Transport Processes, Iono- and Osmoregulation: Current Comparative Approaches

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
cAMP Increases the Apical Cl - Conductance in the Rectal Gland of Squalus acanthias ....Pages 2-8
Control of Chloride Secretion by Intracellular Calcium in the Rat Colon....Pages 9-13
Passive Cl - Currents in Toad Skin: Potential Dependence and Relation to Mitochondria-Rich Cell Density....Pages 14-19
Na + Transport in Toad Bladder Microsomes....Pages 20-30
Apical K + Channels in Frog Skin: A Pathway for K + Excretion....Pages 31-39
Coupling of the Free Energy of Hydrolysis of ATP to Na + Transport Across Frog Skin....Pages 40-55
Front Matter....Pages 56-63
Osmotic Control of Aldosterone Secretion....Pages 65-65
Acute, Delayed, and Chronic Actions of Mineralocorticoids....Pages 66-80
Evidence for Bipolar Effects of Aldosterone in Toad Skin....Pages 81-93
Physiological Mechanisms Underlying the Stimulation of Na Transport in the Toad Urinary Bladder by Aldosterone....Pages 94-107
Mineralocorticoid Regulation of Lower Intestinal Ion Transport....Pages 108-117
Front Matter....Pages 118-133
Ion Transport in Crustacean Gills: Physiological and Ultrastructural Approaches....Pages 135-135
The Function of Carbonic Anhydrase in Crustacean Gills....Pages 136-158
Modes of Ammonia Transport Across Fish Gills....Pages 159-168
Branchial Ion Transfer Processes as Mechanisms for Fish Acid-Base Regulation....Pages 169-176
Peptidergic Control of Transport in the Teleost Gill....Pages 177-193
Front Matter....Pages 194-203
Modulation of Transepithelial Cl - Permeability....Pages 205-205
Comparative Aspects of Enterocyte Differentiation....Pages 206-217
Adaptation of Intestinal Sugar and Amino Acid Transport in Vertebrate Evolution....Pages 218-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-239
Electrophysiology of Fish Intestine....Pages 205-205
Transport Across the Invertebrate Intestine....Pages 240-250
The Gut as an Osmoregulatory Organ: Comparative Aspects and Special References to Fishes....Pages 251-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-277
Regulation of Uptake of Free Amino Acids in Eukaryote Marine Organisms....Pages 279-279
Mechanism and Physiological Role of Epidermal Amino Acid Transport in Marine Bivalves....Pages 280-291
Increased Uptake of Nucleosides in the Activation of Sea Urchin Eggs....Pages 292-302
Energy Coupling in Active Transport of Substrates in Leishmania ....Pages 303-325
Transport Physiology of Syncytial Epithelia....Pages 326-333
Nutrient Uptake by Tapeworms....Pages 334-340
The Transport of Exogenous Organic Substances by Invertebrate Integuments: Substrate Compartmentalization, Recycling, Epidermal Metabolism, and Transepidermal Transport....Pages 341-349
Front Matter....Pages 350-363
Cell Volume Maintenance in Isosmotic Conditions....Pages 365-365
Neuronal Adaptations to Osmotic Stress....Pages 366-375
Cell Volume Control and Ion Transport in a Mammalian Cell....Pages 376-388
Volume-Sensitive Passive Potassium Fluxes in Red Cells....Pages 389-400
The Osmotic Role of Amino Acids: Discovery and Function....Pages 401-410
Organic Osmotic Effectors in Cartilaginous Fishes....Pages 412-423
Glycerol and Other Carbohydrate Osmotic Effectors....Pages 424-436
Intracellular pH, Buffering Substances and Proteins: Imidazole Protonation and the Conservation of Protein Structure and Function....Pages 437-453
Molecular Basis of the Biological Compatibility of Nature’s Osmolytes....Pages 454-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-477
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