T. Vonzglinicki et Gm. Roomans, WATER AND ION SHIFTS IN MOUSE INTESTINAL-CELLS FOLLOWING VIP STIMULATION, Epithelial cell biology, 2(4), 1993, pp. 143-149
The cytoplasmic water content and the concentrations of Cl-, Na+ and K
+ were measured by X-ray microanalysis and cryoelectron microscopy in
mouse jejunal crypt enterocytes, Paneth cells, villus enterocytes, smo
oth muscle cells and in the basal lamina lining the crypt epithelium.
Values found in controls were compared with those measured after in vi
vo stimulation of intestinal electrolyte secretion by vasoactive intes
tinal polypeptide (VIP). Na+ extrusion via the Na+/K+ pump appears to
be rate-limiting for electrolyte secretion through crypt enterocytes i
n this model. VIP depolarizes smooth muscle cells and affects the ion
distribution in villus enterocytes.