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- Chi‐ho To Phd
- Laboratory of Experimental Optometry, Department of Optometry and Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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- Laboratory of Experimental Optometry, Department of Optometry and Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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- Laboratory of Experimental Optometry, Department of Optometry and Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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- Laboratory of Experimental Optometry, Department of Optometry and Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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- Laboratory of Experimental Optometry, Department of Optometry and Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Do CW, Civan MM. Species variation in biology and physiology of the ciliary epithelium: similarities and differences. Exp Eye Res 2008; 88:631-40. [PMID: 19056380 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Revised: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) is the only strategy documented to delay the appearance and retard the progression of vision loss. One major approach for lowering IOP is to slow the rate of aqueous humor formation by the ciliary epithelium. As discussed in the present review, the transport basis for this secretion is largely understood. However, several substantive issues are yet to be resolved, including the integrated regulation of secretion, the functional topography of the ciliary epithelium, and the degree and significance of species variation in aqueous humor inflow. This review discusses species differences in net secretion, particularly of Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) secretion. Identifying animal models most accurately mimicking aqueous humor formation in the human will facilitate development of future novel initiatives to lower IOP.
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- Chi Wai Do
- School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Eichhorn M, Bermbach G, Dermietzel R, Lütjen-Drecoll E. Characterization of bovine ciliary pigmented epithelial cells in monolayer culture: an ultrastructural, enzyme histochemical and immunohistochemical study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1993; 231:21-8. [PMID: 8381371 DOI: 10.1007/bf01681696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Monolayer cultures of the pigmented epithelial (PE) cells derived from two regions of the pars plicata of bovine eyes were established and grown up to the third passage. After this passage, the cultures became senescent. During the first three passages, the PE cells lost their pigment granules but developed a distinct cellular polarity by forming junctional complexes at their apical cell portions and depositing basement membrane like material on their basal side. The junctional complexes were shown to be impermeable for horseradish peroxidase, suggesting that they contained tight junctions. Histochemically, the monolayer cells stained for carbonic anhydrase (CA) and Na+/K(+)-ATPase, enzymes involved in active fluid secretion. Staining for CA and Na+/K(+)-ATPase as well as for acid phosphatase and immunostaining for vimentin and actin of the cultured PE cells were comparable with that of PE cells in vivo. Therefore, PE monolayer cultures are considered to be a suitable model for experimental studies in vitro.
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- M Eichhorn
- Institut für Anatomie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Carre DA, Tang CS, Krupin T, Civan MM. Effect of bicarbonate on intracellular potential of rabbit ciliary epithelium. Curr Eye Res 1992; 11:609-24. [PMID: 1381667 DOI: 10.3109/02713689209000734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Extracellular HCO3- hyperpolarizes the intracellular potential and makes the aqueous medium negative with respect to the stromal surface of the rabbit ciliary epithelial syncytium. The bases for these observations have been unclear. We have been studying the bicarbonate-induced hyperpolarization (BIH) with sustained intracellular recordings for periods as long as 1-2 hrs. The BIH was observed [6.0 +/- 0.4 mV (mean +/- SE, N = 22)] even when the external pH was clamped constant by appropriately changing the CO2 tension. External HCO3- was required since aeration with CO2 at low external pH did not replicate the BIH. DIDS [4,4'-diisothiocyano-2,2'-disulfonic acid] did not abolish the effect. The hyperpolarization is unlikely to reflect the pH dependence of K+ channels alone, since the effect was not reduced by either 2 mM Ba2+ alone or 2 mM Ba2+ together with 50-100 microM quinidine. The BIH depends directly or indirectly on external Na+, since the sign of the polarization response was reversed either by replacing Na+ with N-methyl-D-glucamine or by blocking the Na+,K(+)-exchange pump with 50-100 microM ouabain. Replacement of external Cl- with NO3- or application of the Cl(-)channel blocker NPPB [5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoate] depolarized the membrane and reversed the sign of the BIH. The response of the ciliary epithelium to HCO3- is complex and may arise from several mechanisms. We suggest that one important element is an anion channel whose conductance is reduced by bicarbonate and whose reversal potential is indirectly dependent on the operations of the Na+,K(+)-pump and a Cl(-)-linked symport.
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- D A Carre
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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Stahl F, Lepple-Wienhues A, Kuppinger M, Tamm E, Wiederholt M. Electrogenic sodium-bicarbonate cotransport in human ciliary muscle cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 262:C427-35. [PMID: 1539631 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1992.262.2.c427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We investigated membrane voltage and intracellular pH (pHi) in cultured human ciliary muscle cells using a cell line (H7CM) and primary-cultured human ciliary muscle cells. 1) Resting potential was 58.9 +/- 1.0 mV in H7CM cells and 61.9 +/- 1.4 mV in primary cultures. The following data are from H7CM cells, but results from primary cultures were basically similar. 2) In HCO3(-)-CO2-buffered solution, removal of extracellular sodium resulted in a depolarization [change in membrane resistance (delta V) = 31.3 +/- 2.8 mV] that was less marked in the absence of HCO3(-)-CO2 (delta V = 0.5 +/- 2.6 mV) and reduced by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) (delta V = 19.3 +/- 1.9 mV). 3) Removal of extracellular HCO3(-)-CO2 led to a depolarization (delta V = 13.2 +/- 0.8 mV) that was abolished in the absence of extracellular sodium and inhibited by DIDS. 4) Intracellular alkalinization led to a depolarization (delta V = 24.7 +/- 2.3 mV), and intracellular acidification resulted in a hyperpolarization (delta V = 9.4 +/- 1.1 mV) that was inhibited by DIDS and dependent on extracellular HCO3(-)-CO2 and sodium. 5) pHi backregulation after an acid load occurred in both the presence and absence of extracellular bicarbonate but not in the absence of extracellular sodium. Our data are consistent with an electrogenic Na(+)-HCO3- cotransport in human ciliary muscle cells, which is activated by intracellular acidification.
