Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
from 01.01.2023 until now
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Amphibian skin and other isolated epithelial systems are classical model objects for studying the mechanisms of transepithelial ion transport. Na+ transport in osmoregulatory epithelium is a complex, multicomponent system, which involves Na+ transporting proteins and signaling cascades localized in various cell membranes. The protein components of this system may be a target for oxidative stress. At the same time, the effect of oxidizing and reducing agents on Na+ transport in native epithelial systems, such as frog skin epithelium, practically has not been studied. Using voltage-clamp technique the effect of disulfide-containing oxidizing agents cystine and cystamine on Na+ transport in frog skin was investigated. It has been shown for the first time that the treatment of the skin of the Rana temporaria frog with cystamine or cystine at a concentration of 10 μg/ml suppresses the transepithelial Na+ transport. It was also found that the preincubation with dithiothreitol, which reduces disulfide bonds in proteins, prevents the inhibitory effect of cystamine and cystine. The obtained results indicate that Na+ transport in the frog skin is sensitive to oxidative stress and is modulated by disulfide-containing oxidizing agents, such as cystamine or cystine, and also that the effect of cystamine and cystine on Na+ transport in the frog skin epithelium is mediated by their interaction with functionally important cysteine residues of Na+-transporting proteins.
Na+ transport, cystamine, cystine, dithiothreitol, frog skin epithelium
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