Hepatocyte water volume and potassium activity during hypotonic stress.
Hepatocyte water volume and potassium activity during hypotonic stress.
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低渗应激期间的肝细胞水量和钾活性。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00231439
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发表时间:
1993
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Wondergem,R
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作者:
Wang,K;Wondergem,R
Hepatocytes exhibit a regulatory volume decrease (RVD) during hypotonic shock, which comprises loss of intracellular K+and Cl−accompanied by hyperpolarization of transmembrane potential (Vm) due to an increase in membrane K+conductance, (GK). To examine hepatocyte K+homeostasis during RVD, double-barrel, K+-selective microelectrodes were used to measure changes in steady-state intracellular K+activity (aKi) andVmduring hyposmotic stress. Cell water volume change was evaluated by measuring changes in intracellular tetramethylammonium (TMA+). Liver slices were superfused with modified Krebs physiological salt solution. Hyposmolality (0.8×300 mosm) was created by a 50 mmstep-decrease of external sucrose concentration. HepatocyteVmhyperpolarized by 19 mV from −27 ± 1 to −46 ± 1 mV andaKidecreased by 14% from 91 ± 4 to 78 ± 4 mmwhen slices were exposed to hyposmotic stress for 4–5 min. BothVmandaKireturned to control level after restoring isosmotic solution. In paired measurements, hypotonic stress induced similar changes inVmandaKiboth control and added ouabain (1 mm) conditions, and these values returned to their control level after the osmotic stress. In another paired measurement, hypotonic shock first induced an 18-mV increase inVmand a 15% decrease inaKiin control condition. After loading hepatocytes with TMA+, the same hypotonic shock induced a 14-mV increase inVmand a 14% decrease inaTMAi. This accounted for a 17% increase of intracellular water volume, which was identical to the cell water volume change obtained whenaKiwas used as the marker. Nonetheless, hyposmotic stress-induced changes inVmandaKiwere blocked partly by Ba2+(2 mm). We conclude that (i) hepatocyteVmincreases andaKidecreases during hypotonic shock; (ii) the changes in hepatocyteVmandaKiduring and after hypotonic shock are independent of the Na+-K+pump; (iii) the decrease inaKiduring hypotonic stress results principally from hepatocyte swelling.