concentration gradient, by a Na+-and HCO3,-dependent, phlorizin- and ouabain-sensitive mechanism. There was no transmucosal transport of 3-O-methyl-d-glucose, l-glucose or l-fucose. Catfish intestine was also found to transport l-tyrosine, against a concentration gradient. In Na-free bathing solution or in the presence of ouabain, the rate of transport of l-tvrosine was reduced to about half of the control value. The transport of this amino acid was inhibited by l-phenylalanine but was unaffected by phlorizin. With the Ussing chamber technique the electrical properties of catfish intestine were found to be closely related to those of winter flounder intestine; a potential difference of 1 to 5 mV was recorded with the serosa being electronegative to mucosa. Isotopic flux measurements revealed a simultaneous transmural transport of Na and Cl ions from mucosal to serosal side. with a net Cl flux greater than the net Na flux. © 1972 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.