Sodium fluxes in human fibroblasts: Kinetics of serum‐dependent and serum‐independent pathways
Sodium fluxes in human fibroblasts: Kinetics of serum‐dependent and serum‐independent pathways
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人成纤维细胞中的钠通量:血清依赖性和血清非依赖性途径的动力学
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
5.6
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M. Villereal
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作者:
M. Villereal
Sodium influx in serum‐deprived human fibroblasts is by way of a pathway which shows saturation kinetics. A plot of initial Na influx versus [Na]o ([Na]i = 10 mM) gives a simple Michaelis‐Menten type of curve with a K1/2 = 70.0 ± 8.1 mM and a Vmax = 14.5 ± 1.9 /mol/g prot/min. A similar plot of initial Na influx versus [Na]o in the presence of 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) gives a nonsatu‐rating curvilinear response which appears to be biphasic. A plot of the serum‐dependent Na influx versus [Na]o (obtained by subtracting the curve in the absence of FBS from the curve in the presence of 10% FBS) shows that there is a linear relationship between serum‐induced Na influx and external [Na]. At physiological Na concentrations, in the presence of FBS, the serum‐induced Na influx is equal to the amiloride‐sensitive Na flux, whereas in the absence of serum amiloride inhibits less than 10% of the Na influx. The effect of intracellular Na on Na flux was tested by preloading cells with Na in a digitoxin‐containing medium prior to measurement of Na flux. A plot of steady‐state Na exchange flux versus [Na]o ([Na]i ≈︁ [Na]o) in the absence of serum gives a curve that appears to saturate at approximately 100 mM Na (flux = 100 /μmol/g prot/min) and then declines with increasing [Na] (flux = 40 /μmol/g prot/min at 150 mM). In contrast to Na influx in control serum‐deprived cells, Na flux in Na‐loaded cells is dramatically inhibited by the presence of amiloride. Since the peak Na exchange flux of 100 μmol/g prot/min is greatly in excess of the Vmax for Na influx in control serum‐deprived cells and the enhanced Na flux is amiloride‐sensitive, elevating intracellular Na must somehow activate the amiloride‐sensitive Na transport system, which is normally only minimally active in the absence of serum.