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- F Stahl
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Civan MM, Peterson-Yantorno K, Coca-Prados M, Yantorno RE. Regulatory volume decrease by cultured non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Exp Eye Res 1992; 54:181-91. [PMID: 1559547 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(05)80207-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cells (ODM C1-2/SV40) derived from human non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells were studied by electronic cell sizing. The time course of the cell volume (vc) was monitored after suspending cells in paired experimental and control, isosmotic and hyposmotic solutions of identical ionic composition. Following anisosmotic cell swelling, the cells displayed the regulatory volume decrease (RVD) previously described. The RVD primarily reflects loss of cell KCl since: (1) the K(+)-channel blockers quinidine and Ba2+ both inhibit the RVD; and (2) replacement of external Cl- with gluconate or addition of the Cl- channel blocker NPPB also inhibits the RVD. Bicarbonate has previously been reported to speed the RVD. This action likely reflects pH dependence of the channels since: (1) increasing the external pH speeds the RVD, whether or not HCO3- is present; and (2) DIDS (a blocker of Cl- channels and of Cl-/HCO3- exchange) is an effective inhibitor of the RVD, even after blocking Cl-/HCO3- exchange by removing external HCO3-. The RVD could also be inhibited by reducing the availability of Ca2+, either by omitting Ca2+ from the external medium or by blocking mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ with TMB-8. Furthermore, the RVD was slowed and incomplete in the presence of the calcium/calmodulin blocker trifluoperazine. We conclude that anisosmotic swelling triggers a series of events, mediated at least in part by calcium/calmodulin, leading to the extrusion of KCl through parallel K+ and Cl- channels.
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- M M Civan
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104-6085
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Eichhorn M, Flügel C, Lütjen-Drecoll E. Regional differences in the distribution of cytoskeletal filaments in the human and bovine ciliary epithelium. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1992; 230:385-90. [PMID: 1505774 DOI: 10.1007/bf00165951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The distribution of the cytoskeletal elements cytokeratin 18, vimentin, desmin, glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP), and actin was investigated in different portions of the ciliary body of human and bovine eyes. Regional differences were found only for vimentin and cytokeratin. In both species, cytokeratin staining was more intense in the pigmented (PE) than in the nonpigmented epithelial (NPE) cells. In contrast, immunostaining for vimentin was more intense in the NPE than in the PE. The most intense immunoreactivity for cytokeratin 18 in the PE and for vimentin in the NPE was observed in the posterior pars plana and the crests of the pars plicata. In the remaining portions of the ciliary body, staining was reduced or absent. Desmin and GFAP were not found in the ciliary epithelial cells, whereas actin filaments occurred in both cell layers in all regions.
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- M Eichhorn
- Institut für Anatomie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Jacob TJ. Two outward K+ currents in bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells: IK(Ca) and IK(V). THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 261:C1055-62. [PMID: 1722643 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1991.261.6.c1055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Pigmented ciliary epithelial cells were studied using the whole cell voltage-clamp technique. Depolarizing steps from a holding potential of -80 mV resulted in a small initial inward current followed by a large outward current. Prolonged depolarizing voltage steps revealed inactivating and noninactivating components of outward current. Outward current was sensitive to the level of Ca2+ in the pipette and was increased by the calcium ionophore A23187; it was blocked by tetraethylammonium (TEA+), quinine, and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). 4-AP blocked 70% of the outward current with a Ki of 7 x 10(-5) M, and part of the remaining current was abolished by Ni2+. Ni2+ caused a reduction in outward current by blocking IK(Ca) indirectly via decreasing Ca2+ entry through T-type Ca2+ channels. Separating Ni(2+)-sensitive from -insensitive outward conductance gives components that correspond notionally to IK(Ca) and IK(V), respectively. On this basis IK(Ca) represents approximately 28% of K+ outward current. Charybdotoxin blocked 26% of the outward conductance at very depolarized voltage steps as calculated from the slope of the current-voltage curve in this region. It is concluded that there are two major components to the outward current: IK(V), an inactivating voltage-sensitive K+ current, and IK(Ca), which is dependent on the entry of Ca2+ through T-type Ca2+ channels and comprises approximately a quarter of the total K+ outward current under the conditions described. Because of their relative voltage-activation properties, IK(Ca) will be the more important in terms of K+ transport and the secretion of aqueous humor by the ciliary epithelium.
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- T J Jacob
- Department of Physiology, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Jacob TJ. Identification of a low-threshold T-type calcium channel in bovine ciliary epithelial cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 261:C808-13. [PMID: 1659209 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1991.261.5.c808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The characteristics of an inward current in single pigmented cells from the bovine ciliary body were examined using the whole cell recording technique. The inward current appeared to activate at potentials 30 mV positive to a holding potential of -80 mV, although activation studies revealed that from more negative holding potentials the current activated at about -75 mV, peaked at around -10 mV, and reversed at a potential of +40 mV. The current was small, peak value -72 +/- 24 pA (n = 13), and exhibited rapid activation and slower inactivation kinetics, both processes being voltage sensitive. Inactivation occurred at holding potentials more positive than -120 mV and was complete at -50 mV with a half-maximal membrane potential of -88 mV. The overlap of the inactivation and activation curves between -75 and -50 mV means that, in the steady state, entry of calcium will be greatest in this range and calcium will thus enter the cell at the resting membrane potential. The current was resistant to tetrodotoxin and nifedipine. It was partially blocked by Cd2+ and almost completely blocked by Ni2+. It is concluded that this current is a low-threshold T-type calcium current.
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- T J Jacob
- Department of Physiology, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Barros F, Lòpez-Briones LG, Coca-Prados M, Belmonte C. Detection and characterization of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in transformed cells of human non-pigmented ciliary epithelium. Curr Eye Res 1991; 10:731-8. [PMID: 1914505 DOI: 10.3109/02713689109013867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cell-attached and excised inside-out membrane patches were used to study single channel currents in a cell line derived from human non-pigmented ciliary epithelium. Most of the patches contained a Ca(2+)-dependent K+ channel with large unitary conductance (200 pS in symmetrical K+ solutions). Single channel current in cell-attached patches exposed to high K+ solution in the pipette showed a null potential of -36 mV. This value, which should yield an approximate estimation of cell membrane potential, was reversibly increased by -30 to -40 mV in the presence of Ca2+ ionophores. Tetraethylammonium up to 10 mM applied at the membrane cytoplasmic face had no effect on the channel. Addition of 1 mM BaCl2 to excised patches caused a voltage-dependent blockade of the channel. In the presence of barium the unit currents were not altered, but the channel remained closed for long periods of time and the open state probability decreased with depolarization. The possibility that this channel participates in regulation of transepithelial ciliary body secretion is discussed.
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- F Barros
- Departamento de Biologìa Funcional (Bioquìmica), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
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Ciliary body explants from 30 human eyes were maintained in organ culture up to 14 days. The age of the donors ranged from 45 to 85 years, the post mortem time from 4 to 22 hours. The ciliary epithelium as well as the underlying stroma were studied light- and electronmicroscopically before incubation and after 1, 3, 5, 7 and 14 days of culture. At the same time intervals, the localization of Na/K-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase (CA) were examined histochemically. If the cells were already damaged before incubation in medium (9 cases), they did not recover in culture. Best results were obtained after 3 to 5 days of culture with a survival rate of more than 90% after 3 days and more than 70% after 5 days, respectively. Both the nonpigmented (NPE) and the pigmented epithelium (PE) of the pars plicata in culture retained the morphological characteristics of epithelia involved in active secretion, namely elaborate infoldings of the cell membranes, numerous mitochondria in the cytoplasm and high activity of Na/K-ATPase and CA. In addition the adjacent capillaries were still fenestrated. After longer incubation times (7-14 days) the NPE and PE cells were filled with increasing amounts of lipid droplets and glycogen granules, indicating changes in metabolism.
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- M Eichhorn
- Department of Anatomy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, FRG
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Wolosin JM, Bonanno JA, Hanzel D, Machen TE. Bicarbonate transport mechanisms in rabbit ciliary body epithelium. Exp Eye Res 1991; 52:397-407. [PMID: 1645273 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(91)90035-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sections of whole ciliary body dissected from Dutch belted rabbits were incubated with the cell entrappable pH probe BCECEF-AM. This led to a highly specific localization of epifluorescence emission at the exposed, non-pigmented cell layer (npe) of the dual layered epithelium that covers this organ. The BCECF-loaded tissue sections were superfused in a flow-through chamber and the intracellular pH (pHi) of small groups (10-20) of cells was derived from the ratio of the emission intensities derived from excitations at 490 and 440 nm. In CO2/HCO3- Ringer's, npe pHi = 7.09 +/- 0.11. Replacement of CO2/HCO3- by Hepes increased pHi by 0.22 +/- 0.02, indicating alkali secretory activity under the bicarbonate-rich conditions. Replacement of Cl- by gluconate elicited a rapid, 0.6-U increase in pHi. This effect exhibited little dependence on Na+ and was inhibited by 0.5 mM dihydro-4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene -2,2'-disulfonate (H2DIDS). These results indicate the presence of an electroneutral Cl-/base exchange activity. Elevation of [K-] (by partial replacement of Na+) also elicited increases in pHi. In Cl(-)-free media pHi reached 7.8-8.0, a condition under which intracellular [HCO3-] is at least twice as high as its extracellular value. This effect did not occur in the absence of Na+. The Na(+)-dependent high [K+]-induced pHi increase was inhibited by H2DIDS. The effects of Ba2+ on pHi, alone and in combination with high [K+], as well as that of full K+ removal, suggested that the link between high [K+] and pHi increase was mainly due to the effect of cell depolarization on an electronegative Na+ dependent HCO3- transporter. Under normal physiological conditions, the two acid/base transport systems are the main determinants of npe pHi.
