Affiliation:
1. Department of Physiology, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama,Iruma-gun, Saitama, 3500495 Japan
Abstract
SUMMARYThe short-term effect of prolactin on the skin of the adult tree frog Hyla arborea japonica was investigated using current-fluctuation analysis. Basolateral application of ovine prolactin (10 μg ml-1) (1) increased the amiloride-blockable short-circuit current(SCC) across the skin 2.6±0.4-fold and (2) increased the open-channel density (M) of the epithelial Na+ channel 6.1±1.2-fold but decreased the single-channel current i to 0.4±0.1 times the control value (N=9). The increase in SCC induced by prolactin was thus due to an increase in M, not i. Apparently, in amphibians prolactin has not only a counteracting effect on metamorphosis but also a stimulatory effect on the development of adult-type features, such as this amiloride-blockable SCC.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Subject
Insect Science,Molecular Biology,Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science,Physiology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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