Secretin causes the bile duct cells to secrete HCO3-. To examine whether the transformation of duct cell ultrastructure that follows secretin stimulation depends on microtubules and is important for ductular HCO3- secretion, we examined the effect of colchicine on ductular HCO3- secretion and on the morphology of cells lining bile ductules of anaesthetized pigs. Colchicine blocked secretin-dependent cytoplasmic clearance of tubulovesicles and prevented expansion of the basolateral plasma membrane in duct cells and reduced the ductular HCO3- secretory response from 132 +/- 25 mumol min-1 to 97 +/- 14 mumol min-1. In contrast, lumicolchicine did not affect secretin-dependent tubulovesicle clearance or plasma membrane geometry or ductular HCO3- secretion. Accordingly, secretin-dependent cytoplasmic clearance of tubulovesicles in bile duct cells appears to depend on microtubules and to be important for ductular HCO3- secretion.
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