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- J M Wolosin
- Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Strauss O, Wiederholt M. Transepithelial resistance of ciliary epithelial cells in culture: functional modification by protamine and extracellular calcium. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 100:987-93. [PMID: 1685394 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90326-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. Bovine pigmented and human non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells were cultured on porous filter supports to obtain measurements of transepithelial electrical parameters. 2. The non-pigmented cells showed maximal transepithelial resistance of 15-30 omega cm2 from the third to seventh day in culture. 3. The pigmented ciliary cells reached maximal resistances of 9-20 omega cm2 after the fourth day in culture. 4. The transepithelial resistances of the cultured epithelia were functionally increased by protamine. This effect could be reversed by heparin. 5. We conclude that the range of resistances in cultured ciliary epithelial cells is the same as in whole ciliary preparations. Thus, cultured ciliary epithelial cells can be used for studies on transepithelial transport.
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- O Strauss
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Helbig H, Gurley RC, Palestine AG, Nussenblatt RB, Caspi RR. Dual effect of ciliary body cells on T lymphocyte proliferation. Eur J Immunol 1990; 20:2457-63. [PMID: 2147648 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830201115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The interaction between organ-resident cells from the anterior uvea of the eye and T helper (Th) cells was investigated. Cells from Lewis rat ciliary body processes (CB cells), grown in tissue culture using an explant technique, could be induced to express major histocompatibility complex class II (Ia) antigens by incubation with rat interferon-gamma. Ia+ CB cells only poorly functioned as antigen-presenting cells (APC) for a syngeneic, uveitogenic Th cell line specific for the retinal soluble antigen (SAg). Moreover, if added to an Ag-driven lymphocyte proliferation assay in the presence of conventional APC, the rat CB cells had an inhibiting effect on Th proliferation. This inhibitory activity was not species specific, since similar effects were observed with bovine and human ciliary epithelial cells. The suppressive activity of CB cells was composed of a soluble factor, as well as a membrane-associated inhibitor. The soluble activity did not appear to be related to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), since no reversal of inhibition by a neutralizing antibody to TGF-beta was found. Part of the soluble inhibitory activity could be reversed by indomethacin treatment. The membrane-associated component was trypsin sensitive, suggesting a protein molecule. After abrogation of the inhibitory capacity by trypsin treatment and fixation by glutaraldehyde, CB cells effectively presented SAg to Th cells. These data suggest that CB cells are capable of mediating both Ag presentation and inhibition of Th cell proliferation.
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- H Helbig
- Augenklinik, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, FRG
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Helbig H, Kittredge KL, Gurley RC, Thurau SR, Palestine AG, Nussenblatt RB. Endotoxin-induced production of inflammatory mediators by cultured ciliary epithelial cells. Curr Eye Res 1990; 9:501-5. [PMID: 2166639 DOI: 10.3109/02713689008999616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Systemic injection of bacterial endotoxin (Lipopolysaccharide, LPS) in experimental animals induces anterior uveitis without major pathological changes in other organs. The present study investigates the effect of LPS on production of inflammatory mediators in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells (CB-cells) by means of radioimmunoassays and bioassays. LPS was found to stimulate CB-cells to secrete prostaglandin E2 and prostacyclin (assayed as its stable metabolite 6-keto-prostaglandin F1a), but not leukotriene B4 or thromboxane A2 (assayed as its stable metabolite thromboxane B2). CB-cells produced membrane-associated interleukin 1-activity in response to LPS, but no tumor necrosis factor-activity was found after challenge of CB-cells with LPS. The direct effect of LPS on production of inflammatory mediators by cells from the anterior uvea could play a role in the pathophysiology of endotoxin-induced uveitis.
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- H Helbig
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Helbig H, Gurley RC, Reichl RJ, Mahdi R, Nussenblatt RB, Palestine AG. Induction of MHC class II antigen in cultured bovine ciliary epithelial cells. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1990; 228:556-61. [PMID: 2125019 DOI: 10.1007/bf00918490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens in cultured bovine ciliary epithelial cells was investigated by means of indirect immunohistochemistry and immunocytofluorometry. Ciliary epithelial cells grown in control tissue-culture medium did not express MHC class II. However, after incubation with bovine gamma-interferon (IFN-G) in concentrations as low as 0.3 units/ml, nearly all cells stained for MHC class II. Tumor necrosis factor increased IFN-G-induced MHC class II expression. A reduction in IFN-G-induced MHC class II expression was observed with dexamethasone, prostaglandin E2 and alpha-interferon. To test whether MHC class II expression in response to IFN-G was specific for the ciliary epithelium, several intraocular tissues were grown in culture and incubated with IFN-G. MHC class II expression was observed in all tissues tested for response to IFN-G, but at different sensitivities. Retinal pigment epithelium and ciliary epithelium exhibited the highest sensitivity, followed by corneal endothelium and lens epithelium; the lowest sensitivity was observed for retinal vascular pericytes. The results are discussed in the context of MHC class II expression on the ciliary epithelium in anterior uveitis.
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- H Helbig
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md
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Wiederholt M, Flügel C, Lütjen-Drecoll E, Zadunaisky JA. Mechanically stripped pigmented and non-pigmented epithelium of the shark ciliary body: morphology and transepithelial electrical properties. Exp Eye Res 1989; 49:1031-43. [PMID: 2612583 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(89)80024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Sections of intact ciliary epithelium and mechanically stripped non-pigmented (NPE) and pigmented (PE) cell layers of adult sharks (Squalus acanthias) were mounted in Ussing-type chambers (area 0.1 cm2). Addition of 10(-5) M forskolin to the aqueous side of intact epithelium significantly increased short-circuit current (Isc) within 15 min and a maximum of approx. 30 microA cm-2 was reached after 45-60 min. Transepithelial potential difference (V) increased from -0.8 mV (aqueous side negative as compared with blood/stromal side) to -1.5 mV, whereas resistance (R) was unchanged (50 omega cm2). Forskolin was without effect when applied to the blood side. In stripped PE preparations (R 15 omega cm2), 10(-5) M forskolin applied to the apical side induced a qualitatively similar change of Isc and V compared with the intact tissue. The forskolin-induced effects were fully reversed by 10(-4) M bumetanide and were not dependent on pretreatment of the tissue with 10(-3) M BaCl2. In stripped NPE preparations resistance was usually less than 10 omega cm2 and was not stable. This is consistent with the morphologic observation that although tight junctions were still demonstrable in stripped NPE cells, the apical membranes were damaged. In preparations taken for light and electron microscopy the stripped PE layer revealed intact epithelial cells. In particular, the basal thirds of the stripped PE cells were in very close contact with each other. These attachment zones may have the appearance of tight junctions. Thus the PE cells of the shark ciliary epithelium can be successfully isolated for transepithelial transport studies. The adenylate cyclase system is present in PE cells, and transepithelial transport of chloride may be regulated by intracellular cAMP.
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- M Wiederholt
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, West Germany
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Erb C, Nawrath M, Knuuttila KG, Wistrand P, Wiederholt M. Coupling of 22Na and 36Cl uptake in cultured pigmented ciliary epithelial cells: a proposed role for the isoenzymes of carbonic anhydrase. Curr Eye Res 1989; 8:1111-9. [PMID: 2558846 DOI: 10.3109/02713688909000036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Uptake studies with 22Na and 36Cl were performed in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells (PE) to investigate interdependence of Na+ and Cl- transport. (1) 22Na uptake into NaCl depleted cells was stimulated by Cl-. This stimulation was abolished by the simultaneous application of amiloride (1 mM) and bumetanide (0.1 mM), indicating two independent mechanism for Cl- stimulated Na+ uptake: loop diuretic sensitive Na+/Cl- symport and an indirect stimulation of Na+/H+ exchange by Cl-. The latter component of Cl- stimulated Na+ uptake was HCO3- dependent. (2) 36Cl uptake was increased by extracellular Na+. Na+-stimulated Cl- uptake also consisted of two components. One was bumetanide sensitive and the other was blockable by amiloride and partly inhibited by the carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor methazolamide (0.1 mM). (3) Homogenized PE cells were tested for biochemical CA activity using an electrometric method. The cytoplasmic as well as the membrane fraction contained specific CA activity. (4) A model is presented for Na+ and Cl- transport into PE: in addition to Na+/Cl- symport, Na+/H+ and Cl-/HCO3- double exchange may operate in the ciliary epithelium. The latter mechanism provides NaCl uptake into the cell in exchange for H+ and HCO3-, which recycle as CO2 across the membrane. This recycling of CO2 and HCO3-/H+ (and hence indirectly NaCl uptake) is facilitated by the cooperation between membrane bound and cytoplasmic CA.
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, FRG
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Fain GL, Farahbakhsh NA. Voltage-activated currents recorded from rabbit pigmented ciliary body epithelial cells in culture. J Physiol 1989; 418:83-103. [PMID: 2621623 PMCID: PMC1189960 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1989.sp017829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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1. The whole-cell recording mode of the patch-clamp technique was used to investigate the presence of voltage-activated currents in the isolated pigmented cells from the rabbit ciliary body epithelium grown in culture. 2. In Ringer solution with composition similar to that of the rabbit aqueous humour, depolarizing voltage steps activated a transient inward current and a delayed outward current, while hyperpolarization elicited an inwardly rectified current. 3. The depolarization-activated inward current was mainly carried by Na+ and was blocked by submicromolar concentrations of tetrodotoxin. This current in many cells was sufficiently large to produce a regenerative Na+ spike. 4. The depolarization-activated outward current was carried by K+ and blocked by external TEA and Ba2+. Its activation appeared to be Ca2(+)-independent. 5. The hyperpolarization-activated inward current was almost exclusively carried by K+ and was blocked by Ba2+ and Cs+. For large hyperpolarizations below -120 mV, this current exhibited a biphasic activation with a fast transient peak followed by a slower sag, that appeared to be due to K+ depletion. 6. The voltage-dependent K+ conductances probably act to stabilize the cell membrane resting potential and may also play a role in ion transport. The function of the Na(+)-dependent inward current is unclear, but it may permit the electrically coupled epithelial cells of the ciliary body to conduct propagated action potentials.
