The kinetics of sodium transport in the toad bladder. II. Dual effects of vasopressin. 1971

A L Finn

In the accompanying paper, a compartmental model for the toad bladder sodium transport system was developed. In the present paper, the model is tested by determining the effects of antidiuretic hormone on the pools and fluxes. It is shown that this hormone affects only that sodium pool previously designated as the transport pool, and that the effects are on two separate sites. In the first place, the hormone stimulates entry at the mucosal side of the transport compartment, and by this means brings about an increase in the amount of sodium contained in the compartment. Second, the hormone has a distinct stimulatory effect on the rate coefficient for efflux across the serosal boundary, the pump rate coefficient. Evidence is presented that under control conditions, the pump rate coefficient is a decreasing function of the pool size, a characteristic feature of a saturating system. Therefore, the effect of vasopressin in increasing both the pool size and the pump rate coefficient must be construed as a direct effect on the pump, and not one which is secondary to the increase in the pool size. Furthermore, it is shown that the effect of the hormone on the sodium pump is not dependent on the presence of sodium in the serosal medium.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D001743 Urinary Bladder A musculomembranous sac along the URINARY TRACT. URINE flows from the KIDNEYS into the bladder via the ureters (URETER), and is held there until URINATION. Bladder,Bladder Detrusor Muscle,Detrusor Urinae,Bladder Detrusor Muscles,Bladder, Urinary,Detrusor Muscle, Bladder,Detrusor Muscles, Bladder
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001692 Biological Transport The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments. Transport, Biological,Biologic Transport,Transport, Biologic
D001693 Biological Transport, Active The movement of materials across cell membranes and epithelial layers against an electrochemical gradient, requiring the expenditure of metabolic energy. Active Transport,Uphill Transport,Active Biological Transport,Biologic Transport, Active,Transport, Active Biological,Active Biologic Transport,Transport, Active,Transport, Active Biologic,Transport, Uphill

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