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Respiratory rate and atp content of stria vascularis of guinea pig in vitro
Author(s) -
Marcus Daniel C.,
Thalmann Ruediger,
Marcus Nancy Y.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197811000-00011
Subject(s) - guinea pig , in vitro , respiratory system , chemistry , anatomy , biology , medicine , biochemistry
Stria vascularis from guinea pig cochleae was incubated in vitro to determine its metabolic response to variations in substrate and ion composition of the incubation medium. The respiratory rate at 37° in a medium containing glucose and pyruvate as substrate was 17.3 ± 1.33 (SEM, n = 51) μI O 2 /mg dry weight‐hour. The stria could not maintain constant respiration by relying solely upon endogenous fuel stores. With substrate supplied, the ATP level could be maintained at about 73% of that existing in vivo. Glucose appears to be an adequate substrate for stria in vitro since glutamate, pyruvate, and fumarate did not increase the respiratory rate. Succinate increased respiration markedly but did not increase the ATP level. Ouabain (10 −4 M) caused a 48% decrease in the respiratory rate. Incubation in Na + ‐free and K + ‐free medium, each resulted in irreversible decrease of respiratory rate comparable to (or greater than) that caused by ouabain. These data are in accord with the high activity of Na + ‐K + ‐ATPase in the stria and the pronounced sensitivity of the endolymphatic potential to ouabain.