Etiology of the membrane potential of rat white fat adipocytes
Etiology of the membrane potential of rat white fat adipocytes
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.00446.2013
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发表时间:
2014-07-15
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5.1
通讯作者:
Smith, Paul A.
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Bentley, Donna C.;Pulbutr, Pawitra;Smith, Paul A.
The plasma membrane potential (Vm) is key to many physiological processes; however, its ionic etiology in white fat adipocytes is poorly characterized. To address this question, we employed the perforated patch current clamp and cell-attached patch clamp methods in isolated primary white fat adipocytes and their cellular model 3T3-L1. The resting Vm of primary and 3T3-L1 adipocytes were -32.1 +/- 1.2 mV (n = 95) and -28.8 +/- 1.2 mV (n = 87), respectively. Vm was independent of cell size and fat content. Elevation of extracellular K+ to 50 mM by equimolar substitution of bath Na+ did not affect Vm, whereas substitution of bath Na+ with the membrane-impermeant cation N- methyl-D-glucamine(+) -hyperpolarized Vm by 16 mV, data indicative of a nonselective cation permeability. Substitution of 133 mM extracellular Cl- with gluconate-depolarized Vmby 25 mV, whereas Cl- substitution with I- caused a -9 mV hyperpolarization. Isoprenaline (10 mu M), but not insulin (100 nM), significantly depolarized Vm. Single-channel ion activity was voltage independent; currents were indicative for Cl- with an inward slope conductance of 16 +/- 1.3 pS (n = 11) and a reversal potential close to the Cl- equilibrium potential, -29 +/- 1.6 mV. Although the reduction of extracellular Cl- elevated the intracellular Ca(2+)of adipocytes, this was not as large as produced by elevation of extracellular K+. In conclusion, the Vm of white fat adipocytes is well described by the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation with a predominant permeability to Cl-, where its biophysical and single-channel properties suggest a volume-sensitive anion channel identity. Consequently, changes in serum Cl- homeostasis or the adipocyte's permeability to this anion via drugs will affect its Vm, intracellular Ca2+, and ultimately its function and its role in metabolic control.