Physiology of secretory cells in the mouse mammary gland
Tolkunov, I.A.; Markov, A.G.
Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova 86(8): 1057-1065
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-8139 PMID: 11059022 Document Number: 522801
Secretory cells' membrane potential and transepithelial potential difference in the mouse mammary gland diminish within 2.5 hours following breast-feeding of the litter. The transepithelial resistance for up to 20 hours after the feeding did not drop below 40-70 k omega. The secret pressure in the mammary gland does not grow during this period. Therefore an increase of interval between litter feeding up to 20 hours does not entail any mechanical lesion of the secretory epithelium. The latter's cells seem to secrete organic and inorganic substances in concentrations which do not change significantly during their transfer along the outgoing ducts.