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We investigated the effect of omeprazole (1 x 10(-5)-3 x 10(-4)M), an inhibitor of H(+),K(+)-ATPase, on rat aortic rings pre-contracted with phenylephrine (10(-6)M). Omeprazole relaxed the tissue in a concentration-dependent manner. Either removal of the endothelium or incubation with nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 3 x 10(-5)M) significantly attenuated the relaxations. Pre-treatment with L-arginine (10(-3)M), but not with D-arginine, reversed the inhibitory action of L-NAME. Indomethacin (10(-6)M) and tetraethylammonium (TEA, 10(-2)M) did not affect the relaxant responses to omeprazole indicating the lack of involvement of cyclooxygenase products and K(+) channels, respectively. These results suggest a role of NO in the mechanism of action of omeprazole.
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Cell. 2002 Oct 4;111(1):77-89.
Asymmetries in H+/K+-ATPase and cell membrane potentials comprise a very early step in left-right patterning.
Levin M, Thorlin T, Robinson KR, Nogi T, Mercola M.
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
A pharmacological screen identified the H+ and K+ ATPase transporter as obligatory for normal orientation of the left-right body axis in Xenopus. Maternal H+/K+-ATPase mRNA is symmetrically expressed in the 1-cell Xenopus embryo but becomes localized during the first two cell divisions, demonstrating that asymmetry is generated within two hours postfertilization. Although H+/K+-ATPase subunit mRNAs are symmetrically localized in chick embryos, an endogenous H+/K+-ATPase-dependent difference in membrane voltage potential exists between the left and right sides of the primitive streak. In both species, pharmacologic or genetic perturbation of endogenous H+/K+-ATPase randomized the sided pattern of asymmetrically expressed genes and induced organ heterotaxia. Thus, LR asymmetry determination depends on a very early differential ion flux created by H+/K+-ATPase activity.
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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2002 Nov;283(5):G1147-55.
Coordinated regulation of gastric chloride secretion with both acid and alkali secretion.
Coskun T, Baumgartner HK, Chu S, Montrose MH.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Gastric secretion of hydrochloric acid requires protons and chloride, yet the mechanisms and regulation of gastric chloride secretion remain unclear. We developed an in vivo technique to simultaneously measure acid/base and chloride secretion into the gastric lumen of anesthetized rats. The cannulated stomach lumen was perfused with weakly pH-buffered chloride-free solution containing a chloride-sensitive fluorophore [5 microM N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-6-methoxyquinolinium bromide (MQAE)]. Gastric acid and chloride secretion was detected in gastric effluents by 1) flow-through pH electrode and 2) MQAE fluorescence. Gastric effluent was also collected at 1-min intervals for independent determination of chloride amount by chloridometer. In all conditions, both optical and chemical determinations of chloride report similar amounts of secreted chloride. During luminal perfusion with pH 5 solution, net acid and chloride secretion into the lumen was observed. Pentagastrin stimulated both secretions. In contrast, proton pump inhibition (omeprazole) caused alkalinization of the gastric effluent, but chloride secretion was not diminished. During luminal pH 3 perfusion, net alkali secretion was observed, and chloride secretion at luminal pH 3 was greater than pH 5. When tissue is pretreated with omeprazole at luminal pH 3, the addition of prostaglandin E2 synchronously stimulates both alkali and chloride secretion. Results suggest that both acid and alkali secretions are separately coupled with chloride secretion.
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