Transmembrane ion pumping: high resolution cation NMR spectroscopy.
Transmembrane ion pumping: high resolution cation NMR spectroscopy.
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跨膜离子泵送:高分辨率阳离子核磁共振波谱。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1987.tb32900.x
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
5.2
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SpringerJr,CS
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SpringerJr,CS
The alkali metal cations Na+ and K+ are ubiquitous in living systems. They are mostly present as free aquo cations and the essence of their biochemistry lies in their unequal distributions across cell membranes and their subsequent transmembrane transport. Sodium is strongly (though not totally) excluded from most cells and the energy stored in the Na+ gradient is used mostly to drive the active transmembrane transport of small molecules and other ions' or, in excitable cells, to transiently diminish or eliminate the transmembrane electrical potentiaL2 In an interesting natural reversal of form, K+ is concentrated in most cells and its gradient is used mostly to maintain this potential, which is exhibited by most cells. 2 Each of these distributions is thus crucial for cell viability and is maintained by an active transport system located in the cytoplasmic membrane of most cells.-'The sense in which we use the term ion pumping in this paper is just this: the (active) transport of Na+ and/or K+ ions across a membrane against their electrochemical potential gradients. In many cases, this is accomplished by the action of the membrane enzyme," a++ K+]-ATPase, one of the most ubiquitous of all enzymes4 An important goal in physiology and biophysics is to monitor the maintenance and restoration of these ion gradients in whole tissue in real time and as noninvasively as possible. This indicates that a spectroscopic approach is called for. Unfortunately, the closed electronic shells of the Na+ and K+ ions preclude the use of the sensitive optical or electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies. Fortunately, the most abundant, stable isotopes of sodium (23Na, loo%, I= 3/2) and potassium (39K, 93%, I= 3/2) have nuclear magnetic moments and are susceptible to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. We have recently reviewed the study of 23Na and 39K NMR of tissue~ arnples.~ Considering the nuclear magnetic properties of 23Na, along with the abundance of Na+ in living systems, leads to the realization that 23Na is by far the second most NMR-sensitive nucleus ('H is the first) in bi~ logy.~ This has given rise to considerable tissue spectroscopic activity over a thirty-year period and to a more recent intense interest in medical 23Na NMR imaging. 5 The early spectroscopic studies revealed two fundamental problems. First, the 23Na signals from the various compartments in tissue are isochronous. Since the Na+ ions are mostly in the form of the aquo species, irrespective of the compartment containing them, their chemical shifts are effectively indistinguishable. Second, the integrated'-'Na spectral intensity often does not correspond to that expected for the total amount