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Inhibition of Vasopressin-Stimulated Urea Transport Across the Toad Bladder by Thiourea
Patrick Eggena
Patrick Eggena
Published November 1, 1973
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1973;52(11):2963-2970. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI107493.
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Inhibition of Vasopressin-Stimulated Urea Transport Across the Toad Bladder by Thiourea

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The mammalian antidiuretic hormone, 8-arginine-vasopressin, was found to increase net mucosal-to-serosal urea flux across the isolated toad urinary bladder 13-fold. This urea flux was accompanied by a 24-fold increase in solute-linked water movement across the membrane. Net urea flux and urea-linked volume flux were inhibited by 50% or more when thiourea was added to the mucosal medium at concentrations equal to those of urea. In contrast, thiourea did not inhibit osmotic water flux across the bladder in the presence of vasopressin. These observations are consistant with the view that thiourea and urea compete for a common site on a membrane carrier molecule.

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