The interrelationship between sodium and calcium fluxes across cell membranes.
The interrelationship between sodium and calcium fluxes across cell membranes.
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10.1007/bfb0034293
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1974-01-01
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Blaustein, M P
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Blaustein, M P
The classical experiments of RINGER (1883) were the first to provide evidence that calcium plays a role in physiological processes. In recent years a considerable body of data on the cellular actions of Ca has been accumulated, and numerous reviews have appeared. It is now recognized that Ca may play a fundamental role in cellular respiration (eg LEHNINGER et al., 1967; CARAFOLI and RossI, 1971). Calcium ions are required for muscular contraction (eg EBASHI and ENDO, 1968; COSTANTIN, 1974), and for the coupling of excitation to secretion in a large variety of secretory cells (eg DOUGLAS, 1969; RUBIN, 1970) and at nerve endings (eg KATZ, 1969). They are necessary for the maintenance of excitable membrane" stability"(eg SHAft, S, 1958a, b; BIANCHI, 1968), and in many types of excitable cells, Ca ions carry much of the inward current associated with depolarization (eg R~ UTZe., 1973). Finally, Ca has a significant influence on membrane permeability: raising intracellular Ca uncouples intercellular connections (LOEWENSTEm et al., 1967; OLIVEIRA-CASTRO and LOEWENSTEIN, 1971; LOEWENSTEIN, 1973) and increases potassium permeability in many types of cells (eg GARDOS, 1959; KREGENOW and HOFFMAN, 1971; ROMERO and WHITTAM, 1971; MEECH, 1972; KRNJEVlC and LISlEWICZ, 1972; JANSEN and NICHOLLS, 1973). Despite this wealth of information on the physiological actions of Ca, relatively little is known about the mechanisms which govern the movements of Ca across cellular membranes, and which control the intracellular free Ca 2+ concentration in resting cells. During the past few years data from a number of laboratories have provided evidence that in many types of cells the transport of Ca may involve, at least in part, an exchange of sodium ions for Ca ions. The primary objective of this article is to review these data and to discuss the possible mechanisms involved. In many instances the available information is rather fragmentary, and sometimes controversial. Most of these observations are, however, consistent with the idea that in many types of cells some of the energy for" active" Ca transport may be derived from the transmembrane Na electrochemical gradient, rather than from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) directly as is the case for the Na-K coupled pump (eg CALDWELL, 1969; DE WEER, 1973). Thus, the possible role of the Na gradient in Ca transport may be compared with the postulated role of the Na gradient in non-electrolyte transport (eg SCHULTZ and CURRAN, 1970; GIBB and EDDY, 1972; but see POTASHNER and JOHNSTONE, 1971; SCHAFER and HEINZ, 1971; and GECK et al., 1972).