The Active Transport of Water in Living Systems

Robinson, J. R.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1953.tb01374.x

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“…DPN has also been cited as reversing the impaired oxidation of mitochondria from liver treated with carbon tetrachloride (Christie & Judah, 1954;Dianzani, 1955). These and other observations suggest that 'cloudy swelling' of the liver is directly related to mitochondrial swelling (Fonnesu, 1952;Robinson, 1953;Fonnesu & Severi, 1954, 1956. in a manner analogous to swelling (Spector, 1953;Stanbury & Mudge, 1953).…”

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Movements of water and ions in mitochondria

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Fonnesu

Davies

1956

Biochemical Journal

141

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Movements of water and ions in mitochondria

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Fonnesu

Davies

1956

Biochemical Journal

141

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“…Table 3 shows that the inulin space at 370 C was unaffected by anaerobiosis and by the presence of DNP, the mean values ranging from 0-24 to 0-27 ml./g tissue. In contrast, the water content varied according to the conditions of incubation, being greater when the supply of respiratory energy was inhibited (see Robinson, 1953). The results show that the extracellular space, as measured by inulin, of tissue slices in various states of hydration was a constant fraction of the total weight of the tissue.…”

Section: The Exchange Of Tissue Chloridementioning

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The permeability of kidney cortex to chloride

Whittam¹

1956

The Journal of Physiology

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“…Since the hydration of cells in liver, kidney and brain is undoubtedly a function of their metabolism as well as of the external osmotic pressure (see Robinson, 1953), the small difference in water content in the seminal vesicle mucosa slices aerobically and anaerobically provides added support for the view that this tissue can maintain its normal intracellular composition with energy from respiration or glycolysis. The present results show the importance of an energy supply for the maintenance of the intracellular ionic concentrations in the seminal vesicle mucosa, but it remains for further experiments to find what are the changes in the content and distribution of ions after castration and treatment with testosterone.…”

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Ion movements in seminal vesicle mucosa

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Whittam²

1957

The Journal of Physiology

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The testicular hormone, testosterone, is required by the seminal vesicles for the production of fructose, citric acid and other characteristic chemical constituents of the vesicular secretion (see Mann, 1954), and also appears to influence the distribution of water in the gland. Thus, after the injection of testosterone propionate in castrated rats the extracellular water of the seminal vesicle tissue was reduced about threefold, almost to the value of 138 % found in normal, i.e. non-castrated, rats (Rudolph & Starnes, 1954a). The rate of respiration of the tissue from rats treated in this way was also affected; it increased about 30 %, again to the level characteristic of the vesicles from normal rats (Rudolph & Starnes, 1954b).The seminal vesicles of the guinea-pig are different anatomically from those of rats and are shaped in the form of a wide duct which can be opened and the mucosa then conveniently separated as a sheet of tissue. Levey & Szego (1955 a) used such pieces of tissue in a comparison of the metabolism of seminal vesicle epithelia from normal and castrated guinea-pigs, and found that in the latter case the respiration was only a half that of normal tissue or of tissue from castrated animals which had been injected with testosterone. In view of the effects of castration and of testosterone on the water content and respiration of seminal vesicles, a study has been made of the relation between metabolism and the movements of water and ions in the seminal vesicle mucosa of the normal guinea-pig. The concentrations of sodium, potassium and chloride in the tissue, after incubation under various conditions, have been measured and the conclusion has been reached that the tissue can maintain ionic concentration gradients so long as either respiratory or glycolytic energy is available.

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The Active Transport of Water in Living Systems

Cited by 50 publications

References 127 publications

Movements of water and ions in mitochondria

Movements of water and ions in mitochondria

The permeability of kidney cortex to chloride

Ion movements in seminal vesicle mucosa

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