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The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 2943-2954 (2002)
© 2002 The Company of Biologists Limited

Mechanisms of acid secretion in pseudobranch cells of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

G. Kern, S. T. Bösch, E. Unterhuber and B. Pelster^*

Institut für Zoologie und Limnologie, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: Bernd.Pelster{at}uibk.ac.at)

Accepted 14 June 2002

Cell suspensions of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss pseudobranch, prepared by Ca²⁺ depletion and mechanical maceration, contained a distinct population of cells that always kept their relatively cuboidal shape and did not round up in suspension or proliferate after adhering to the surface of cell culture dishes. Phasecontrast microscopy revealed an extensive system of basal membrane invaginations, and Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase- and anionexchanger-like immunoreactivity could be localized in cell membranes. The cells were characterized by a high mitochondrial density. Using specific antibodies, V-ATPase subunit B was localized in the plasma membrane. Using a cytosensor microphysiometer, the rate of acid secretion of these cells was measured and compared with the activity of a gill cell preparation. Incubation of pseudobranch cells with bafilomycin A1 (10^-6 moll^-1), a specific inhibitor of V-ATPase, reduced the rate of acid secretion by about 10% under control conditions, while no effect of bafilomycin on the rate of acid secretion of gill cells was observed. Application of amiloride (5x10^-5 moll^-1) reduced the rate of acid secretion in cells of both organs, pseudobranch and gills. Incubation of pseudobranch cells with DIDS (10^-3 moll^-1) resulted in a minor increase in the rate of proton secretion, but in cells prepared from the gills of rainbow trout acid secretion was reduced by about 30-40%. It is concluded that pseudobranch cells are equipped with various pathways to secrete protons, and that the anion exchange activity especially of pseudobranch cells appears to be different from that in gills.

Key words: pseudobranch, V-ATPase, Na⁺/H⁺-exchange, anion exchange, Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase, rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, cell culture, gill cell

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