Abstract
The effects of three tetracyclines, demethylchlortetracycline (DMC), minocycline (MNC), and oxytetracycline (OTC), on Na+ transport (measured as short-circuit current) were examined in toad urinary bladders mounted in modified Ussing chambers. During a 1-h incubation period serosal DMC (but not MNC or OTC) inhibited basal Na+ transport, whereas MNC (but not DMC or OTC) inhibited ADH-stimulated Na+ transport. MNC also inhibited cyclic AMP-stimulated Na+ transport. During longer incubation periods all three drugs inhibited basal Na+ transport. The DMC-induced inhibition of basal Na+ transport and the MNC-induced inhibition of ADH-stimulated Na+ transport were paralleled by an inhibition of the active conductance of the bladders. Thus, although all three drugs inhibit basal Na+ transport, only MNC inhibits ADH-stimulated Na+ transport. This effect does not correlate with the known effects of the tetracyclines on ADH-stimulated water flow or with drug-protein binding, and may be related to the greater lipid solubility of MNC.
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