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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 137, Issue 1 265-276, Copyright © 1988 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Stimulation of sodium transport and fluid secretion by ouabain in an insect malpighian tubule

SH Maddrell and JA Overton
AFRC Unit of Insect Neurophysiology and Pharmacology, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, England.

Ouabain, at all concentrations higher than 2 x 10(-7) mol l-1, stimulates the rate at which the Malpighian tubules of the insect, Rhodnius, transport sodium ions and fluid into the lumen. An effect on paracellular movement of sodium ions is unlikely because ouabain makes the electrical potential of the lumen more positive, which would slow diffusion of sodium into the lumen. Radioactive ouabain binds to the haemolymph-facing sides of the tubule cells but not to the luminal face. This binding is reduced in the presence of elevated levels of potassium or of non-radioactive ouabain. Bound ouabain is only slowly released on washing in ouabain-free saline. The evidence suggests that there is a Na+/K+-ATPase on the outer (serosal) membranes of the tubules. Such a pump would transport sodium in a direction opposed to the flow of ions and water involved in fluid transport; poisoning it with ouabain would remove this brake, and fluid flow and sodium transport would increase, as observed.

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