Free concentrations of intracellular fluorescent anions determined by cytoplasmic dialysis of isolated hepatocytes.
Free concentrations of intracellular fluorescent anions determined by cytoplasmic dialysis of isolated hepatocytes.
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通过分离肝细胞的细胞质透析测定细胞内荧光阴离子的游离浓度。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpgi.1994.267.5.g922
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发表时间:
1994
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Maglova,LM
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作者:
Weinman,SA;Maglova,LM
Intracellular organic ions exist in free solution bound to cytoplasmic proteins, partitioned within intracellular membranes, and enclosed in intracellular vesicles and organelles. The aim of this study was to develop a method for measurement of the free cytosolic concentration of organic ions. This was accomplished by measuring initial rates of diffusion between patch-clamp pipettes and cell cytoplasm and determining the null-point concentration of this process. Carboxydimethylfluorescein (CF) was used as a model compound. It readily diffused between cytoplasm and pipette, and there was a linear relationship between concentration in the pipette and equilibrium cell fluorescence. When cells previously loaded with CF were patched, intracellular fluorescence rapidly changed in a positive or a negative direction, depending on the concentration of CF in the pipette. The null point, defined as the concentration at which cells neither gained nor lost fluorescence, described the same relationship between free concentration and total cell fluorescence as that determined by direct loading of the cells to equilibrium. In hepatocytes preloaded with a fluorescent bile acid derivative, cholylglycylamidofluorescein (CGamF), by exposure (0.05 microM) for 30 min, the null point occurred at a CGamF concentration in the pipette of 0.6 microM. This value is 12 times greater than that in the bath. In conclusion, a new method is described that can measure free cytosolic concentrations of fluorescent molecules. It should prove useful in determining the intracellular location and state of transported organic ions.