The volume of mitochondria-rich cells of frog skin epithelium
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Journal of Membrane Biology
- Vol. 92 (1), 21-26
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01869012
Abstract
Summary The pathway for movement of chloride ions across frog skin is not well understood. Mitochondria-rich (MR) cells have been proposed as the route for chloride across the skin. To test this hypothesis we studied the MR cells of the skin of the frog,Rana pipiens, by quantitative light microscopic determination of cell volume. MR cell volume was influenced by changes in the chloride concentration or osmolality of the outside bathing solution. MR cells shrank about 23% when all chloride was removed from the outside (mucosal) bathing solution. MR cells were also shown to be responsive to changes in the osmolality of either the mucosal or serosal bath. Osmotically-induced swelling caused by dilution of the serosal bath resulted in volume regulatory decrease. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that MR cells constitute the pathway for chloride movement across frog skin.Keywords
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