[Gram-negative bacteria influence on the ability of the arginine-vasotocin to stimulate osmotic permeability of the frog urinary bladder epithelium].

The influence of endogenous gram-negative bacteria colonizing the mucosal epithelium of frog Rana temporaria L. urinary bladders (FUB) on arginine-vasotocin AVT-stimulated osmotic water flow in isolated urinary bladders was investigated. 170 animals were examined and only 40% were contaminated with gram-negative bacteria (about 10(3)-10(6) CFU per hemibladder).