The electrical properties of the anterior stomach of the larval mosquito (Aedes aegypti).

摘要

The electrical properties of the anterior stomach of larval A. aegypti were determined. At late times after cannulation, the intraluminal space constant was 936μm, which is almost as long as the isolated tissue itself. At this time, the resistanceof the apical cell membranes dominates the transcellular resistance; it is～14 times the resistance of the basal cell membrane. Two physiologically distinct epithelial cell types were identified. One type has a stable basal potential of～65 mV and responds to 5-hydroxytryptamine [serotonin] with hyperpolarization. The second cell type initially shows a basal potential of 100 mV. However, this basal potential decays in the first few minutes in parallel with the decay of the transintestinal potential. This latter cell type does not respond to 5-hydroxytryptamine.