The electrical basis for enhanced potassium secretion in rat distal colon during dietary potassium loading
Sandle G, Foster E, Lewis S, Binder H, Hayslett J. The electrical basis for enhanced potassium secretion in rat distal colon during dietary potassium loading. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 1985, 403: 433-439. PMID: 2409517, DOI: 10.1007/bf00589258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat distal colonDistal colonPotassium secretionDietary potassium loadingPotassium channel blocker tetraethylammonium chlorideBasolateral membrane voltageChannel blocker tetraethylammonium chloridePotassium loadingSodium channel blocker amilorideActive potassium secretionElectrical basisEnhanced potassium secretionChannel blocker amilorideMembrane conductanceIntracellular potassium activityApical membrane resistanceMucosal additionPotassium-selective microelectrodesBasal conditionsControl tissuesTransepithelial voltageColonMembrane voltageSecretionTetraethylammonium chloride