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- G L Fain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90024
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Stumpff F, Coca-Prados M, Wiederholt M. Role of HCO3- in regulation of cytoplasmic pH in ciliary epithelial cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 257:C696-705. [PMID: 2801920 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1989.257.4.c696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cytoplasmic pH (pHi) was monitored using the pH-sensitive absorbance of 5(6)carboxy-4',5'-dimethylfluorescein in monolayers of a cell clone derived from bovine pigmented ciliary epithelium (PE) transformed with the simian virus 40. 1) Changing extracellular media from a nominally HCO3(-)-free solution to a solution containing 28 mM HCO3(-)-5% CO2 at constant extracellular pH (7.4) resulted in a delayed alkalinization of pHi, which was 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) sensitive and was inhibited in Na+-free medium and in Cl(-)-depleted cells. 2) DIDS pretreatment acidified pHi in HCO3(-)-containing media. 3) Replacing extracellular Cl- resulted in a DIDS-sensitive, HCO3(-)-dependent, and Na+-independent alkalinization. 4) Replacing extracellular Na+ in HCO3(-)-containing media led to a partly DIDS-sensitive intracellular acidification. 5) Recovery of pHi after an alkali load (acetate prepulse) had a HCO3(-)-dependent and DIDS-sensitive component. 6) Two Na+-dependent components participated in pHi regulation after an acid load (NH4+ prepulse) in HCO3(-)-containing solution. One was amiloride sensitive, the other was DIDS sensitive and was inhibited in HCO3(-)-free media and after Cl- depletion. We conclude that in cultured PE, in addition to Na+-H+ exchange, two HCO3-transporters participate in pHi regulation. Cl(-)-dependent Na+-HCO3-symport regulates pHi during steady state and after an acid load, and Na+-independent Cl(-)-HCO3-exchange is involved in pHi recovery after an alkali load.
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Yantorno RE, Coca-Prados M, Krupin T, Civan MM. Volume regulation of cultured, transformed, non-pigmented epithelial cells from human ciliary body. Exp Eye Res 1989; 49:423-37. [PMID: 2477268 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(89)90051-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Electronic cell sizing has been used to measure the volume of cells suspended in isosmotic and in hyposmotic solutions of identical ionic composition. Without inhibitors, the cells displayed a regulatory volume decrease (RVD) following anisosmotic cell swelling with a time constant (tau) of 6.3 +/- 0.9 min (mean +/- S.E.). The RVD was markedly impaired by substituting gluconate for external Cl-, and tau was prolonged by: (i) reducing the chemical gradient favoring K+ loss (by elevating the external [K+] and blocking the Na. K-exchange pump), (ii) blocking the K+ channels with Ba2+, (iii) blocking Cl- channels and Cl-/HCO3 = exchange with DIDS, and (iv) removing external HCO3-. Withdrawing HCO3- may have altered the RVD either directly by inhibiting a Cl-/HCO3- antiport, or indirectly by affecting intracellular pH. The regulatory volume response of ODM Cl-2/SV40 cells is in several respects qualitatively similar to that of non-pigmented epithelial cells of the intact ciliary body. These common characteristics suggest that the cultured cells can serve as a useful model for studying solute and fluid transport across the human ciliary epithelium. The basis for the RVD is likely to be activation of separate K+ and Cl- channels, with or without the parallel operation of coupled K+/H+ and Cl-/HCO3- antiports.
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- R E Yantorno
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6085
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Wohlfarth J, Coca-Prados M, Wiederholt M. Intracellular voltage recordings in bovine non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells in primary culture. Curr Eye Res 1989; 8:793-800. [PMID: 2791626 DOI: 10.3109/02713688909000869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Bovine non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells (NPE) have been isolated by a technique of selective adhesion to tissue culture plastic. NPE cells in primary culture proliferated and maintained epithelial-like morphology for about 4 weeks in tissue culture medium containing 10% fetal calf serum. If grown for longer than 4 weeks in serum-containing medium, cells changed their morphology and became elongated and spindle-shaped. Membrane potentials were measured using conventional microelectrodes. In NPE cells of epithelial-like shape, replacing extracellular Na+ induced a transient hyperpolarization of the membrane potential, while in elongated cells of spindle-shaped morphology an immediate depolarization was observed. We therefore only used epithelial-like NPE for further experiments. In these cells the mean membrane potential was -40.3 +/- 0.5 mV (n = 36). Relative K+ conductance was increased by extracellular alkalinization. Removing extracellular K+ led to a depolarization and readdition of K+ to K+ depleted cells resulted in a hyperpolarization. Both voltage responses were sensitive to ouabain, indicating that Na+/K+ ATPase is inhibited by K+ replacement, and that there is overshoot-activation of the pump when K+ is readded. Extracellular Cl- replacement led to a DIDS sensitive, transient depolarization, which is compatible with a stilbene-sensitive Cl(-)-conductance. Removing HCO3- led to a Na+ dependent and DIDS-sensitive depolarization. However, the electrical response on replacement of extracellular Na+ was not influenced by DIDS or the extracellular HCO3(-)-concentration.
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz, Berlin, FRG
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Nawrath M, Erb C, Wiederholt M. Sodium bicarbonate cotransport in cultured pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Curr Eye Res 1989; 8:595-8. [PMID: 2545409 DOI: 10.3109/02713688908995759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Uptake of 22Na+ was studied in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells (PE) in HCO3-containing media. Two components of Na+-uptake were stimulated by intracellular acidification (NH4+-prepulse): One was amiloride-sensitive, the other DIDS-sensitive. The amiloride-sensitive component of Na+-uptake probably represents Na+/H+-exchange, which has previously been characterized in PE. The second, DIDS-sensitive component stimulated by intracellular acidification, was Cl- and HCO3--dependent. We conclude that a stilbene-sensitive, Cl--dependent Na+-HCO3--cotransport is present in PE. This transport could play an important role in aqueous humor formation.
