Rabbit tissue distribution of 3H-ouabain by digital radioautography

Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2001 Mar;47(2):281-4.

Abstract

3H-ouabain is useful to evaluate the tissue localization of Na,K-ATPase. In this work we determined the distribution of 3H-ouabain in rabbit tissue by digital radioautography. Using this method, we were able to obtain a comparison of various organs in a relatively short time (6.5 days), while with traditional radioautography, only the kidney was detectable after seven months of film exposure. The kidney has the highest intensity (concentration of 3H-ouabain), followed by the heart, liver, muscle, lung, spleen and finally brain, which was almost undetectable. In kidney the activity was higher in the cortex, while the other tissues displayed a more uniform intensity, suggesting that Na,K-ATPase was evenly distributed.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autoradiography / methods*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Kidney / enzymology
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Male
  • Muscles / enzymology
  • Muscles / metabolism
  • Myocardium / enzymology
  • Myocardium / metabolism
  • Ouabain / metabolism*
  • Rabbits
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / metabolism*
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Tritium

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Tritium
  • Ouabain
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase