Abstract
ABSTRACT Four species of marine teleosts were shown to possess an external-NH4- inhibited Na uptake from 1 mM-NaCl solutions. The inhibition was not due to changes in the transepithelial potential. Injection of 2 μM-NH4/g fish stimulated Na uptake by Opsanus beta and also stimulated ammonia efflux, 50% of which was dependent upon external Na. The ammonia efflux from three species was partially dependent upon external Na. Na/NH4 exchange in O. beta could be reversed so that 22Na efflux could be stimulated by the addition of 200 mM-NH4 to the external solution. These studies show clearly that marine teleosts possess an Na/NH4 exchange system in sea water which results in a net influx of Na into the fish.
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