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klimische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, FRG
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Wohlfarth J, Berweck S, Kühner D, Wiederholt M. Electrogenic Na+-ascorbate cotransport in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 256:C44-9. [PMID: 2912136 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1989.256.1.c44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The high level of ascorbic acid (AA) in the aqueous humor of many mammals suggests an active transport of AA across the double-layered ciliary epithelium from blood to aqueous humor. We used [14C]AA to study AA uptake in bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells in tissue culture. We observed a 40-fold intracellular accumulation of AA, which was dependent on extracellular Na+. With labeled dehydroascorbate (DHA, the oxidized form of the vitamin) in the medium, there was a 20-fold intracellular accumulation of the label. However, the time course of DHA uptake was different compared with AA uptake and was not Na+ dependent, suggesting different transport systems for AA and DHA. AA uptake was inhibited by 1 mM phloretin and in the presence of isoascorbate. Furthermore, AA uptake was markedly reduced when intracellular Na+ was elevated by preincubation with ouabain or amphotericin B. With increasing AA concentration, Na+-dependent AA uptake exhibited first-order saturation kinetics with half-maximal uptake at 76 microM AA. Na+ dependence of AA uptake revealed a sigmoidal curve of Na+-dependent AA uptake vs. Na+ concentration with a half-maximal AA uptake at 45.4 mM Na+. The slope of the Hill plot from these data was 1.94, suggesting a transport system translocating two or more Na+ for one AA. This stoichiometry implies electrogenicity of the transporter. We, therefore, measured membrane potentials using conventional microelectrodes. Addition of 200 microM AA resulted in a depolarization of the membrane voltage by 4.9 +/- 0.5 mV (n = 22), which was absent in Na+ free medium and was markedly reduced by phloretin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Stumpff F, Coca-Prados M, Wiederholt M. Na+/H+ exchange regulates intracellular pH in a cell clone derived from bovine pigmented ciliary epithelium. J Cell Physiol 1988; 137:384-9. [PMID: 2848042 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041370225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) was monitored in a virus-transformed cell clone derived from bovine ciliary body exhibiting characteristics of pigmented ciliary epithelium. Data were obtained from confluent monolayers grown on plastic coverslips in nominally bicarbonate-free media using the pH-sensitive absorbance of 5- (and 6-) carboxy-4',5'-dimethylfluorescein. Under resting conditions, pHi averaged 6.98 +/- 0.01 (SEM; n = 57). When cells were acid loaded by briefly exposing them to Ringer containing NH4+ and then withdrawing the NH4+, pHi spontaneously regained its initial value. In the presence of 1 mM amiloride or in the absence of Na+, this process was blocked, indicating the involvement of an Na+/H+ exchanger in the regulation of pHi after an acid load. Removing Na+ during resting conditions decreased cytoplasmatic pH. This acidification could be slowed by amiloride, which is evidence for reversal of the Na+/H+ countertransport exchanging intracellular Na+ for extracellular protons. Application of 1 mM amiloride during steady state led to a slow acidification. Thus the Na+/H+ exchanger is operative during resting conditions extruding protons, derived from cellular metabolism, or from downhill leakage into the cell. Addition of Na+ to Na+ -depleted cells led to an alkalinization, which was sensitive to amiloride, with an IC50 of about 20 microM. This alkalinization was attributed to the Na+/H+ exchanger and exhibited saturation kinetics with increasing Na+ concentrations, with an apparent KM of 29.6 mM Na+. It is concluded that Na+/H+ exchange regulates pHi during steady state and after an acid load.
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Kühner D, Berweck S, Wiederholt M. Characterization of Cl-/HCO3- exchange in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelium. Exp Eye Res 1988; 47:515-23. [PMID: 3181332 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(88)90091-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Many recent data indicate that transport of Cl- across the ciliary epithelium plays an important role in aqueous humor formation. We used 36Cl to investigate the pathways for Cl- transport in confluent monolayers of cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Cl- uptake mainly occurred via a mechanism with typical characteristics of an anion exchanger, and could be stimulated by an outwardly directed HCO3- gradient. One mM SITS and 1 mM DIDS inhibited Cl- uptake by some 80-90%, the latter with an IC50 of about 20 microM. HCO3- stimulated Cl- uptake could be partly inhibited for furosemide and to a lesser extent by bumetanide, indicating an action of loop-diuretics on the anion exchanger. 36Cl- uptake was cis-inhibited by the halides Cl-, I- and Br-, by NO3-, formate and acetate. Inhibition of Cl- uptake by extracellular HCO3- was less effective in the absence of extracellular Na+, suggesting that not only HCO3- but also NaCO3- binds to the carrier. SO2/4-, cyclamate and gluconate did not significantly reduce Cl- uptake via the anion exchanger. DIDS-senstive Cl- uptake showed saturation kinetics with respect to the Cl- concentration with an apparent Km of 8 mM. Cl- efflux could be stimulated by external Cl- and HCO3- and was inhibited by DIDS. Thus, cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells express a Cl-/HCO3- exchanger. A possible role of this carrier system for aqueous humor formation is discussed [corrected].
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin, FRG
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Korbmacher C, Helbig H, Förster C, Wiederholt M. Characterization of Na+/H+ exchange in a rabbit corneal epithelial cell line (SIRC). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1988; 943:405-10. [PMID: 2843231 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(88)90371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Continuous intracellular pH (pHi) measurements were performed in SIRC rabbit corneal epithelial cells using the pH-sensitive absorbance of intracellularly trapped 5(and 6)-carboxy-4',5'-dimethylfluorescein. Steady-state pHi in nominally bicarbonate free Ringer's solution averaged 6.87 +/- 0.02 (mean +/- S.E., n = 53). After intracellular acidification induced by the NH4Cl-prepulse technique, there was a sodium-dependent pHi recovery towards the normal steady-state pHi. The initial pHi recovery rate was a saturable function of extracellular sodium concentration with an apparent Km for external sodium of about 25 mM and a Vmax of about 0.28 pH units/min. Virtually no pHi recovery was observed in the absence of extracellular sodium. Sodium removal during steady state acidified the cells by 0.36 +/- 0.05 pH units (mean +/- S.E., n = 13) within 5 min. There was a dose-dependent inhibition of pHi recovery after NH4Cl prepulse by amiloride with an IC50 of about 15 microM. Amiloride in a concentration of 1 mM almost completely abolished pHi recovery. Amiloride (1 mM) applied during steady state induced an intracellular acidification of 0.2 +/- 0.03 pH units (mean +/- S.E., n = 7) within 5 min. These findings suggest that a Na+/H+ exchange is present in SIRC rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Na+/H+ exchange seems to be the major process involved in pHi recovery in SIRC cells after an intracellular acid load. Na+/H+ exchange also plays a role in the maintenance of steady-state pHi.
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- C Korbmacher
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Helbig H, Korbmacher C, Berweck S, Kühner D, Wiederholt M. Kinetic properties of Na+/H+ exchange in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Pflugers Arch 1988; 412:80-5. [PMID: 3174387 DOI: 10.1007/bf00583734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Uptake studies with 22Na were performed in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells, in order to characterize mechanisms of Na+ transport. A large part of Na+ uptake was sensitive to amiloride, quinidine and harmaline. Na+ uptake was stimulated by intracellular acidification (using the NH+4 prepulse technique), and was inhibited with increasing extracellular proton concentration. Decreasing extracellular pH from 7.5 to 7.0 increased the apparent KM for Na+ from 38 to 86 mM without considerable changes in Vmax. In the presence of 5 mM Na+ half maximal inhibition of amiloride sensitive Na+ uptake by extracellular protons was observed at a hydrogen concentration of 50 nM. In the presence of 50 mM Na+ the proton concentration necessary for 50% inhibition was 139 nM. Thus, the mode of inhibition of extracellular H+ seemed to be competitive with a Ki of 20-40 nM. 10 microM amiloride increased the apparent KM for Na+ from 33 mM to 107 mM, while Vmax remained nearly unchanged. IC50 for amiloride was 6 microM at 5 mM Na+ and 36 microM in the presence of 150 mM Na+. Thus, amiloride behaves as a competitive inhibitor with a Ki of about 5 microM. The affinities of Na+ to the transport site (KM approximately 16 mM), to the inhibitory site for protons (KM approximately 21 mM), and to the inhibitory site for amiloride (KM approximately 26 mM) were in the same order of magnitude. In summary, we have presented evidence for the presence of a Na+/H+ exchanger in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Helbig
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin
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Korbmacher C, Helbig H, Förster C, Wiederholt M. Evidence for Na+/H+ exchange and pH sensitive membrane voltage in cultured bovine corneal epithelial cells. Curr Eye Res 1988; 7:619-26. [PMID: 2841075 DOI: 10.3109/02713688809031819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Two methods were used to investigate cellular ion transport processes in confluent monolayers of cultured bovine corneal epithelial cells: measurements of membrane voltage (V) using conventional microelectrodes, and intracellular pH (pHi) measurements using the pH sensitive absorbance of intracellularly trapped 5 (and 6)-carboxy-4', 5'dimethyl-fluorescein. (1) V averaged -39.2 +/- 0.9 mV (mean +/- SEM, n = 71) with a range of -30 to -59 mV. Increasing extracellular potassium depolarized the cell membrane with a K+-slope of 43.3 mV/decade [K+] (for [K+] between 20 and 80 mM). Intracellular as well as extracellular acidification reversibly depolarized the cell membrane. Depolarization induced by 40 mM K+-pulses was smaller at extracellular pH (pHo) of 6.9 as compared to pHo = 7.9. These findings are compatible with a pH-sensitive K+ conductance. (2) During steady state pHi was 6.96 +/- 0.05 (mean +/- SEM, n = 7). After intracellular acidification, induced by NH4Cl-prepulse technique, pHi was regulated back towards normal steady state pHi. Application of 1 mM amiloride reversibly inhibited pHi recovery. Furthermore, pHi backregulation was inhibited by removing sodium from the extracellular solution. The effect was reversible after readdition of sodium. These findings suggest that a Na+/H+ exchange is present in corneal epithelial cells and participates in pHi backregulation after an intracellular acid load.
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- C Korbmacher
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, FRG
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